Fast Media Sorter Folder Share Server 26.10.25.1830

About Fast Media Sorter Folder Share Server

Fast Media Sorter & Sharing: Folder Share Server is the Server edition of the folder sharing of
Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows. It publishes the folders you choose to an Android phone
over SFTP and keeps them reachable whenever Windows is running - from boot, before anyone logs
on, through logoff, and after a crash (the service restarts itself).

Install this only if the machine's job is to stay available: a dedicated server, a VPS, a
NAS-like Windows box, an always-on home server. On an ordinary PC the regular package
(SerZhyAle.FastMediaSorter) already shares folders while you are signed in, and needs no
administrator rights.

This is not a different protocol or a second Android app. SFTP, the QR / .fmscfg pairing format
and the phone-side reconnect behaviour are identical - only the host differs: the Windows Service
Control Manager runs the worker instead of your desktop session. The two editions never run at
the same time; installing this one migrates the existing setup and keeps the same host-key
fingerprint, so phones already paired do not have to be paired again.

What the installation does, all of it visible and administrator-approved: registers the
FastMediaSorterCompanionSFTP service (delayed automatic start, running as LOCAL SERVICE),
creates a machine state directory with a restricted ACL for the host key and credentials, and
adds one program-scoped inbound firewall rule for the worker. Nothing is shared until you pick
the folders - the service never guesses. Uninstalling stops and deletes the service and removes
the firewall rule; your host key is kept unless you delete it yourself.

The folder-sharing service leads in this package. The media viewer and sorter is inside it as an
optional component that stays unticked unless you choose it on the components page (a silent
install does not add it). FileDO virtual-disk hosting, a capability of sharing, is the other
optional extra and is ticked by default on that page. This package installs the folder-sharing
service only: it does not install the Media Exchange Server, which is still in development and
is in no package.

Setup requires administrator rights and Windows 10 version 1607 or newer, Windows 11, or
Windows Server 2016 or newer. The management console is available in 13 languages.