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I'm connecting to my work machine from home via Remote Desktop. I want to access (map) a server hard drive from (to) my home machine. Is this possible?
Background
I have a Logitech gaming mouse. For some reason, in Visual Studio, pressing the Back button on my mouse doesn't work when editing at a .js file, as it does while editing a .cs file. However, ctrl+- does work. I want to create a profile for my mouse that changes the Back button to instead do the key combination, but for the profile to automatically change, I have to give it a file path to the executable, which is on the remote drive. So, unfortunately, I can't simply access a local drive from my remote machine; it must be the other way around.
I don't know if it matters, but my local (home/client) machine is running Windows 8.1, and my server (work) machine is running Windows 7 SP1.
Edit
I may have already found a solution (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/87fb8c65-d1db-49e9-a068-d62a222a4ae7), but I'm still interested in my original question.
This definitely looks like a XY problem
– Vinayak – 2015-01-30T17:36:31.220Actually, I may have already found another solution, but I'm still interested in my question. I'll update the question to reflect this. – dx_over_dt – 2015-01-30T17:37:40.797
Do you mean you wish to map a network drive?
– Vinayak – 2015-01-30T17:44:43.193Unfortunately, my home machine is not VPN'd, so my RDP server is not on the same network. Does remote desktop create a psuedo-VPN? That is, is there a keyword or something that lets me access
\\[keyword]\c
from my home machine? I already tried accessing it via the server's machine name. – dx_over_dt – 2015-01-30T17:47:51.443I don't know about that, but if you're allowed to install software on your work PC, TeamViewer has a VPN component that allows you to share files between both computers. – Vinayak – 2015-01-30T17:50:11.470
I can, but I'd rather not. It's just one more thing, you know? – dx_over_dt – 2015-01-30T17:54:16.897