Creating a shortcut to an FTP server

If you only need to perform simple and short actions on an FTP server then this tip is for you. There is no need to use additional software, as you can create a simple shortcut and explore, delete or modify your remote files without having to start an FTP client, all by using the Windows graphical interface.

Here’s how:

Double click on the “My Network Places” icon

Double click on the “Add a Network Place” icon

Once the wizard has started then you will need to input the location of your desired location, for example:

ftp://anonymous:password@ftp.symantec.com:21

Explanation of the different fields:

• ftp://
  Indicated the protocol to use, here is it FTP ;)
• anonymous
  Corresponds to your login, for the anonymous connections we generally input “anonymous”.
• password
  Corresponds to your password, for the anonymous connection it is generally an email address, my-email@gnt.com.
• ftp.symantec.com
  Corresponds to the address of you FTP server, this can also be an IP address.
• 21
  Corresponds to the port that the FTP server will need to listen on, you can modify this if the server listens on a different port.