How to upload to Remote Desktop

I have been using remote desktop for a number years, on a number of versions of windows, most recently 8.1.

Yesterday I upgraded to 10. I had to download Remote Desktop from the Windows Store. Easy enough. I managed to log into a few of my servers.

No problem. I now need to transfer a package up to one of them. Wait, where is the control to allow mounting of local storage devices ??

If anyone knows where MS has hidden this that information would be greatly appreciated!

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Password Manager Pro (PMP) lets users securely transfer files to target machines during the remote sessions launched from PMP's web interface. For Windows machines, the files can be transferred to and from the target machine during an RDP session.

1. Steps to Transfer Files to the Remote Machine

1. To initiate an RDP session from the Resources tab, click the Open Connection icon beside the required Windows resource. [OR] Navigate to the Connections >> All My Connections and log into the Windows machine.
2. Once the RDP console opens, go to the remote machine's My Computer folder and click the new drive named Cloud Storage on   here. This is the temporary folder that will enable you to transfer files to and from the remote machine.
   
   

1. Click the folder icon that appears at the top of the screen as shown in the image below.
   
   

1. In the window that opens, click Choose Files and choose the files you want to transfer from your local machine.
   
   

1. Once you have chosen the files, they will be uploaded automatically to the cloud storage disk. Now, copy the uploaded files from the cloud storage disk and onto any other folder in the remote machine.
   
   
   
   

2. Steps to Copy Files from the Remote Machine

Follow the below steps to copy files from the remote machine to your local machine.

1. Copy and paste the required file from the remote machine in the cloud storage disk. Now, the file will appear in the file transfer window as shown below.
2. Click the download icon against the file. Now the file will be downloaded to your local machine.
   
   

Open a Remote Desktop Connection.

Windows 8: On the Start screen, type Remote Desktop Connection, and then click Remote Desktop Connection in the list of results.

Windows 10: On the taskbar, click the search box and type Remote Desktop Connection. Then select the Remote Desktop Connection app.

The Remote Desktop Connection window opens.

Click Show Options.

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File Transfer

Transfer files from your local Windows system to the remote computer or vice versa. 

To transfer files from your local Windows system to a remote computer,

1. Establish a remote connection with the required computer.
2. Click 
    to view the menu bar.
3. Click 
   . The File Browser opens on the RHS of the remote window. 

4. Click ‘Upload File’, select the file, and click 'Open'. The file will be saved on the desktop of the remote computer.
   Alternatively, you can navigate to a desired location via the file browser and upload the file to a specific folder.

   
   

To transfer files from a remote computer to your local Windows system,

1. Establish a remote connection with the required computer. 
2. Click 
    and then click 
    to launch the File Browser.

3. Navigate and hover over the required file and click ‘Download’. The file will be saved in the local Downloads folder.

 

It’s quite easy to transfer files between computers on the network, all you have to do is select the folder to be shared and other users can find and connect to that folder and the files inside. If you use the Remote Desktop Connection feature in Windows you can even gain control of the remote computer, find your shared folder from it, and then transfer files between the two computers as required.

Windows Remote Desktop actually has a feature built in that allows you to share any of the local drives on the host computer with the remote computer without having to manually share specific folders or drives. This is far easier and can be more secure because folders are not being shared permanently but only for the life of the Remote Desktop session.

Here we show you how to setup your Remote Desktop session to share some or all of your local drives.

1. You can start the Remote Desktop Connection from Start > All Programs > Accessories > Remote Desktop Connection or run Mstsc.exe from the Run dialog or Search box. The window will show the current connection in the computer box or you can select a previous session from the drop down.

2. Click the Show options button at the bottom left.

3. This will display the connection preferences, click on the Local Resources tab. Look near the bottom in the section “Local devices and resources” and click the More button.

4. An entry called Drives will be in the list, if you tick that all drives will be mapped to the Remote Desktop and shared. If you only want to share specific drives which is safer, click the + to the left and expand the drives list, then you can specifically tick which drives that need to be shared, including ROM drives and USB flash drives the haven’t been inserted yet (Drives that I plug in later). Click OK when you’re done.

5. Upon trying to connect you will be asked if you trust the remote connection and clicking Show Details will show that it’s trying to share your drives. If you’re happy then tick the box to not be asked again and press Connect.

After a successful connection go to Computer or This PC on the remote computer and under Other you should see the shared drives. Now you can start transferring files to and from your remote computer

Another option for transferring files in the Remote Desktop session is by using the Windows Clipboard so you can right click and Copy the file on the host computer and then right click and select Paste inside the Remote Desktop. This works just the same as if you are copying and pasting inside your own computer and obviously also works on text.

The option to use the Clipboard should be enabled by default but you can turn it off and on from the Local Resources tab in step 3.

Fastest Way to Transfer Files to a Remote Desktop Computer

As there is a copy and paste function from the host machine to the Remote Desktop and the option to use the mapped drives to transfer files, which one is the quickest? If you add a standard shared folder which may already be set up between the computers, there are three ways to get the files transferred over the network to the remote machine.

As a simple test we decided to see which copy method was fastest to copy a selection of files and folders from one computer to the other using the three methods above. Here’s what we copied:

Copy Test 1: An ISO image 1.36GB in size
Copy Test 2: 3,427 files and 371 folders totalling 1.46GB of data

The test was run using a 10/100 network and both computers were running Windows 7.

Copy Test 1 (ISO Image) Min:sec

Copy and Paste (Host > RDC) 02:32 Mapped Drive From RDC 02:10

Standard Shared Folder 02:04