WS_FTP is one of the oldest FTP clients for Windows but it still works well. This is a "Limited
Edition" of the full WS-FTP commercial application.
You can download it from here.
WS-FTP LE is free for personal and academic use. During the installation
check the appropriate answers, i.e. "For academic work at school"
or "For personal use at home" so it will install in a free mode.
WS-FTP
Installer will place the program's icon on your desktop. Double
click on it to launch the application.
When
you launch WS-FTP LE you will be presented with the Session
Properties window floating on the top of the main WS-FTP
LE window. We'll talk about the main window in a few moments.
The Session Properties window is where you specify
and save your FTP hosts. It has four tabs: General,
Startup, Advanced and Firewall.
Under the General tab you can create a new Profile,
i.e. shortcut. It probably opened up with some default Profile so
click the New button start with blank fields. Under
Profile Name enter any name by which your new shortcut
will be recognized, i.e. Titan. Under the Host name/Address
enter the actual URL, i.e. internet address of the server, for example:
titan.skb.med.nyu.edu. Leave the Host Type on Automatic
detect. Both UserID and Password
are Titan. You can check the Save Pwd
box to remember the password for the future connections. If the
sever accepts Anonymous connections then leave both User
ID and Password fields blank and check
the Anonymous box. leave Account
and Comment fields blank.
Click the Apply button. Now click on the Startup
tab.
Startup Session Properties. You can skip this step unless you were instructed otherwise.
The Advanced and Firewall properties can also be left as they are, at the default settings.
Click
the OK button to close the Session Properties
window and connect to the currently selected host. Your Profile,
i.e. bookmark or shortcut has been saved. You will be able to select
it now from the Profile name menu.
This
is the main WS-FTP LE window. On the left it shows all
your local drives or the default download directory for the given
session if such was specified. On the right it shows the current
directory of the FTP server you're connected to. It will be blank
if you are not connected to any FTP server. Note the pull-down menus
as marked by arrows.
These screenshots are a bit out of date, you will no longer see mcbi-41, just navigate to Park_Till_5am directly.
To
open a drive on the left or a directory on the right simply double
click on it (drive H marked by arrow for example). To go back up in the directory
hierarchy on either side double-click the green up-arrow to go up
by one level. You can also select any directory from the mentioned
These screenshots are a bit out of date, you will no longer see mcbi-41, just navigate to Park_Till_5am directly.
To
download a file select it in the right (server) window then click
the Left Arrow button in the middle as marked below.
You can select several files by Control-clicking or Shift-clicking
just like in Windows.
To
upload a file select it in the left (local) window then click the
Right Arrow button in the middle as marked below.
You can select several files by Control-clicking or Shift-clicking
just like in Windows.
You
can also upload files by dragging them from your desktop or any
folder into the right (server) window.
Whether
you are downloading or uploading files you will see a progress window
as shown on the right. It may not show if you're transferring small
files or the connection to the server is very fast so it happens
very quickly.
