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m (Shell Access with WinSCP moved to WinSCP free SFTP/ FTP client for Windows: Old title "Shell Access with WinSCP" did not alphabetize correctly.)
m (WinSCP free SFTP/ FTP client for Windows moved to (s)FTP: The newly choosen title does not work as well, also there are more sFTP programs)

Revision as of 10:45, 3 December 2008

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Legacy SCP protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.

Download the following....

Install WinSCP

cd to the C:\Program Files\WinSCP3 folder


Unzip metapad within C:\Program Files\WinSCP3\


Copy putty.exe to C:\Program Files\WinSCP3\PuTTY


Start WinSCP
Click New
Enter your Host Name i.e. www.yoursite.com or site ip 234.234.234.555
Port = 22
User = root
password = Do not login as admin, but use the root user, which should have the same password unless you have changed the admin password.
Click Save
Click Login

Within WinSCP select Options > Preferences > Editors click ADD and setup metapad or your favorite editor.

then select > Integration and browse for putty.exe