[Info-vax] WEENDOZE question

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2018-02-05 kl. 20:39, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
> In article <p5ab9s$2i8$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> Den 2018-02-05 kl. 19:50, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
>>> I have a client complaining about something because they use WEENDOZE.  I've
>>> borrowed a WEENDOZE laptop so that I could see their complaint first hand.  I
>>> have a file on a USB stick but I don't know how to find the USB stick when I
>>> plug it in.
>>>
>>
>> I guess it is a Windows issue and that you have a Windows laptop.
>> If not, you can disregard the following.
>>
>>
>> It should pop-up as an extra disk right under C: (and D: and whatever
>> other disks there are). Have you opened the Windows Explorer and checked?
> 
> Mac and Linus give me desktop icon when a USB drive is inserted. Nonesuch
> with WEENDOZE.
> 
> 
>> Depending on how the laptop has been setup, and what OS version it has,
>> you might also get an automatic popup asking what you'd like to do
>> with the USB stick. There should be one option to simply open up
>> a Windows Explorer window pointing to the stick.
>>
>> But then, I do not see how you should be able to "see their complaint"
>>from an USB memory stick? Have they written some documentation about it
>> that is stored on the memory stick?
> 
> The complaint is that data I'm writing, which looks good when using OSX
> or Linux displays oddly on WEENDOZE.
> 
> 
> 
>> And finaly, entering "how to see a usb memory stick windows" in Google
>> gave a over 3 million hits. It would surprice me if not one of the
>> first entries in the list would give you some hint also...
> 
> I did and most mention Explorer....

"Windows Explorer" (the "file manager").
*Not* "Internet Explorer" (the web browser).


> However, beyond a normal URL, I don't
> understand how to specify a USB device and it would seem I'd need its
> path regardless.

Of course, since you are using the wrong tool.

B.t.w, what version of Windows are you using?

What is the actual issue? Maybe you can make a reproducer
(without real data) file that anyway can look at?

Or just get someone, who is a little more up-to-date on todays
standard IT environments, to help you.