Android Home Screen Folder Shortcut????????

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  • Brandon_Byrnes
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2017
    • 626

    #1

    Android Home Screen Folder Shortcut????????

    Okay so I am running KiKat 4.4.4 and I would like to put a shortcut to a folder on my home screen. I know for a fact that this is possible without installing extra apps to do it, because I did it before, but for the life of me I can’t remember how I did it. I have Googled it and really all I Find is people installing an app and using that to create the shortcut, but I do not want to install additional apps, since I don’t have much internal storage left and I can’t save apps to my SD card. I am not rooted and am not able to root.
  • veeg
    PCHF Director
    • Jul 2016
    • 8982

    #2
    Hello

    Check out this link and see if it helps.. How To Create App Folders in Android | Ubergizmo

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    • Brandon_Byrnes
      PCHF Member
      • Jan 2017
      • 626

      #3
      Nope, unfortunately that doesn’t work for me. That works for a app folder but i’m need to create a shortcut to a Documents folder. I have tried long pressing the home screen and there is no option for creating folders or shortcuts, and when i go to the folder on my SD card I get the option to copy or move the folder but there isn’t away to copy or move it to the home screen.

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      • veeg
        PCHF Director
        • Jul 2016
        • 8982

        #4
        OK…this looks like the one.. Create an Android folder shortcut on home screen

        EDIT: or this
        Apps
        My Files
        Device Storage
        click the three vertical dots (menu)
        • Create folder (name your folder)
          – The folder shows up in the list of device storage
          Long press the folder to select it
          click the three vertical dots (menu)
          Add shortcut
        • choose homescreen
          – now you have your folder on the home screen
          My Files
          find your file and long press to select
          click the three vertical dots (menu)
          Move
          select your folder you created
          Move Here
          Now your file is in that folder on the home screen.

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        • veeg
          PCHF Director
          • Jul 2016
          • 8982

          #5
          Do you have any updates for us?

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          • plodr
            PCHF Member
            • Aug 2016
            • 1021

            #6
            I got out the older (Lollipop) of my two tablets and neither set of directions worked. I wanted a shortcut to my Images.

            I had to open File Manager. Long press Images (a tap would open the Image folder). I got a menu with 2 items: one of them was add shortcut to Launcher. That’s what I had to select.

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            • veeg
              PCHF Director
              • Jul 2016
              • 8982

              #7
              Any updates for us? After 48 hrs this thread will be closed.

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