diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/MemoryByteProvider.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/MemoryByteProvider.java
index c1fe10fcc3..6421a9bca1 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/MemoryByteProvider.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/MemoryByteProvider.java
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ public class MemoryByteProvider implements ByteProvider {
 			}
 			return bytes;
 		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			throw e;
+		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
 		}
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/FileSystemService.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/FileSystemService.java
index 5a05e9bbf7..a7b3ed51d8 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/FileSystemService.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/FileSystemService.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class FileSystemService {
 	 * @return true if local, false if the path points to an embedded file in a container.
 	 */
 	public boolean isLocal(FSRL fsrl) {
-		return fsrl.getFS().hasContainer() == false;
+		return localFS.isSameFS(fsrl);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -519,6 +519,25 @@ public class FileSystemService {
 		return fileCache.createCacheEntryBuilder(sizeHint);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link ByteProvider} for the specified {@link FileCacheEntry}, using the
+	 * specified filename.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The returned ByteProvider's FSRL will be decorative and does not allow returning to
+	 * the same ByteProvider at a later time.
+	 *  
+	 * @param tempFileCacheEntry {@link FileCacheEntry} (returned by {@link #createTempFile(long)})
+	 * @param name desired name
+	 * @return new {@link ByteProvider} with decorative {@link FSRL}
+	 * @throws IOException if io error
+	 */
+	public ByteProvider getNamedTempFile(FileCacheEntry tempFileCacheEntry, String name)
+			throws IOException {
+		FSRL resultFSRL = FSRLRoot.makeRoot("tmp")
+				.withPathMD5(FSUtilities.appendPath("/", name), tempFileCacheEntry.getMD5());
+		return tempFileCacheEntry.asByteProvider(resultFSRL);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Allows the resources used by caching the specified file to be released.
 	 * 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/LocalFileSystem.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/LocalFileSystem.java
index 313f407ec7..253e4f3e0c 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/LocalFileSystem.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/formats/gfilesystem/LocalFileSystem.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class LocalFileSystem implements GFileSystem, GFileHashProvider {
 		this.fsFSRL = fsrl;
 	}
 
-	private boolean isSameFS(FSRL fsrl) {
+	boolean isSameFS(FSRL fsrl) {
 		return fsFSRL.equals(fsrl.getFS());
 	}
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterPlugin.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterPlugin.java
index a5b5c70c22..071babbb16 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterPlugin.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/plugin/importer/ImporterPlugin.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ package ghidra.plugin.importer;
 
 import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import docking.ActionContext;
@@ -29,8 +30,13 @@ import ghidra.app.context.ListingActionContext;
 import ghidra.app.events.ProgramActivatedPluginEvent;
 import ghidra.app.plugin.PluginCategoryNames;
 import ghidra.app.services.*;
+import ghidra.app.util.bin.ByteProvider;
 import ghidra.app.util.importer.LibrarySearchPathManager;
+import ghidra.app.util.opinion.LoaderMap;
+import ghidra.app.util.opinion.LoaderService;
 import ghidra.formats.gfilesystem.FSRL;
+import ghidra.formats.gfilesystem.FileCache.FileCacheEntry;
+import ghidra.formats.gfilesystem.FileCache.FileCacheEntryBuilder;
 import ghidra.formats.gfilesystem.FileSystemService;
 import ghidra.framework.main.*;
 import ghidra.framework.main.datatree.DomainFolderNode;
@@ -385,20 +391,30 @@ public class ImporterPlugin extends Plugin
 			return;
 		}
 
-		Memory memory = program.getMemory();
-		MemoryBlock block = memory.getBlock(range.getMinAddress());
-		String tempFileName =
-			block.getName() + "_[" + range.getMinAddress() + "," + range.getMaxAddress() + "]_";
 		try {
-			File tempFile = File.createTempFile(tempFileName, ".tmp");
-			try (OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(tempFile)) {
+			Memory memory = program.getMemory();
+			FileSystemService fsService = FileSystemService.getInstance();
+
+			// create a tmp ByteProvider that contains the bytes from the selected region
+			FileCacheEntry tmpFile;
+			try (FileCacheEntryBuilder tmpFileBuilder =
+				fsService.createTempFile(range.getLength())) {
 				byte[] bytes = new byte[(int) range.getLength()];
 				memory.getBytes(range.getMinAddress(), bytes);
-				outputStream.write(bytes);
+				tmpFileBuilder.write(bytes);
+				tmpFile = tmpFileBuilder.finish();
 			}
 
-			DomainFolder folder = AppInfo.getActiveProject().getProjectData().getRootFolder();
-			importFile(folder, tempFile);
+			MemoryBlock block = memory.getBlock(range.getMinAddress());
+			String rangeName =
+				block.getName() + "[" + range.getMinAddress() + "," + range.getMaxAddress() + "]";
+			ByteProvider bp =
+				fsService.getNamedTempFile(tmpFile, program.getName() + " " + rangeName);
+			LoaderMap loaderMap = LoaderService.getAllSupportedLoadSpecs(bp);
+
+			ImporterDialog importerDialog =
+				new ImporterDialog(tool, programManager, loaderMap, bp, null);
+			tool.showDialog(importerDialog);
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
 			Msg.showError(this, null, "I/O Error Occurred", e.getMessage(), e);
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/mem/Memory.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/mem/Memory.java
index 65bcee3784..31a28ac370 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/mem/Memory.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/mem/Memory.java
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@ public interface Memory extends AddressSetView {
 	 * @param destIndex the offset into dest to place the bytes.
 	 * @param size the number of bytes to get.
 	 * @return the number of bytes put into dest.  May be less than
-	 * size if the requested number extends beyond available memory.
+	 * size if the requested number extends beyond initialized / available memory.
 	 * @throws MemoryAccessException if the starting address is
-	 * not contained in any memory block.
+	 * not contained in any memory block or is an uninitialized location.
 	 */
 	public int getBytes(Address addr, byte[] dest, int destIndex, int size)
 			throws MemoryAccessException;