OT: How to ftp to SCS?

TeetimeNC wrote on 10/15/2008, 5:35 PM

Well, not entirely OT but I am trying to ftp some files to SCS support. They sent me the url to their ftp site. But when I click on it my PC launches WS-FTP Pro, rather than using the ftp client in IE 7. I need to be able to access the site through IE.

Can anyone tell me, short of uninstalling WS-FTP Pro, how to keep it from launching when I click an ftp url in IE?

Jerry

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DrLumen wrote on 10/15/2008, 5:53 PM

While I am confused by why it has to be IE, you should be able to copy and paste the URL into the browser.

If you are going to be doing a lot, go to explorer and to folder options and check the association for URL:File Transfer Protocol

johnmeyer wrote on 10/15/2008, 6:21 PM

Before trying to upload again, try deleting the IE cache, including the offline files (although I don't think IE7 has that as a separate option anymore).

Chienworks wrote on 10/15/2008, 7:36 PM

I usually use WS-FTP for accessing their ftp server. It works very well. I never use the ftp client in browsers for anything at all.

Himanshu wrote on 10/15/2008, 7:45 PM

How about simply copying the URL and pasting it in IE? It should be of the format:

ftp://user@site.com/

You should be prompted for a password.

GlennChan wrote on 10/15/2008, 9:01 PM

You can even do:

ftp://user:password@site.com/

Copy and paste that into notepad or something to hang onto what you've typed in case you made a mistake. Your browser will likely strip out the password part.
Also, if you paste it into notepad, you can see if you accidentally left a space onto the end.

(This is obviously a low security way of doing things. Which may be fine for your purposes, or not.)

TeetimeNC wrote on 10/16/2008, 1:51 AM

Thanks all. There may have been a problem with the SCS ftp site last evening. I tried again now with WS-FTP and was able to connect no problem. Since I wasn't able to connect last night I and since their instructions were for using a web browser, I thought that might be my only way to connect. It is still a bit disturbing that I can't figure a way to disable the automatic launch of WS-FTP pro when you invoke an ftp url in the browser.

Jerry

Himanshu wrote on 10/16/2008, 5:11 PM

Which app to launch for the ftp protocol is configuration information that is tucked away in the Windows registry. It must have been configured by WS_FTP during installation. If you don't want to uninstall it, you could look through the app's preferences/configuration to see if it allows you to restore the FTP protocol settings in Windows. If it does not, hacking the registry is the last resort (always dangerous).