# Using a lister to see a Mobile Device
**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [April 23, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243 "2007-04-23T18:30:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@djeaton3162](https://resource.dopus.com/u/djeaton3162)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/1 "2007-04-23T18:30:03Z")
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> [quote="djeaton3162"]I can't find anything in the docs about supporting external devices. When I connect my PDA, it and its memory card show up in Vista's explorer, and I can drag files to them, but I can't seem to find a way to open it up in a lister. Will this be in DO9? Does DO8 do it and I'm just stupid and can't figure it out?
Depends on the type of device, how it presents itself to the OS and/or Explorer, and how you access it in Explorer.
Stick some details about the device in a new thread (since this isn't specific to Opus 9) and we'll try to work out why it isn't appearing for you.[/quote]
I have a Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC (specifically a Cingular 8125/HTC Wizard 100). When I connect it to my USB, it shows up under my drives and I can access folders there just as if it were a normal drive. Here is what is looks like:
I'd love to be able to access this in DO and/or assign a favorites folder to its contents.
D.
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### Author:  [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/2 "2007-04-25T09:48:09Z")
Tekguru's our resident Windows Mobile Device expert. I've sent him a PM to see if he can help. I've never used Windows Mobile myself.
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### Author:  [@tekguru](https://resource.dopus.com/u/tekguru)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/3 "2007-04-25T17:28:45Z")
Using DO8 there were occasional problems, and even with DO9 (which I've been proud to beta), but the issues are down the the speed of the devices, or so it appears.
For me listers can fail to open if browsing below the top level files as the device is too slow to send the file data back to Vista / DO9.
DO9 does however allow the device to be opened in a Lister without any issues.
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### Author:  [@djeaton3162](https://resource.dopus.com/u/djeaton3162)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/4 "2007-04-25T20:46:35Z")
[quote="tekguru"]Using DO8 there were occasional problems, and even with DO9 (which I've been proud to beta), but the issues are down the the speed of the devices, or so it appears.[/quote]I can't even figure out how to access it on DO8 since it doesn't have a drive letter and DO8 cannot open a "My Computer" drive/device on Vista. I guess I'll wait another 48 hours and see what happens...
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### Author:  [@tekguru](https://resource.dopus.com/u/tekguru)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/5 "2007-04-25T21:45:47Z")
You can open a My Computer drive IIRC by clicking once, right click and select open.
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### Author:  [@djeaton3162](https://resource.dopus.com/u/djeaton3162)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/6 "2007-04-26T02:47:11Z")
[quote="tekguru"]You can open a My Computer drive IIRC by clicking once, right click and select open.[/quote]But in Vista, it opens in Windoze Explorer and not in the lister. I hate having to switch from DO to something else whenever I need to copy something to or from my PPC. Since it is new, I'm copying a lot of software to it on a daily basis to try different programs.
D.
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### Author:  [@Steve](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Steve)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/7 "2007-04-26T03:43:59Z")
Let's wait until you have a Vista compatible version of Opus eh?
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### Author:  [@djeaton3162](https://resource.dopus.com/u/djeaton3162)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/using-a-lister-to-see-a-mobile-device/3243/8 "2007-04-27T07:32:02Z")
Works wonderfully in DO9. Well worth the wait....
D.