A method for using drag and drop to transfer an object from a local application running at a client computer system to a remoted application at a server computer system , wherein the client computer system comprises a client component participating in a terminal server session with a server component at the server computer system , the method comprising: an act of the client component detecting that a desktop window cursor has been moved from outside to within the bounds of an application window for a remoted application ; an act of the client component receiving a drop notification indicating a pending drag and drop operation, the drop notification indicating that a drag and drop object is to be transferred to the remoted application ; an act of client component sending a request to transfer the drag and drop object along with a coordinate location of the desktop window cursor to the server computer system over the terminal server session in response to receiving the drop notification; an act of the client component receiving a request for the drag and drop object from the server computer system over the terminal server session ; the client component acting as a proxy drop target on behalf of the remoted application in response to receiving the request for the drag and drop object , such that the client component can receive drag and drop objects from the local application ; an act of forwarding the request for the drag and drop object to the local application ; an act of receiving the drag and drop object from the local application sent in response to the request for the drag and drop object ; and an act of the client component sending the drag and drop object to the server computer system over the terminal server session for delivery to the remote application . an act of the client component detecting that a desktop window cursor has been moved from outside to within the bounds of an application window for a remoted application ; an act of the client component receiving a drop notification indicating a pending drag and drop operation, the drop notification indicating that a drag and drop object is to be transferred to the remoted application ; an act of client component sending a request to transfer the drag and drop object along with a coordinate location of the desktop window cursor to the server computer system over the terminal server session in response to receiving the drop notification; an act of the client component receiving a request for the drag and drop object from the server computer system over the terminal server session ; the client component acting as a proxy drop target on behalf of the remoted application in response to receiving the request for the drag and drop object , such that the client component can receive drag and drop objects from the local application ; an act of forwarding the request for the drag and drop object to the local application ; an act of receiving the drag and drop object from the local application sent in response to the request for the drag and drop object ; and an act of the client component sending the drag and drop object to the server computer system over the terminal server session for delivery to the remote application . <EOS>