Internet Explorer Intercepts the FTP Command (All Windows)

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Internet Explorer Intercepts the FTP Command (All Windows)
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When you enter a FTP command such as "FTP ftp.microsoft.com" Internet Explorer may launch instead of the DOS based FTP program.

To disable this behavior, open your registry and find the key below, then delete the value of "ftp".

To re-enable, create a new string value called "ftp" and set it to equal "ftp://".


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
ftp	REG_SZ	"ftp://"


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\
Prefixes]
Name: ftp
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value: ftp://

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: April 4, 2002

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