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You do not need to be connected to a remote desktop or application to configure client drive redirection
settings. The settings apply to all your remote desktops and applications. That is, you cannot configure the
settings so that local client folders are shared with one remote desktop or application but not with other
remote desktops or applications.
Prerequisites
To share folders and drives with a remote desktop or application, you must have Horizon Client 3.4 or later
and your View administrator must have enabled the client drive redirection feature for the remote desktop
or application.
Enabling the client drive redirection feature involves setting the Client Drive Redirection option when
installing View Agent 6.1.1 or later. For more information, see the Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in
View document.
Procedure
1 Open the Preferences dialog box with the Sharing panel displayed.
Option Description
From the desktop and application
selection window
Select VMware Horizon Client > Preferences and click Sharing.
From the Sharing dialog box that
appears when you connect to a
desktop or application
Click the Settings > Sharing link in the dialog box.
From within a desktop OS
Select VMware Horizon Client > Preferences from the menu bar and click
Sharing.
2 Configure the client drive redirection settings.
Option Action
Share a specific folder or drive with
remote desktops and applications
Click the plus (+) button, browse to and select the folder or drive to share,
and click Add.
NOTE You cannot share a folder on a USB device if the device is already
connected to a remote desktop or application with the USB redirection
feature.
Also, do not turn on the USB redirection feature that automatically
connects USB devices at startup or when the device is inserted. If you do
so, the next time you start Horizon Client or plug in the USB device, the
device will be connected using the USB redirection feature rather than the
client drive redirection feature.
Stop sharing a specific folder or
drive
Select the folder or drive in the Folder list and click the minus (-) button.
Permit remote desktops and
applications access to files in your
home directory
Select the Permit access to your local files home-directory check box.
Do not show the Sharing dialog box
when you connect to a remote
desktop or application
Select the Do not show dialog when connecting to a desktop or
application check box.
If this check box is deselected, the Sharing dialog box appears the first time
you connect to a desktop or application after you connect to a server. For
example, if you log in to a server and connect to a desktop, you see the
Sharing dialog box. If you then connect to another desktop or application,
you do not see the dialog box again. To see the dialog box again, you must
disconnect from the server and then log in again.
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