How to copy and paste file with the "Remote Desktop" app?

There are two RDP clients for Windows 10:

the old Remote Desktop Connection client (built-in)
the newer Remote Desktop client (windows store).

While I have no trouble to copy and paste files around with the old client, I cannot manage to do the same thing with the newer client. How do I copy and paste files between machines with the Remote Desktop app?

Joannes Vermorel

Posted 2017-08-17T13:23:14.440

Reputation: 453

While the clients are similar they are not identical, are you sure it's even a feature, of the client? – Ramhound – 2017-08-17T13:35:20.160

I just tested it and it seems to be impossible. – John Stoneman – 2017-08-17T13:42:54.873

How big are the files you're trying to copy? From personal expierence, the best way to copy files trough RDP sessions is by mapping your local drive and copy to or from there – Smeerpijp – 2017-08-17T14:19:51.850

Answers

I've tested this myself and it doesn't work here either.

According to Microsoft here, it's not possible. You can copy-paste text between sessions, but not files. Their proposed solution is using the old application, Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection.

John Stoneman

Posted 2017-08-17T13:23:14.440

Reputation: 491

As already pointed out, this functionality is not currently available in the 'Universal App' - this is, apparently, largely down to the Sandbox nature of Windows Universal Apps.

You can however C&P plain text - just not files & folders.

There is a full, official, comparison between the apps available here

aldredd

Posted 2017-08-17T13:23:14.440

Reputation: 211

You can use administrative share to access remote drive. From run menu 'Win key + R' enter \\<ComputerName>\<DiskVolumeName>$ where as “<ComputerName>” put the name of the computer with the Admin Shares enabled on it (e.g. “Computer01”) and as “<DiskVolumeName>” put the name of the volume that you want to access, (e.g. “C$” = Disk Volume C:\ , “D$” = Disk Volume D:\, etc.)

https://www.wintips.org/how-to-enable-admin-shares-windows-7/

Bruno B

Posted 2017-08-17T13:23:14.440

Reputation: 31

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– robinCTS – 2018-06-25T07:21:10.130

This answer doesn't apply to the new client which OP inquired about. – Haukman – 2018-08-09T23:43:43.627

@Haukman, this answer is a workaround for the lack of copy-paste in the new app. Instead of copying to remote desktop, you copy to the remote drive access. – Arturo Torres Sánchez – 2019-04-22T17:20:22.970

@ArturoTorresSánchez The new client (the Universal UWP RDP Client) does not support drive sharing, so this workaround is still not applicable. – Haukman – 2019-04-22T21:24:44.923

@Haukman, but you don't configure drive sharing through the new RDP client. You do it direct in the remote system, regardless of how you're connecting to it. – Arturo Torres Sánchez – 2019-04-22T21:50:06.670