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How to connect to FTP server in Windows 7
For basic FTP transfers you don't a third party ftp client, you can use a built-in feature in Windows 7.
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Open Windows Explorer.
Right click Windows Start button and choose Open Windows Explorer or press Windows key + E.
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Click the entry field and enter ftp:// and ftp server name you want to connect to.
For example, if a ftp server name is ftp.mysite.com the enter ftp://ftp.mysite.com.
Press Enter.
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Enter User name and password for the ftp account and click Log On.
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If all the data you entered was correct, then you should be connected to a ftp server.
Mine is empty because I don't have any files in there yet. It's pretty much like any other folder you have on your computer, you can copy files to and from it, delete files and similar.
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Let's try and copy a file in your ftp folder.
Leave the ftp server you're connected to explorer window open and open a new one.
Windows Key + E
Right click a file you want to upload to a ftp server and choose Copy.
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Now go back to the ftp explorer window, right click it and choose Paste.
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File is now beeing uploaded to a ftp server.
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And there it is, transfered successfully onto the ftp server.
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