Start your FTP program from Internet Explorer



TipI'm annoyed that Internet Explorer offers no built-in FTP file upload feature like Navigator's. But I've discovered that I can assign a Links button in Explorer to launch my own FTP software.
Here's how. Select View--Options from the Explorer menu and click the Navigation tab. Click the Page drop-down box and select one of the Quick Link settings. Type a name in the Name box, and in the Address box, type the location of the software.
If you're using Internet Explorer 3.2, it will ask if you want to download or open the program. Select Open. You'll receive a message that the program does not have a special signature. Click Yes to open the program.
In Internet Explorer, click Links in the top right corner of the screen in order to display the Links buttons.
- Michael Edmonson

Category: Internet
Issue: Jan 1998
Pages: 172

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