Preferences dialog is used to configure general interface, behavioural and other settings of WinSCP.

To show Preferences dialog go to View > Preferences in Explorer interface or Options > Preferences in Commander interface. You can also open the dialog before opening the session from Preferences page of Login dialog.

Pages available on Preferences dialog:

• Environment
  • Interface
  • Window
  • Commander
  • Explorer
  Advertisements:
• Panels
  • Remote
  • Local
• Editors
• Transfer
  • Drag & Drop
  • Background
  • Endurance
• Network
• Security
• Logging
• Integration
  • Applications
• Commands
• Storage
• Updates

Note that when Preferences dialog is opened from Login dialog, the pages available directly from the Login dialog (Logging and Interface) are hidden.