{"id":11581,"date":"2023-06-28T16:13:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T20:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginiawestern.staging.tempurl.host\/iet-services\/?page_id=11581&#038;preview_id=11581"},"modified":"2024-07-20T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T21:25:51","slug":"virtual-shared-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/services\/desktop-support\/virtual-shared-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a Shared Drive on your Virtual Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignright\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/services\/desktop-support\/virtual-shared-drive\/?pfstyle=wp\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF & Email\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/print-button-gray.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF & Email\" style=\"width: 66px;height: 24px;\"  \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To set up a shared drive on your virtual desktop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start your VMware Horizon Client, but do not click to connect to a server. Click the drop-down at the top right corner of the screen and choose\u00a0<strong>Configure data sharing&#8230;<\/strong>.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"324\" class=\"wp-image-12007\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareConfigureDataSharing.png\" alt=\"VMWare Configure Data Sharing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareConfigureDataSharing.png 624w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareConfigureDataSharing-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>On<\/strong> to enable Data sharing mode, then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"229\" class=\"wp-image-12008\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareDataSharingConfig.png\" alt=\"VMWare Data Sharing Config\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareDataSharingConfig.png 443w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareDataSharingConfig-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect to your virtual desktop server as your normally do, but do not enter your desktop. Right click the Windows 10 box and choose\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"415\" class=\"wp-image-12011\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareWindows10Settings.png\" alt=\"VWWare Windows 10 Settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareWindows10Settings.png 351w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareWindows10Settings-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose\u00a0<strong>Sharing<\/strong>\u00a0on the left, then the\u00a0<strong>Add<\/strong>\u00a0button. Choose any laptop folder or jump drive to add it to the share list, then click the\u00a0<strong>Ok<\/strong>\u00a0button.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"772\" class=\"wp-image-12010\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareSharingSettings.png\" alt=\"VWWare Sharing Settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareSharingSettings.png 894w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareSharingSettings-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareSharingSettings-768x663.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue to connect to your desktop as you normally do. You will see your shared drive as an addition drive in the Windows File Explorer.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"428\" class=\"wp-image-12009\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareFileExplorer.png\" alt=\"VMWare File Explorer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareFileExplorer.png 419w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/VMWareFileExplorer-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To set up a shared drive on your virtual desktop:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11536,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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