Windows 8/8.1 Explorer hangs when renaming a file through MTP

Hi,

We'd be glad to assist you better with your concern about Windows Explorer. May we ask if the problem only occurs when renaming the file? If so, we would like to inform you that Windows Explorer takes time to complete the process of renaming files or folder through MTP. Windows Explorer is a core file and does lots of background processing. When you rename files, it also changes on your mobile phone at the same time. During the process, it reads all the files that are inside your mobile phone. It may take some time, however, the waiting time in renaming files through Windows Explorer depends on the phone you are using.

Also, it depends on the processing capability of the device that's attached on your computer. Especially, MTP has a slower transfer process compare to the USB flash drives and has its own operating system which also affects when you're renaming a folder. To ensure that the changes you're trying to accomplish on your device will be completed, we need to wait for a period of time to complete the process.

Let us know if the information provided will be able clarify your concern.

Hi Stranger,

Is 30 minutes enough? That's the longest I've waited before I pulled the plug. If it takes more than that, then that system is broken. I can do a rename on Ubuntu's file manager and in fact, the protocol you people created, works better on Linux. Between a Linux distribution and Android - which has a Linux Kernel - It's faster file transfers and the file transfer window even shows the copying speed. On Windows 10 to Windows 10 mobile, Its slower and I cannot even rename an effing folder. No excuse can be good enough for that.

And to all the people who says "List is the way", please. There is no easy out. Its not even a temporary solution like some people said here. The only way this worked for me is, after the explorer hangs, force close it and reopen the folder. It'll work fine till you disconnect the phone again. Doesn't matter if you have list mode or thumbnail mode or whatever. So what happens there? The explorer suddenly decided it didn't need to check all the file contents? Or did it choose to ignore the protocol's so called dedicated operating system behavior?

Sorry to be this rude, but you people have been given more than enough time to fix a silly problem like this. Its not like its a third party software, is it? its your OS on the source, its your OS on the client device, its your effing protocol. Even the phone's memory card is formatted to the filesystem created by you guys. What else do you need?

I usually don't snap like this, and am pretty curious to know what's behind a problem that I'm having, but this has gotten way out of hand. I just want it to stop. Don't care how, don't wanna know how it came to be, I just want it stopped.

I also don't want another session of log taking on my PC. I have got no time for that. You people tried that more than once on me, to read about that magical story, please go through this thread again. Look for a post made on April 28 2014, Yes, that was more than two years ago.

Hi,

We'd be glad to assist you better with your concern about Windows Explorer. May we ask if the problem only occurs when renaming the file? If so, we would like to inform you that Windows Explorer takes time to complete the process of renaming files or folder through MTP. Windows Explorer is a core file and does lots of background processing. When you rename files, it also changes on your mobile phone at the same time. During the process, it reads all the files that are inside your mobile phone. It may take some time, however, the waiting time in renaming files through Windows Explorer depends on the phone you are using.

Also, it depends on the processing capability of the device that's attached on your computer. Especially, MTP has a slower transfer process compare to the USB flash drives and has its own operating system which also affects when you're renaming a folder. To ensure that the changes you're trying to accomplish on your device will be completed, we need to wait for a period of time to complete the process.

Let us know if the information provided will be able clarify your concern.

This is only a temporary workaround, so it not a solution.

Access the device from any file manager or file requester from any software and you are stuck.

Any fixes any time soon ?!  /seems to last forever, for simple things...

I have had this painful issue myself for a very long time, I searched the internet for fixes and couldn't find anything. Finally, I changed my folder view to "List" and it fixed this issue, hope it helps you guys :)

Thanks! That worked for me on Windows 10!

I have had this painful issue myself for a very long time, I searched the internet for fixes and couldn't find anything. Finally, I changed my folder view to "List" and it fixed this issue, hope it helps you guys :)

Thanks!!!! This worked for me :).

I guess their bug is related to their thumbnail previews somehow.