Introducing ClickShare Desktop App

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ClickShare Desktop App is a software client for Windows and Mac computers. This app gives you more flexibility and a new way of sharing your content. You can easily connect and share content in a meeting room. Simply download and install the app without administrator rights, connect to a meeting room in your vicinity, and share your content with one click.

Key Features: 

  • Easy Installation: Download and install the app without requiring administrator rights.
  • One-Click Sharing: Connect to a meeting room in your vicinity and share your content effortlessly with a single click.
  • Compatible with all ClickShare models: CB-series (all version), CX/C series (firmware version 2.10 or higher), CS(E)-series (firmware version 1.07 or higher), and CSC-1/CSM-1 when used in combination with a ClickShare Button.
  • Cross-Platform Support: Compatible with both Windows and MacOS operating systems.
    For details regarding supported operating systems, see the specifications sheet of your ClickShare Base Unit (how-to: see KB 9359).

Download ClickShare Desktop App:

  • Click here to download the ClickShare Desktop App version for Windows and Mac, best suited your requirements.

Installing ClickShare Desktop App:

  • Basic: To install, simply double-click the ClickShare_Setup file and follow the on-screen instructions.
  • Advanced:
    • Windows MSI: For large-scale deployments, use the MSI package (how-to: see KB 8156 for version 4.28+ and KB 2531 for version 4.27.2 and below). Microsoft SCCM can also be used for deployment (how-to, see KB 2190).
    • Mac PKG/DMG: For large-scale deployments on macOS, use Microsoft Intune to install the PKG file (how-to, see KB 13167) or the DMG file (how-to, see KB 11889). 

    Note: If the ClickShare Desktop App is already installed on your laptop or computer, it will automatically update itself by default.

    Using ClickShare Desktop App:

    • Basic Sharing: Sharing content from your laptop to the meeting room display (how to: see KB 2607).
    • Advanced Sharing: This feature allows you to work separately on your laptop while being sharing your content to the meeting room display at the same time.
      • Sharing a specific window or application (how to: see KB 2384).
      • View speaker notes on your laptop while sharing slides on the meeting room display (how to: see KB 2386).  
    • Extended desktop: This function creates a virtual second desktop for you which will then be shared. As such, the meeting room display becomes a second screen to your personal computer, for details see KB 2588 for details.
    • Wireless conferencing with ClickShare Desktop App:  Bring Your Own Meeting (BYOM) to any ClickShare Conference enabled meeting room, see KB 2073 for details.

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    Last updated Mar 19, 2025