Help Put a File in a Home Screen Folder

eskimojoe · Feb 14, 2011

Hi,

I am trying to figure out how to put files (not apps or anything) into a folder I've created on my home screen.
I have several .pdf files that I would like to access through athe home screen, but I can'r figure out how to do it.

Thank you,

sremick · Feb 14, 2011

Install the free Astro file manager.

Then long-press on a home screen in your launcher with free space, choose "Shortcuts" then "ASTRO", then pick your PDF file from the file browser that appears.

mrzz · Jun 25, 2012

I am trying to put pdfs that I downloaded via USB into a folder on the home screen.

I am running ICS.
Have created a folder on the home screen.
Have installed Astro file manager.

Long press on the home page only shows wallpaper options.
I do not see shortcuts.

Anyone know how I should proceed?
Using Astro, I tried finding the folder I created on my home screen. No luck. Astro reports folder not found.

mrzz · Jul 15, 2012

I ended up installing ES File Explorer, navigated to the folder containing the PDFs, long press on that folder, a popup is displayed with several options, scroll down to shortcuts and select that. That folder now appears on the home page.
With that I uninstalled astro.

For an OS that is supposed to be easy to use, I took me 3 weeks and countless hours reading posts and looking at u-tube videos. ICS took away options from the home screen long press that made all that advice irrelevant.

Its been quite a frustrating experience.

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