Enable Remote Desktop File Transfer

Posted by Eric J. on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Eric J.
Published on 2011-04-01T03:48:05Z Indexed on 2012/09/10 9:40 UTC
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Most of the servers I RDP to support cut-and-paste file transfer (from my Win7 64 machine). One does not, and I can't figure out what configuration step is missing.

I followed the steps outlined here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313292

but do not see the local file system on the remote server (or vice versa for that matter), and I cannot cut and paste files from the local to the remote system.

If I try to cut and paste from the remote system to the local one, I get the error

Cannot copy FILENAME: Windows cannot find '%1!ls!'. Check the spelling and try again, or try searching for the item by clicking the Start button and then clicking Search.

The remote server is Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.

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