A little known feature of Remote Desktop is the ability to share files between your local computer and the system you are remotely logging into. This can be very useful if you are doing some of the work on your computer at home while using software that is only available on the computer at work. It also makes file transfer relatively simple.

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Note that this only works if you are using a Remote Desktop program to connect. It will not work for the web-based interface (rdp.cecs.pdx.edu).

Documentation for various platforms can be found on the CAT website:

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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. With the older Windows Desktop Client, the local drives would show up in remote sessions' File Explorer's tree view panel. This allowed you to open your local drives from the remote system using File Explorer. The new Windows Store app doesn't work that way. When I saw your point #3 above.