\This PC\Windows365 virtual drive\Uploads

Question

\This PC\Windows365 virtual drive\Uploads - Why is this folder not available on my cloud pc

Answer 1

Hello Harry,

the “Windows365 virtual drive -> Uploads” path you’re seeing is actually a client-side mount used by the Windows 365 web or Windows app for drag-and-drop file transfers - it isn’t a physical folder on the Cloud PC’s disk. When you remote into your Cloud PC and open File Explorer there, you won’t see that Uploads folder because it only exists on your local machine during an active session to shuttle files back and forth.

What you can do instead:

1. Use OneDrive (or another cloud share) inside your Cloud PC for any files you need to persist.
2. If you want to keep using the upload-drive feature, make sure you’re connecting via the Windows 365 HTML5 web client or the Windows 365 Windows app (these create that virtual drive in your local File Explorer).
3. For ad-hoc transfers over RDP, you can also map local drives (Local Resources → More… in the RDP client) but remember those are client-only mappings, not actual Cloud PC folders.

Hope that clears it up!

Reference docs:

• Windows 365 architecture: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-365/enterprise/architecture

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Answer 2

The \This PC\Windows365 virtual drive\Uploads folder is only available when connecting to a Windows 365 Cloud PC through the Windows 365 web client or supported apps that expose the special Windows365 virtual drive for file transfer.

If a Cloud PC is accessed in a way that does not provide this virtual drive (for example, a standard Azure Virtual Machine or a connection method that does not use the Windows 365 web client integration), the Windows365 virtual drive and its Uploads/Downloads folders will not appear in File Explorer.

To use \This PC\Windows365 virtual drive\Uploads:

1. Ensure the resource is a Windows 365 Cloud PC, not a regular Azure VM.
2. Connect using one of the supported Windows 365 access methods (for example, via windows365.microsoft.com or the Windows App) so that the Windows365 virtual drive is mounted in the Cloud PC session.
3. After connecting, open File Explorer in the Cloud PC and look under This PC for Windows365 virtual drive, then the Uploads folder.

If the environment is an Azure Virtual Machine rather than a Windows 365 Cloud PC, this special virtual drive and its Uploads folder are not available by design.

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References:

• Access a Cloud PC
• Introduction to Cloud PCs