How To Download And Install WinSCP - How To Transfer Files Using SFTP In WinSCP

How To Download And Install WinSCP - How To Transfer Files Using SFTP In WinSCP

In this video I will show you how to download and install the WinSCP client in windows 10. I will also show you how to connect to your remote server using SFTP file transfer protocol and transfer files from your local device to your remote server.

WinSCP https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

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What is WinSCP? WinSCP is a popular SFTP and FTP client for Microsoft Windows! The WinSCP client allows the user to copy files between local computers and remote servers using FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV or S3 file transfer protocols.

Steps To Download And Install WinSCP

1. Open up your browser and navigate to https://winscp.net/eng/index.php
2. You will then be taken to WinSCP's official site. To download WinSCP, left click on the green "DOWNLOAD NOW" button 3."You will then be taken to the WinSCP latest release download page. Left click on the green "DOWNLOAD WinSCP Latest Version" button to start your WinSCP client installer download.
3. Windows will then prompt you to pick a save location, file name and save as type for the WinSCP setup download. Once done, WinSCP will begin downloading to the location you have chosen
4. Once the download has finished, locate the WinSCP setup application and run it by double clicking on it.
5. Go through the installer setup and customize the installation to your liking. In this video I went with the setup type of "typical" and the user settings of "commander" as the interface style.
6. Once you have chosen the interface style, your WinSCP client is now ready for install. Left click on install to begin the installation process.
7. During the installation, if you have another SSH client installed on your computer such as PuTTY with stored sessions, WinSCP will prompt you during the installation, if you want to import these stored sessions to your WinSCP client.
8. Once WinSCP has finished installing you will be greeted with the completion page of the WinSCP Setup Wizard.
9. Left click on finished to close the installer.
10. Locate the WinSCP shortcut on your desktop and double click on it to run WinSCP. You should now be greeted with the WinSCP login page

Steps To Transfer Files Using SFTP In WinSCP

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1. Once you have installed WinSCP and have it open you are now ready to connect to your server via SFTP. On the login page, ensure the file protocol is "sftp"
2. Enter the IP ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-TI-e23Yuw