[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
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There's a zip of screenshots attached below which are keyed to the description that follows. The task is to get ES File Explorer configured for use, set up the shortcut for ES FTP and disable the stock file manager (if you wish). You should have WiFi

off

before you do this. ES File Explorer is set to automatically update and we need to disable that.

1. Swipe away the introductory stuff and you get a window with your

internal

storage. Yours will look a little different, of course. It says it's the sdcard but that's just a thing with Android 6.01. Note the little three-line icon at the top left. That opens a slider from the left side.

2. We need to "decrapify" a bit here. Long-press on each item shown...

3. ...until a context menu comes up with an option to "remove from list". Do this for each one until the list is empty. When you're done tap on the little ^ mark and the subsection will close.

4. Now you can also collapse the Library section. No way to clean that up.

5. Go down to "Tools".

6. Scroll down in that section until you get to "Root Explorer" and turn that on. You should get a permission request (yes!). There are other things there you may eventually want to change (show hidden files, etc.) to suit yourself, but that's it for now. Collapse "Tools".

7. This is what things should now look like. We need to get at the app Settings (down at the bottom of the slide-out).

8. I've marked the two most important. You can look at other stuff later, if you want. You will probably want the "Home" directory to be your sdcard (the real one). So tap on that.

9. It currently shows the internal storage. Use the "up to the next level" arrow.

10. You will see your sdcard code name (different from mine). Tap that.

11. Tap on "OK".

Return to the main Settings page and down low on the list tap on "Update settings".

13. You want to uncheck the "Auto check". Then exit from Settings.

14. Now you want to expand the "Network" section and tap on "Remote Manager". This is the FTP server.

15. On that screen is another (different) Settings option. Tap that.

16. First, tap the bottom entry. This will place a shortcut icon on your home screen which will start the FTP server. Next, you will want to set the home directory for FTP, that is, what directory you will see on your PC when an FTP connection is made. It is set by default to "sdcard" but that's really the internal memory. You probably want the actual sdcard, but if you want to be able to move files to either location, then you would want "root" (/). So tap that and make your choice.

The only other item of interest on that screen is the "close on exit". This means that if you have ES File Explorer open when there is an FTP connection and then you exit ES File Explorer, the FTP connection will automatically close. I have this unchecked but you can have it either way. In practice, we close the connection from the notification on the home screen, but if you had it open and you were navigating around and left the app then it would shut down when you might still want it open. You decide.

17. OK, so if you return to your home screen you will see the icon for ESFTP somewhere. Drag it to where you want it.

18. When you tap on the icon (WiFi must be on) you will see a very tiny icon in the notification area at the upper left. If you pull down there you will see the notification that the server is running and (most important) the FTP address. If you tap on that notification....

19.....you will see the option to exit the server.

20. You can choose to ignore ES File Explorer if you want, or you can replace the stock file manager with it. If you want to replace the stock file manager, drag that icon on your home screen to the "trash" (the "X" at the top of the screen when you long-press on the icon) and replace it with the icon for ES File Explorer (from the app drawer). To disable the stock File Manager, navigate as shown in the image and long-press on the apk file until a check mark appears on it. Then you will see along the bottom of the screen one of the options is "Rename". Add a ".bak" to the file name. The File manager will disappear from the app drawer and not consume any more system resources. If you change your mind later, all you have to do is remove the ".bak" from the file name.