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Support for External Drives (USB/OTG/SSD/HDD)

Open Blinkz1 opened this issue 2 months ago • 3 comments

Hello,

First of all, thank you for the amazing work on Winlator — it’s truly impressive and keeps improving with every update.

I’d like to request support for running apps and games from external drives (USB, OTG, SSD, or HDD). Many modern smartphones (including high-end ones) no longer support microSD cards, which makes internal storage very limited when installing large PC games or software inside Winlator.

External drive support would be very beneficial for:

Running large Windows games without filling up internal storage.

Allowing users with limited phone storage to still enjoy big titles.

Increasing flexibility for people who already use external SSDs/HDDs with their devices.

This feature could make Winlator much more accessible to users who want to run bigger games but don’t have enough internal space.

Thanks for considering this request, and thanks again for your hard work on this project!

Blinkz1 avatar Sep 28 '25 20:09 Blinkz1

Unfortunately Bruno doesn't care about that, he's a conservative guy.

6ui99uhkllj avatar Sep 28 '25 20:09 6ui99uhkllj

Unfortunately Bruno doesn't care about that, he's a conservative guy.

He will add it in the upcoming update. I trust him.

Blinkz1 avatar Sep 29 '25 10:09 Blinkz1

Hello. I would like to connect a 3D scanner via USB OTG. I installed the software on Winlator. Unfortunately, the winlator does not see it. How to install drivers from other devices?

mattimgg-byte avatar Nov 26 '25 22:11 mattimgg-byte