How to open PuTTY terminal directly, without configuration window?

Question

When you open Putty,the configuration window is shown:

Is there any way, to directly open Terminal, without that welcome (configuration) window? Where I can start typing the codes directly, like: ssh [e-mail] -p 80

Answer 1

If you just want to skip PuTTY configuration/login window:

putty.exe user@host -P port

Or, to open your existing stored session:

putty.exe -load "stored session name"

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If you are looking for a console SSH terminal, use Plink from PuTTY package.

It has the same command-line syntax as PuTTY and similar to OpenSSH ssh:

plink [e-mail] -P port

(or again, you can use -load)

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Or use OpenSSH ssh itself. There's now an official Microsoft build of OpenSSH for Windows.

On Windows 10 version 1803 or newer, you already have OpenSSH built-in. On older versions of Windows 10, it can be installed as an optional Windows feature. On older version of Windows, you can just extract the client-side tools from a .zip (latest release), no installation is need.

Answer 2

You can always save the definitions, and in recent versions of Windows (assumed), you can open these from the start menu.

Try Putty -load *savedentry*

Answer 3

I see there's an accepted answer already, but if you're using Windows 10, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a great alternative. You can put aliases in your .bashrc file, or you could reference the command history to reopen a previous connection. You can also install tmux and have several connections open at once.

Answer 4

Use the following command.

 Putty -load "Saved Session's Name" 
 Example: Putty -load "Default Settings"
 Example: C:\putty.exe -load "Default Settings"

https://www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/putty-manuals/0.68/Chapter3.html#using-cmdline-load