Photos being retired from Phone Link. Now explorer.exe supports this. Any option in Directory Opus?

Hi,

After updating the Phone Link companion app (used by millions) I got notification that it's capability to browse Photos on phone is being phased out, and that will be moved to Windows explorer.exe itself. I can confirm, it's there, and it works. Windows explorer now properly shows all photos/videos/etc on my phone.

The special menu is being shown on the left side. What is interesting is that it's visible in Directory Opus as well:

However the browsing function does not work. Seems the files are .ms-search which Opus cannot open. Example contet oh Images.search-ms file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<persistedQuery version="1.0">
  <viewInfo viewMode="icons" iconSize="256" stackIconSize="0" displayName="Search Results in storage" autoListFlags="0">
    <sortList>
      <sort viewField="System.DateModified" direction="descending" />
    </sortList>
  </viewInfo>
  <query>
    <kindList>
      <kind name="picture" />
    </kindList>
    <scope>
      <include path="::{7CD58693-2033-4220-B7F0-B3056DE3EBEE}\storage" attributes="1887437183" nonRecursive="false" />
      <exclude path="::{7CD58693-2033-4220-B7F0-B3056DE3EBEE}\storage\Recycle bin - Connected device" attributes="1887437183" />
    </scope>
  </query>
  <properties>
    <author Type="string">CrossDevice</author>
  </properties>
</persistedQuery>

Since this feature is now being supported by Windows Explorer, do you plan to introdude it to Directory Opus as well? :thinking: It would be a shame if it wasn't possible to browse photos from Opus, because if they remove that feature from Phone Link, then I will have to run Windows Explorer frequently just for this feature.

Thanks!

Next update should drop soon :slight_smile:

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Awesome, thanks! I need to renew my license it seems. :scream: