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.

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To copy and paste a file from a remote computer to a local computer

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Cutting and pasting to and from remote sessions

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Accessing local files and folders in a remote session

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To make your local disk drives available in a session