

Select the Save password check box if you want Windows to remember that password and connect you directly to the site in the future.If you have wondered how to access the VenusOS files on your Venus device after you gained root access, I will show a simple and easy to use method for Windows users:ģ.) download the SFTP Plugin ("file system extensions" section) When you first connect to the FTP site, you’ll be prompted for a password. You can drag that shortcut to your desktop so that it's easy to find later. A shortcut to the FTP site appears in the Computer folder. If you do not want the FTP site to open after you're done setting up the shortcut, clear the Open this network location when I click Finish check box. If you want to give the shortcut a different name, type it in the Type a name for this network location box. Type a user name, and then click Next.īy default, the name of the shortcut is the same as the FTP address.

To use a name and password, clear the Log on anonymously check box. In the wizard, select Choose a custom network location, and then click Next.Įnter the name of the FTP site, with the full FTP:// in front of it, and then click Next. This displays the Add Network Connection wizard. Right-click anywhere in the folder, and then click Add a Network Location. To create a shortcut to open an FTP site in Windows Explorer Here's how to create a shortcut to an FTP site so that the site will automatically open in Windows Explorer: If you just want to open FTP sites and download files from them, you can use Internet Explorer. If you want to upload files, delete files, or rearrange the folder structure on an FTP site, you need to open the site in Windows Explorer. One caveat, you cannot use an "at-sign" or a colon as part of the user's password, obviously because it's what's denoting/separating the user's credentials from the FTP URL. Mind you, the FTP administrator HAS to know how to configure the permissions on the FTP site, but this works like a charm. That opens the FTP site, using Windows explorer (NOT IE!) and you can cut/paste all day long. The username is passed along separated by a colon where the ftp-site-user password gets passed, finally the 'at-sign' tells it which FTP server by sub/domain-name.) Followed by the the FTP site's URL settings. %windir%\explorer (space) it down as best I can, %windir% is system environment variable for the "Windows" folder, whether it be XP/7/8 and 'explorer' is the default shell for any version of windows. (You can also paste the line below directly into the 'run' box.) It's actually quite a bit more simple than the above situations.Ĭreate a shortcut on your desktop, and for the properties, use this:
