A. Traditionally, the lack of support for file transfers between a Win2K or Windows NT terminal server and RDP clients has been a major shortcoming of Microsoft's terminal services. Most organizations with these kinds of needs have turned to Citrix MetaFrame, which provides a much more powerful and flexible solution than Microsoft's terminal services solutions provide.
Although Citrix still provides a far more robust feature set for client-to-server data exchange, the Rdpclip utility (aka the File Copy utility) levels the playing field a bit by enhancing the existing support for clipboard transfers, thereby giving Win2K terminal servers and their clients the ability to exchange files. To use Rdpclip, you need to install the utility on every terminal server and terminal server client on which you want to use it.
On the terminal servers, run the fxfrinst.bat file, which resides in the resource kit's main installation folder. (This folder's default name is C:\program files\resource kit.)
On the clients, perform the following steps:
- Copy the fxfr.dll file to the Terminal Server Client installation folder. By default, this folder is named C:\program files\terminal server client.
- Copy the rdpdr.dll file to the Terminal Server Client installation folder. This file replaces the rdpdr.dll that the Terminal Services client installed. (You might want to back up this file before you replace it.)
After you complete these steps, reboot both the servers and the clients. When you view folders or files in Windows Explorer, you'll be able to use standard cut, copy, and paste features (or their Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V keyboard-shortcut equivalents) to copy files between servers and clients. This feature takes advantage of the Terminal Services Virtual Channel architecture by using virtual channels to stream file data between the source and destination system.
