Explorer View on Front end Server won't open

Question

I'm trying to navigate some Explorer views in a front end server ( SharePoint 2013 on premises) The user I'm logged in the server is site collection administrator.

When I open a library in Explorer view from the ribbon I get:

We're having a problem opening this location in File Explorer. Add this web site to your Trusted Sites list and try again

The site is in my trusted sites.

Can I open a sharepoint library in Explorer view on a sharepoint server? Or there is some sort of protection that prevents me from doing so. And if that is the case, could I bypass it or disable somehow?

Answer 1

There are a couple of steps to get this working:

1. Add the desktop experience to the server using Server Manager (or PowerShell).
2. Ensure the WebClient Windows Service is running.