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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.
Permit remote desktops and
applications access to files in your
local user directory
Select the Share your local  user-name check box.
Share USB storage devices with
remote desktops and applications
Select the Allow access to removable storage check box. The client drive
redirection feature automatically shares all USB storage devices inserted in
your client system and all FireWire and Thunderbolt-connected external
drives. You do not need to select a specic device to share.
N USB storage devices already connected to a remote desktop or
application with the USB redirection feature are not shared.
If this check box is deselected, you can use the USB redirection feature to
connect USB storage devices to remote desktops and applications.
Turn on the ability to open a local
file with a remote application from
the local file system
Select the Open local  in hosted applications check box. With this
option, you can right-click a le in your local le system and select to open
the le with a remote application.
You can also change the properties of the le so that all les with that le
extension are opened with the remote application by default, such as when
you double-click the le. For example, you can right-click a le, select
Properties, and click Change to select the remote application to open les
of that type.
Your administrator can disable this feature.
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 This PC folder, or open
Windows Explorer and look in the Computer folder, depending on the Windows operating system
version.
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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.
The folders and drives that you selected for sharing might use one or more of the following naming
conventions:
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name on MACHINE-NAME. For example, jsmith on JSMITH-W03.
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N on MACHINE-NAME. For example, Z on JSMITH-W03.
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