Computers view
In this article, you’ll learn what is ‘Computers view’ and how to add computers and apps to your workspace in ‘the Computers view’ so you can start hosting.
In this article:
Adding computers in the ‘Computers view’
Adding applications in the ‘Computers view’
Computers view shows your added computers, letting you access each desktop and add or control apps on that specific machine.
Adding computers in the ‘Computers view’
One way to add a computer to your workspace is in ‘the Computers view’.
Another way is through ‘the Apps view’ which is explained in the article: Adding computer in the ‘Apps view’.
Click ‘Make this computer available’ to add a new computer.
The current computer will be displayed.
"Enable streaming" checkbox:
- Check this option to assign the newly created computer to your current device and enable streaming.
- Uncheck it to only add the computer to the list—this allows you to attach it to another device later.
Choose whether to enable hosting on startup:
If you select ‘Yes’, hosting will be enabled automatically each time you sign in to the Chromaport app.
If you select ‘No, just now’, hosting will be enabled only for the current session. Once you sign out and sign back in, hosting will be disabled.
Click ‘Refresh’ to ensure the status of the computer is up to date.
After refreshing:
‘Desktop’ will be automatically added as the first app in your computer.
After adding a computer in the ‘Computers’ view, ‘Desktop’ will also automatically appear as an application in the ‘Apps view’.
This view presents the same information, but from the perspective of available applications.
After adding your computer and its applications, you can connect to it from any other device where the Chromaport app is installed.
To add more computers to your workspace, simply install the Chromaport app on each computer, sign in and add the computer.
Adding applications in the ‘Computers view’
Applications can be added in the ‘Computers view’.
To see how to add applications in the ‘Apps view’, go to the article: Adding apps in the ‘Apps view’
Click on a computer to see all apps assigned to it — ‘Desktop’ is added by default.
Use the ‘Add more’ option to choose between: 'Add an app from this computer' or 'Add existing workspace app'
'Add an app from this computer' allows you to attach the application path/ app command to the selected computer based on the application path/app cmd from the computer you are currently using.
'Add existing workspace app' allows you to add the same app path/ app command that already exists in the workspace and assign it to the computer you want to access it from.
If you have only one computer in your workspace, use 'Add an app from this computer' to add an application directly.
After selecting 'Add an app from this computer' you will see the app paths/the app commands from your current computer.
Choose one if the app path/app command on the selected computer is the same. If not, you can change it in the next step.
If the app path/app cmd matches on both computers, the app will be added successfully.
If the path/the command is different, make sure to change it in the next step —otherwise, the shortcut will be created, but the app won’t be found when you try to launch it.
After selecting 'Add existing workspace app', choose the app path/app command of the existing workspace application.
If the app path/ app cmd matches on both computers (the one from which the application was added in the workspace and the one from which you want to assign the application now) the application will be added successfully.
If the path/the command is different, the shortcut will be created, but the app won’t be found when you try to launch it.