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Internet Explorer 7 and FTP
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Posted by: host 12/21/2006 10:13 AM

I installed internet explorer 7 a couple of weeks ago and for the most part I like it. The tabbed views are cool and I like when I click a link from Outlook that a new tab is opened rather than using any currently open windows. But the FTP support is annoying. In IE 6 I used to just type in an ftp address and go. My username usually popped up in the credentials and all I had to do was put in a password and I was able to ftp to my heart's desires. In IE 7, when I type in the same address, I have to type in the username and password every time. Then it takes me to a folder view where all the files are links instead of objects I can work with like explorer. I can click Page, and then click Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer, then enter the credentials all over again. Finally I can ftp!

You would think that all I would have to do is type in the ftp address into explorer, right? WRONG! When I do that, it opens IE 7 and I have to do the window dance again.

Frustrating...

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Re: Internet Explorer 7 and FTP    By host on 2/16/2007 10:33 AM
Actually, it seems to have resolved itself somehow. I tried the windows explorer method again a few days later and it worked. I typed my full ftp address in the windows explorer address bar ( ftp://ftp.anydomain.com ) and it opened without the IE 7 middleman. Since then, its worked on every ftp address I have tried. I know the answer doesn't help at all, but I chalk it up to an "undocumented feature" in Internet Explorer 7 or XP Professional.

Windows Vista must be a pleasure!


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