Integration Page (Preferences Dialog)

Use Create a desktop icon button to create shortcut icon that starts WinSCP on your desktop. You will have an option to create the icon for all users of your computer (requires administrator priviledges) or for yourself only.

To create desktop icon that directly opens selected site (stored session) use Shell icon button on Sites/Stored Sessions page of Login dialog.

Use Create a Quick Launch icon button to create shortcut icon to start WinSCP on Quick Launch toolbar on Windows taskbar (not available on Windows 7 and newer).

Use Add upload shortcut to Explorer’s ‘Send to’ context menu button to create shortcut icon in 'Send To’ menu in file context menu of Windows Explorer.

To create ‘Send To’ icon that directly opens selected site (stored session) use Shell icon button on Sites/Stored Sessions page of Login dialog.

Use Register to handle URL addresses button opens menu with following commands (In releases prior to the latest beta release, instead of opening menu the button behaves as Register command):

• Register: Registers WinSCP to handle protocol URL addresses.1
• Make WinSCP default handler: Opens Set Program Associations Control Panel applet for WinSCP, where you can update WinSCP registration.2
• Unregister: Removes WinSCP registration for protocol URL addresses.3

Use Add WinSCP to search path to add WinSCP installation directory to system search path.

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