Copy and paste a file from a remote computer to a local computer
Updated: January 21, 2005
To copy and paste a file from a remote computer to a local computer
1. / Use Remote Desktop Connection to establish a connection to a remote computer.2. / Click Start on the task bar of the remote computer, and then click My Computer, or double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop of the remote computer.
When Windows Explorer opens on the remote computer, it displays the drives on the remote computer. If you have chosen to make your local drives available in a session, Windows Explorer on the remote computer also displays the drives on your local computer. The following example shows how the drives on your local computer are named when they appear in Windows Explorer on the remote computer.
<driveletter> on tsclient
tsclient is the name that Remote Desktop Connection assigns to your local computer.
3. / Right-click the file residing on the remote computer that you want to transfer to the local computer, and then click Copy.
4. / Navigate in the same Windows Explorer window to the location on the local computer where you want to paste the file.
5. / Right-click the folder icon and then click Paste.
Copy and paste a file from a local computer to a remote computer
Updated: January 21, 2005
To copy and paste a file from a local computer to a remote computer
1. / Use Remote Desktop Connection to establish a connection to a remote computer.2. / Click Start on the task bar of the remote computer, and then click My Computer, or double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop of the remote computer.
When Windows Explorer opens on the remote computer, it displays the drives on the remote computer. If you have chosen to make your local drives available in a session, Windows Explorer on the remote computer also displays the drives on your local computer. The following example shows how the drives on your local computer are named when they appear in Windows Explorer on the remote computer.
<driveletter> on <computername>
tsclient is the name that Remote Desktop Connection assigns to your local computer.
3. / Right-click the file residing on your local computer that you want to transfer to the remote computer, and then click Copy.
4. / Navigate in the same Windows Explorer window to the location on the remote computer where you want to paste the file.
5. / Right-click the folder icon and then click Paste.
Accessing local files and folders in a remote session
Updated: January 21, 2005
Accessing local files and folders in a remote session
You can configure Remote Desktop Connection to make your local drives available when you connect to a remote computer.
Within a Remote Desktop Connection session, your local drives appear in Windows Explorer with the following designation:
driveletter> on <computername
To access local drives from a command line or a run line in a remote session, type:
\\tsclient\<driveletter
where driveletter is the drive letter (without a colon) of the local drive.
Notes
• / Depending on your network policies, automatic drive mapping might be disabled for some or all computers on your network. To ensure that Remote Desktop Connection is configured to map local drives, see Make your local disk drives available in a session.• / Automatic drive mapping is not available when you are connecting to a terminal server running Windows2000 or earlier.
.Make your local disk drives available in a session
Updated: January 21, 2005
To make your local disk drives available in a session
1. / In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click Options.2. / On the Local Resources tab, Under Local devices, click Disk drives.
3. / Click Connect.
Notes
• / To open Remote Desktop Connection, click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.• / Mapping local drives is not available on computers running Windows2000 or earlier versions of Windows.
• / Depending on the policies of your network, local drive mapping might be disabled for some or all remote connections.
• / You might see a Remote Desktop Connection Security Warning, which asks whether you want to connect your local disk drives, local ports, or smart card to the remote computer. To enable one or more of these connections, check the appropriate check boxes. If you choose not to enable these connections, a Remote Desktop Connection is still established, but these resources are not available to the remote computer.
• / When you click Connect, the information you enter in Options becomes the default setting for all Remote Desktop connections and is saved in a file called Default.rdp.