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You can turn on the ability to open local files with published applications directly from your local file
system. If you select a local file and press Control-click, the Open With menu lists the available published
applications. You can also open a local file by dragging and dropping it to the published application
window or Dock icon. If you set a published application as the default application for files that have a
certain file extension, all files on your local file system that have that file extension are registered with the
server to which you are logged in. You can also turn on the ability to run published applications from the
Applications folder.
Note You cannot open a file with a published application if the filename contains characters that are
invalid in the Windows file system. For example, you cannot open Notepad and open a file named
test2<.txt.
Prerequisites
To share folders and drives with a remote desktop or application, a Horizon administrator 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 setting policies to
control client drive redirection behavior. For more information, see the Configuring Remote Desktop
Features in Horizon 7 document.
Configuring 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, configure the browser not to use a proxy server or automatically detect LAN
settings.
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 Preferences > 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.
Stop sharing a specific folder or drive Select the folder or drive in the Folder list and click the minus (-) button.
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