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VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
[...]
> I called it an app, because Google did.  Haven't use it, so didn't know
> if it was a Win32 program, or a UWP app.  I rarely share, so I didn't
> realize Quick Share was already an option.  Never noticed it, or didn't
> know what it was, so ignored it along with the myriad of other choices.
> Just tested, and, yep, there it is.  Thanks for sharing. ;-)
> 
> Confusing is the same product name, Quick Share, from Samsung
> (https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pctgdfxvzlj).  Seems to have the
> same OS requirements, so maybe it's the same program, except Samsung
> says theirs only works with Samsung devices.

  Samsung *phones* (and tablets). The *Windows* (i.e. 'PC') side also
mentions "Windows PC with Intel Bluetooth/Wi-Fi released by other
manufacturers"

  I think the comment

"Quick Share for Windows PC is currently only available for Samsung
 Galaxy devices. Other Android devices will be supported in the future."

is just CYA. And it says "available", whatever that means, and implies
that other devices are not supported, not that they don't work.

>						Both have you download a
> .exe to install.

  As I wrote, 'Quick Share from Google' is a normal Windows program.
From the looks of it, it seems the Samsung product is a UWP app. Hence
both are available. (Aren't all things in the Microsoft Store UWP apps?
Or are there also normal Windows programs in that store?)

>		    Not sure why both wi-fi and Bluetooth are required.  I
> would think just one wireless method would suffice.

  Bluetooth is used to find nearby devices. I.e. a device may be near,
but as yet unknown to the other side. 'Wi-Fi' should be read as a
network connection, but because most Windows systems do not have a
mobile data connection, I guess they only mention Wi-Fi.

>						       The Samsung one
> gets as many negative votes as positive.

  BTW, I have a Samsung phone, but on the Windows side, I use the 'Quick
Share from Google' program. I didn't know there was a Samsung Windows
app,  and even if I did, I generally prefer real Windows programs over
apps.

  BTW2, 'Quick Share from Google' is not "a Win32 program", but a Win64
program. As said, it lives in ' C:\Program Files\Google\NearbyShare',
not in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\...'.