A small utility to make FTP Shortcuts easier to create and modify, using the standard Windows shell command to open FTP sites in normal 'explorer' windows. Passwords are always hidden and the files containing them are encrypted, making it a little more secure. Ideal for those wishing to use their normal browser to access FTP sites.

This is a small, stand-alone (executable file only) utility, which simply utilises the features of Windows to access FTP sites. Although using a special third-party FTP client may have many extra features, it is still possible to access FTP sites without one.

Just like a URL for a webpage (http://), ftp is accessed in a similar format:

ftp://username:password@ftpsite.com

This means you can use this format in the address bar of Internet Explorer, or from Start/Run. You can even set up shortcuts for each FTP site you want to access, just like you would for a normal webpage. This is what prompted me to write this small utility to make it a little easier, and perhaps more secure. FTPShortcut is more secure because it can have a SECOND password (one that you can easily remember) to prevent access by other users.

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