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I am using Matlab 2018a within the Citrix receiver. That means, I run the Citrix receiver and it runs Matlab on a server. From this Matlab instance, I can access my local drive, in fact if I click "open" then the window below appears, and I can open any file I want on my local pc. But what if I want to access my local files from command line in my Matlab command window or in a Matlab scripts? I tried:

dos('cd \\ALBERTO-PC\C:')

I get:

'\\ALBERTO-PC\C:' 
CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.

I tried 

dos('pushd  \\ALBERTO-PC\C:')

I get:

The network name cannot be found. Other ideas?

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Millemila
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Try to map the UNC drive to a local drive and then use the mapped drive through the mapping

Lea
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  • Follow ups aren't considered an answer, use the comment feature instead. – E. Earl Oct 19 '18 at 18:16
  • I don't have 50 points and can't comment. This isn't a follow up but an idea to a solution – Lea Oct 19 '18 at 18:22
  • I am confused, I said I am running Matlab in Citrix, i.e. I am running it remotely on a server, that is the idea. So I am trying from Matlab to access my local folder, which is a UNC drive for the server. – Millemila Oct 19 '18 at 19:55
  • on the server computer - map the UNC drive (your local drive) to a drive on the server through file explorer. Then you can run it easily from matlab – Lea Oct 19 '18 at 20:09
  • Ok Maybe I did not make it clear: I do not have access to the server computer! IT people at my university have access and they said they are not gonna change anything. – Millemila Oct 24 '18 at 16:02
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You can access you local C drive via explorer using what is called Client Drive Mapping. You can access those via a UNC path as well as \\CLIENT\C$ \\CLIENT\D$ etc. Do not use the client's hostname but use the hardcoded CLIENT name.

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