Government Admin II: Applied Technologies
Government Admin II: Applied Technologies

FTP with Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer is the tool you use when you open My Computer or My Network Places.

Windows Explorer is tightly integrated with Internet Explorer and the transition from a local location is often seamless with a network location. Opening an FTP site is simple with Windows Explorer. Open Windows Explorer:
 

Now to type in the address of the FTP server. We are using FTP instead of HTTP, so you will need to type in ftp://nameofserver

 

Here you only see what is hosted to the public. To login, right click the screen and click "Login As". Alternatively, you may specify your login ID when typing the address in as ftp://loginname@nameofserver.

You can go a step even further and put your password in at this time, with a link like ftp://loginname:yourpassword@nameofserver. I don't recommend this because anyone can read your password this way.
  If you chose to click "Login As" you now need to type in your login name and password and now you may click and drag files between your computer and the remote filespace.


 
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