With the client drive redirection feature, you can share folders or drives on the local client system with remote desktops and published applications.
Shared drives can include mapped drives and USB storage devices.
The client drive redirection feature has the following limitations.
- The feature cannot be configured using the Windows registry key settings ForcedByAdmin, default shares, and permissions.
- The TCP and UDP side channels are not supported. If the agent machine is configured to use either of these side channels, you cannot use the client drive redirection feature.
- Dynamic Environment Manager policies are not supported.
- Network recovery is not supported. You cannot use client drive redirection after network reconnection unless you disconnect the session and connect again.
- You can use the client drive redirection feature with only one remote session at a time. Multiple remote sessions are not supported.
- You cannot change properties for shared folders or files in the remote desktop.
Prerequisites
To share folders and drives with a remote desktop or published application, an administrator must enable the client drive redirection feature. This task involves installing Horizon Agent and enabling the agent Client Drive Redirection option. It can also include setting policies to control the client drive redirection behavior. For more information, see the Horizon Remote Desktop Features and GPOs document.
Procedure
Results
In a remote desktop, a network location appears for each folder and drive that you shared. For example, if you shared a folder named test1, the test1(Z:) network location might appear in the remote desktop. A device also appears for each shared folder and drive. The device name format is folder on Horizon, for example, test1 on Horizon.
In a published application, you can select
or , if applicable, and navigate to the shared folder or drive.