User manual

Procedure
1 Open the Seings dialog box with the Sharing panel displayed.
Option Description
From the desktop and application
selection window
Right-click a desktop or application icon, select , and click
Sharing. Alternatively, select Connection >  from the menu bar
and click Sharing.
From the Sharing dialog box when
you connect to a desktop or
application
Click Allow to share, or Deny to not share, your home directory.
From within a desktop OS
Select Connection >  from the menu bar and click Sharing.
2 Congure the client drive redirection seings.
Option Action
Share a specific folder or drive with
remote desktops and applications
Click the Add buon, browse to and select the folder or drive to share, and
click OK.
N 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.
Stop sharing a specific folder or
drive
Select the folder or drive in the Folder list and click the Remove buon.
Allow remote desktops and
applications access to files in your
home directory
Select the Share your home folder: 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 rst 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.
What to do next
Verify that you can see the shared folders from within the remote desktop or application:
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From within a Windows remote desktop, open File Explorer and look in the Devices and drives section
in the This PC folder, or open Windows Explorer and look in the Other section in the Computer folder.
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From within a remote application, if applicable, select File > Open or File > Save As and navigate to the
folder or drive, which appears in the le system as a network drive that uses the naming format folder-
name on MACHINE-NAME.
Share Folders by Editing a Configuration File
In addition to sharing folders through the Seings dialog box, you can also share folders by editing a
conguration le.
Procedure
1 Create a conguration le named config if it does not exist in any of the following locations:
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$HOME/.vmware/
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/usr/lib/vmware/
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/etc/vmware/
Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux
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