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Procedure
1 Deliver the portable device that contains the desktop pool's package files to the user.
2 Copy the package files to a specified check-out directory on the client computer.
Copy the files to a subdirectory in the check-out directory that uses the display name of the desktop pool.
For example, to download files from a desktop pool with the display name LocalPool, copy the files to
check_out_directory \LocalPool.
Check-Out Directory Description
Default directory on Windows 7 and
Windows Vista
C:\Users\ User Name \AppData\Local\VMware\VDM\Local
Desktops\ pool_display_name
Default directory on Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\ User Name \Local
Settings\Application Data\VMware\VDM\Local
Desktops\ pool_display_name
Custom directory
You can specify your own directory. For example, to download files from a
desktop pool with the display name LocalPool, you might create this path:
C:\CheckOutDirectory\LocalPool.
Set Permissions to Allow View to Use the Copied Package Files
To allow check-out operations to proceed for local mode, you must set permissions on the base-image package
files that were copied to the check-out directory on the client computer.
You must remove the read-only attribute on the package files and give the user Full control privilege on the
directory and all the files it contains.
This example describes how to set permissions on a Windows 7 computer. On other operating systems, you
might take slightly different steps.
Prerequisites
Verify that you copied the package files to a directory on the client computer. See “Copy the Base-Image Files
to the Client Computer,” on page 252.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Windows 7 guest operating system, click the Libraries icon, and navigate to the check-out
directory.
2 Right-click the check-out directory and click Properties.
3 Click the Security tab and click Edit.
4 In the Group or user names list, select the name of the user who will check out the desktop.
If the user name is not in the list, click Add and add the user name.
5 Check Full control in the Allow column and click OK.
6 Click the General tab and deselect Read-only (Only applies to files in folder).
Make sure that the check box is fully deselected.
7 In the Confirm Attribute Changes dialog box, make sure that Apply changes to this folder, subfolders
and files is selected and click OK.
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