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--- doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing [2017/01/26 14:09]
stefanbaur Added Instructions for manual mounting
+++ doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing [2017/01/26 14:47]
stefanbaur [Running the Session] - added tip w/ link to manual mounting instructions
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 Make sure you've checked the ''Automount'' checkbox as well as the one that says ''Use SSH port forwarding...''. The latter should be enabled by default.
+<note tip>If you decide against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note>
 === Optionally activate Filename Charset Translation ===
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 {{:doc:howto:filesharing-7.png|}}
-Once you're connected, you should see a symlink ''media'' in your home directory. Follow that symlink.
+Once you're connected, you should see a symlink ''media'' in your home directory, assuming you followed our suggestion to use the Automount feature. Follow that symlink.
+<note tip>If you decided against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note>
 === Locate your Shared Folders ==
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 How you mount them manually depends on what checkboxes you checked under
-Options/Settings/General in X2GoClient.
+''Options/Settings/General'' in X2GoClient:
+{{:doc:howto:filesharing-10.png|}}
+{{:doc:howto:filesharing-11.png|}}
+If you set X2GoClient to minimize into the system tray (any of the ''Hide...'' options in the screenshot above), then:
+{{:doc:howto:filesharing-12.png|}}
+Right-click the session icon next to the clock, select the session name (in our example: ''MATE-FileSharing test''), then ''Share folder ...''.
-If you set X2GoClient to minimize into the system tray, then you right-click that icon, select the session name, then ''Share folder ...''.
+{{:doc:howto:filesharing-13.png|}}
-If, instead, you have the X2GoClient window on your screen even with an active connection, click on the small folder icon, that's the left of the three icons ''Folder'', ''Pause'', ''Power''.
+If, instead, you have the X2GoClient window on your screen even with an active connection (noticeable by the two X2Go-related items in your taskbar, as highlighted by the two red arrows in the screenshot), click on the small ''folder icon'', that's the left of the three icons ''Folder'', ''Pause'', ''Power'' marked in the red box in the screenshot.
-From there, the steps are the same again for both variants.
+From there, the steps are the same again for both variants:
-Click the name of the share in the window that has opened now
+{{:doc:howto:filesharing-14.png|}}
-Click the ''share'' button.
+Click the name of the share (in our example: ''C:\Users\WindowsUserAccount\Downloads'') in the window that has opened, then click the ''share'' button to confirm your selection.

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