Local File Access
AppStream 2.0 file redirection lets you access files on your local computer from your AppStream 2.0 streaming session. To use file redirection, open the AppStream 2.0 client, connect to a streaming session, and choose the drives and folders that you want to share. After you share a local drive or folder, you can access all files in the shared drive or folder from your streaming session. You can stop sharing local drives and folders at any time.
Important
To use AppStream 2.0 file redirection, you must have the AppStream 2.0 client installed on your local computer. File redirection is not available when you connect to AppStream 2.0 by using a web browser.
To share local drives and folders
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Open the AppStream 2.0 client and connect to a streaming session.
In your AppStream 2.0 session, in the top left area, choose the Settings icon, and then choose Local Resources, Local Drives and Folders.
The Share your local drives and folders dialog box displays the drives and folders that your administrator has made available for you to share. You can share all or specific drives and folders, or just one. You can also add your own drives and folders. To share drives and folders, do one of the following:
To share all local drives and folders displayed in the Share your local drives and folders dialog box, choose Share All. To apply your changes to future streaming sessions, choose Save my configuration.
To share a specific local drive or folder, select the drive or folder that you want to access, and choose Share, Save my configuration. To share another local drive or folder, repeat these steps as needed.
If the local drive or folder that you want to share is not displayed, you can add it. For example, your administrator might make your entire local C Drive available for you to share. However, you might only need to access a specific folder on that drive. In this case, you can add the folder that you need and share only that folder. To choose a folder, do the following:
In the Share your local drives and folders dialog box, choose Add Folder.
Browse to the folder that you want to share, and choose OK.
The folder that you selected is now available to share. Select the folder, and choose Share, Save my configuration. To add another local drive or folder, repeat these steps as needed.
After you share a local drive or folder, perform the following steps to access files in the shared drive or folder from your streaming session.
To access files in a shared local drive or folder
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Open the AppStream 2.0 client and connect to a streaming session.
In your AppStream 2.0 session, open the application that you want to use.
From your application interface, choose File Open, and browse to the file that you want to access. The following screenshot shows how shared local drives and folders appear in the Notepad++ browse dialog box for Jane Doe when she browses for a file.
In the browse dialog box, the corresponding paths for her shared drives and folders are shown in the red box. The paths appear with backslashes replaced by underscores. At the end of each path is the name of Jane's computer, ExampleCorp-123456, and a drive letter.
When you're done working with the file, use the File Save or File Save As command to save it to the location that you want.
If you want to stop sharing a local drive or folder, perform the following steps.
To stop sharing local drives and folders
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Open the AppStream 2.0 client and connect to a streaming session.
In your AppStream 2.0 session, in the top left area, choose the Settings icon, and then choose Local Resources, Local Drives and Folders.
The Share your local drives and folders dialog box displays the drives and folders that your administrator has made available for you to share, and any that you added, if applicable. To stop sharing one or more local drives and folders, do either of the following:
To stop sharing all shared local drives and folders, choose Unshare All, Save my configuration.
To stop sharing a specific shared local drive or folder, select the drive or folder, and choose Unshare, Save my configuration. To stop sharing another local drive or folder, repeat these steps as needed.
You can delete local drives and folders that you add to the Share your local drives and folders dialog box. However, you can't delete local drives or folders that your administrator has made available for you to share. Also, if you have already shared a local drive or folder, you must stop sharing it before you can delete it.
To delete local drives and folders
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Open the AppStream 2.0 client and connect to a streaming session.
In your AppStream 2.0 session, in the top left area, choose the Settings icon, and then choose Local Resources, Local Drives and Folders.
The Share your local drives and folders dialog box displays the drives and folders that your administrator has made available for you to share. If you added any drives or folders, they are also displayed.
Select the local drive or folder that you want to delete, and then choose Delete, Save my configuration.
