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Remote Control Menu Options

Typically, context menu options vary depending on the item selected in the DSM Explorer tree. Remote Control-specific menu options are as follows.

Remote Control Permissions Node

The following menu options are available when you right-click the Remote Control subnode under the various Computers and Users, Group Details nodes:

Add User

Invokes the Add User Permission dialog.

Properties

Invokes the Address Book Properties dialog.

Assets

The following Remote Control-specific menu options are available when you right-click an asset under the various Computers and Users, Group Details, Remote Control nodes.

Effective Settings

Invokes the Select User dialog and, in turn, the Effective Remote Control Permissions dialog.

Connection Addresses

Invokes the Connection Addresses dialog for modifying the addresses of a remote computer. (Only available at the domain manager level.)

Action

Lets you send special commands to the remote computer. Valid options are: Lock, Unlock, and Reboot. (Only available at the domain manager level.)

Take Control

Invokes the Connection Settings dialog, letting you take control of that asset and start a remote control session using the Remote Control viewer component.

Alternatively, click Take Control in the Quick Launch portlet on an asset's Homepage tab.

Note: For more information, see the Remote Control Viewer Help.

Note: For information about the common context menu options for assets, such as New Browser, Explore From, Copy, Properties, and so on, see the Explorer GUI Help.

More information:

Add User Permission Dialog

Select User Dialog

Effective Remote Control Permissions Dialog

Create New Address Books