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Running windows7 i have a shortcut to an FTP site. When you make this shortcut and point it to a location like ftp://127.0.0.1/ it automatically defaults to opening in Internet Explorer. This is not ideal.
I would like to have a shortcut that opens directly to Windows Explorer, as this is infinitely more useful for my purposes.
James
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 349
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nhinkle
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 35 057
@FelipeSabino please check the checkbox status for "Enable ftp folder view (Outside of Internet Explorer). Without this checkbox, the FTP URL is opened in the default web browser (Firefox in my case). Very confusing. – MattBianco – 2014-11-20T09:37:14.677
IT doesn't allow me to connect to the FTP server on godaddy – a coder – 2016-03-30T06:53:52.683
it still opens in IE instead of explorer – Felipe Sabino – 2012-12-07T13:39:03.057
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Create a shortcut with the path set to:
%windir%\explorer.exe ftp://<server address>/
And Scroll down to the Browsing section in the Advanced settings tab in Internet Options in Internet Explorer and make sure the box that reads "Enable ftp folder view (Outside of Internet Explorer)" is checked.
If this checkbox is not checked, Explorer starts your default web browser with the supplied URL.
cloe
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 181
But see @Gavin-Hudson 's answer also. – Matthew Wilcoxson – 2013-07-18T13:32:53.397
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The solution offered by nhinkle is good, but it might be only half of the solution. Follow his steps first. Once you have the ftp folder under My Computer, if you click the ftp network location and it still opens in IE, take the following steps:
This is true for IE8. I don't know if it's true for other versions.
Gavin Hudson
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 71
This is true today (2014-11-20) as well. Make a shortcut like in the answer by @cloe or @nhinkle, and then check the check box in this answer. If it is not checked, the default web browser is launched. So the check box seems to have nothing to do with Internet Explorer. It instead affects the behavior of explorer.exe. Oh what a nice mess. – MattBianco – 2014-11-20T09:41:28.380
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Matthew Lock
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 4 254
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The simplest way to control this kind of thing is to download the freeware FileTypesMan from Nirsoft. Make sure that the option to display URL protocols is enabled: on the menu, select Options > Show URL Protocols. Scroll down to FTP and click on it. Double-click the open entry in the lower pane and point it to Explorer instead of Internet Explorer. The only command line argument you should probably leave in is "%1".
boot13
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 5 551
for me it was WinSCP but i still can open it in my IE – Iman Abidi – 2015-02-23T08:32:00.840
Are you saying that you tried using FileTypesMan to change the application associated with the FTP protocol (from? to?) and it didn't have any effect? – boot13 – 2015-02-23T12:42:02.683
yes. but i can open it in explorer instead of IE and this setting was WinSCP and not Explorer. i was investigating to fix this for my colleague. – Iman Abidi – 2015-02-23T12:55:38.587
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The Windows registry keys shown before didn't work for me, but this works:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\FTP
Use Web Based FTP = "yes"
Just change value to "no".
(Windows 7 Pro x64)
piro
Posted 2010-07-22T12:55:14.657
Reputation: 1
If you do find yourself in IE viewing an FTP site you can always transfer to viewing it in Windows Explorer by pressing ALT+V, O to "Open FTP Site in File Explorer" – Matthew Lock – 2013-10-04T07:09:50.850