Once that client is installed it should be able to register itself as the correct URI handler for SFTP links and launch automatically when you encounter a sftp_URI such as (with fewer or more parameters as defined here). If you try to connect to a SFTP server using FileZilla, you may see a Critical error: Could not connect to server. Therefor you will need to launch a separate client that does support the SFTP protocol to successfully connect to an SFTP server. Take advantage of HostedFTPs ultra unique security model by connecting to an FTP client like FileZilla using SFTP. Since SFTP also not really a common/native/appropriated Microsoft protocol, no support for that protocol is included in the default MS (client) tools/libraries either. You will definitely be able to use WinSCP as it supports all protocols that FileZilla does (and more). You have not specified what protocol you are using, the FTP or the SFTP. The SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is neither that simple, nor does it have the same historic legacy, and thus support for that protocol is (usually) not built into web browsers. Though you can use any other client that allows automation.

For a web server that protocol is HTTP or HTTPS and web browsers, as the tool of choice to connect to web servers, have support for the HTTP and HTTPS protocols built in.įor historic reasons and probably because FTP is a really simple protocol many web browsers also have/had that native FTP protocol support built in. The tool you use to connect to a server must support the protocol required by the server.

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