Opening local files in remote applications

A method for opening a local file remotely, comprising:

• receiving a user request to open the local file of a client device remotely;
• identifying a remote desktop environment to open the local file;
• causing the client device to automatically transfer the local file to a remote data store accessible to the remote desktop environment;
• and
• causing a remotely executed application in the remote desktop environment to open a copy of the local file from the remote data store.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a client device, cause the client device to at least:

• receive a user request to open a local file from the client device in a remotely executed application;
• automatically transfer the local file to a remote data store accessible to the remotely executed application;
• and
• automatically cause the remotely executed application to open a copy of the local file from the remote data store.