{"id":187,"date":"2017-08-15T15:14:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsusupport.wpengine.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=187"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:57:24","slug":"how-do-i-use-remote-access-to-manipulate-network-drive-files-from-home","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/?ht_kb=how-do-i-use-remote-access-to-manipulate-network-drive-files-from-home","title":{"rendered":"How do I use remote access from home – (network drives)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Go to\u00a0https:\/\/remote.wcsu.edu\/<\/a> to access files remotely. You will have to use your university credentials to log-in.<\/p>\n

Once logged-in to Western\u2019s Remote Access you will come to the main page, called the files page. This page lists Network Drive Bookmarks that you are authorized to access through Western’s Remote Access.<\/p>\n

To Open a Drive on Remote Access:<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Click<\/i>\u00a0on the drive letter link. A listing of all the files and folders contained in that drive will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    After you click on a drive letter, you may be prompted to enter a username, password, and domain.\u00a0 \u00a0For your username, do not enter your full WCSU email address.\u00a0 For your password, enter your current WCSU email password.\u00a0 For the domain, enter WCSU.LOCAL as seen below and click Continue:<\/p>\n

    \"Login<\/p>\n

    You will now see all the folders on the network drive.<\/p>\n

    To Open a File or a Folder from Remote Access<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n
      \n
    • Click<\/i>\u00a0on the appropriate file or folder name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \"Folder<\/p>\n

      To Download a File from Remote Access to your computer<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

      1) Select the check box next to the file or folder and click the Download icon <\/strong>(highlighted below)<\/p>\n

      \"Download<\/p>\n

      2) Name the document and click\u00a0Download Files<\/strong>.\u00a0Note that files larger than 2 GB will be not be downloaded.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      3) Repeat above mentioned steps to download additional documents.<\/p>\n

      To Upload a File to a Folder to your University Network Drive(s) using Remote Access<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

      A) Choose the drive you wish to upload to.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      After you click on a drive letter, you may be prompted to enter a username, password, and domain.\u00a0 \u00a0For your username, do not enter your full WCSU email address.\u00a0 For your password, enter your current WCSU email password.\u00a0 For the domain, enter WCSU.LOCAL as seen below and click Continue:<\/p>\n

      \"Login<\/p>\n

      B) Click the Upload Files<\/strong> icon.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      C) \u00a0Click the paperclip to navigate to the file which you wish to upload (You may upload up to five files at the same time). Once selected, click the plus button, then click Save to upload your files.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      D) Upload Status<\/strong>\u00a0box will appear. This box will give you a status bar for the upload progress. Press close when the progress bar reads \u201cdone<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      E) Repeat above steps to upload additional documents.<\/p>\n

      To Create a New Folder in Remote Access<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

      A) Choose the drive in which you want to create a new folder.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      After you click on a drive letter, you may be prompted to enter a username, password, and domain.\u00a0 \u00a0For your username, do not enter your full WCSU email address.\u00a0 For your password, enter your current WCSU email password.\u00a0 For the domain, enter WCSU.LOCAL as seen below and click Continue:<\/p>\n

      \"Login
      \nB) Click the Create Folder<\/strong> button<\/p>\n

      \"Create<\/p>\n

      C) Type a name for the folder and click the Save<\/strong> button<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      To Delete a File or Folder from Remote Access<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n

      A) Select the check box next to the file you want to delete and then click the trash icon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      \"Delete<\/p>\n

      B) A screen will appear with the document or folder name and ask you to either select Yes<\/strong> or Cancel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      ————————————————————————————————————————<\/p>\n

      Note:\u00a0In order to work on a folder you must download the file to your desktop. You must then upload the file(s) back to the selected folder. Please make sure you have saved any changes from the download process before you upload.<\/b><\/p>\n

      Logging Off of Remote Access::<\/b><\/h3>\n

      To conclude your Western Remote Access session, click the person icon in the upper right hand corner of the Western Remote Access page and select “Logout”.<\/b><\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      If you have any questions or you wish to report any problems you may be experiencing with Western Remote Access, please contact the IT&I Service Desk at 203-837-8467 or requestIT@wcsu.edu<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Go to\u00a0https:\/\/remote.wcsu.edu\/ to access files remotely. You will have to use your university credentials to log-in. Once logged-in to Western\u2019s Remote Access you will come to the main page, called the files page. This page lists Network Drive Bookmarks that you are authorized to access through Western’s Remote Access. To…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[25],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-187","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-network-drives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fht-kb-category&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fht-kb-tag&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}