How to Use WinSCP FTP Client

hi Eddie with eggs of all here today we're going over how to use winscp when SCP is a popular FTP client for Windows so we'll be installing it on the Windows machine will walk through installing the winscp client on your computer and the basics of transferring files with their interface to get the winscp client go to the web site at HTTP colon forward slash forward slash when SCP met click the big green download now' button you'll then be taken to another page which will give you the correct download for your operating system proceed to download I'm using the edge browser so I see a running a save option I'm gonna go ahead and hit save once it's finished saving go ahead and hit run then you can minimize the browser the Installer will then ask if you want to allow to make changes to the device we're gonna go ahead and hit yes you'll then see a license agreement accept to continue then select the type of installation that you want then two options on which interface you'd like to use then one more click to install once the setup is complete go ahead and launch the client you'll see a page come up with some post installation help go ahead and minimize this once the winscp client is on screen you'll see a box with options to fill in information about the host you're trying to connect to along with your username and password you should receive this information from your web host or your FTP service provider we'll be using one of our exit Balt accounts today to connect when FCP supports both FTP and SFTP connections use the file protocol drop-down to select FTP which will change the port number to 21 once all fields are entered hit login now you're looking at the winscp file manager you'll see our local directory in the left half of the window and the remote directory or the server on the right the transfer queue is located across the bottom of the window to upload you can right click on a file use the upload icon or drag selected files from your local directory to the remote server in our example we'll drag a file from our desktop to the remote server to download you have the same options select files right-click and choose download use the download icon or drag and drop files from the remote directory to your local computer we'll select a file from the remote directory and drag it to our desktop when you're all done transferring files disconnect from the server this is available from the session drop-down menu thanks for watching our video about winscp ftp client like share and subscribe if you found it useful you can find more great information on our blog go to wwsz Volcom forward slash block ready to get started with FTP for your business go to wwsz vault comm and start your free trial today

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Id: xW0BQIaz7Ic

Length: 3min 15sec (195 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 16 2019