- Quick Share for Windows can run on the new ARM-based Copilot Plus PCs, despite Google saying ARM devices aren’t supported.
- However, if you try to install Quick Share for Windows using the official installer, it’ll fail.
- The solution is to manually copy the program’s files from a working installation on another PC.
If you want to transfer files between your Android phone and your Windows PC, there are plenty of apps that can help you do that. One of the best solutions is Quick Share since it’s available out of the box on most Android devices. While it isn’t preinstalled on most x64 Windows PCs, Quick Share can be easily installed by downloading the app from Google’s website. However, if you have one of the new ARM-based Copilot Plus PCs, you’ll find that Google’s Quick Share fails to install on them, leaving many users — myself included, at first — to seek other file-sharing apps. Fortunately, though, Quick Share for Windows actually runs just fine on the new ARM PCs using a simple workaround.
When I bought my new Lenovo Yoga Slim 7X a couple of weeks ago, I was really excited to get everything set up on it. Apart from a VPN app and Google Drive, I was able to get most apps I use on a daily basis up and running. Even apps for which ARM native ports aren’t available generally ran fine thanks to Prism, the x86-64 to ARM emulation layer built into Windows 11. After downloading and running the Quick Share for Windows installer from Google’s website, though, I encountered an error that read: “Update check error: update_client::ProtocolError::UPDATE_RESPONSE_NOT_FOUND.”