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You do not need to be connected to a remote desktop or application to congure client drive redirection
seings. The seings apply to all your remote desktops and applications. That is, you cannot congure the
seings so that local client folders are shared with one remote desktop or application but not with other
remote desktops or applications.
You can also turn on the ability to open local les with remote applications directly from the local le
system. When you right-click a local le, the Open with menu also lists the available remote applications.
You can also set les to be opened automatically with remote applications when you double-click the le.
When you enable this feature, all les on your local le system that have certain le extensions are
registered with the View server that you are logged in to. For example, if Microsoft Word is one of the
remote applications available from the View server, you can right-click a .docx le on your local le system
and open the le with the remote MS Word application. This feature requires Horizon 6.2 servers and
agents.
An administrator can hide the client drive redirection feature in Horizon Client by enabling a group policy
seing. For more information, see Disable sharing  and folders in Table 3-7.
Conguring the browser on the client system to use a proxy server can cause poor client drive redirection
performance if the secure tunnel is enabled on the Connection Server instance. For the best client drive
redirection performance, congure the browser not to use a proxy server or automatically detect LAN
seings.
Prerequisites
To share folders and drives with a remote desktop or application, you must enable the client drive
redirection feature. This task includes installing View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, and
enabling the agent Client Drive Redirection option. It can also include seing policies to control client drive
redirection behavior. For more information, see the Seing Up Desktop and Application Pools in View
document.
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 select
Sharing in the left panel of the window that appears.
From the Sharing dialog box that
appears when you connect to a
desktop or application
Click the  > Sharing link in the dialog box.
From within a desktop OS
Select Options > Share Folders from the menu bar.
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.
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 Remove buon.
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