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Windows Explorer makes light work of copying music to a phone

Mr Rich found an easier way of transferring his music than Windows Media Player

My Music
Windows Explorer lists the devices to which you can copy music

Copying music from my PC to an Android phone using Windows Media Player is a pain and tracks don’t always transfer in the order I want. So instead I copy the music files I want on to my phone using Windows Explorer.

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