How to copy PuTTY sessions from old HD or crashed computer
How to copy PuTTY sessions from old HD or crashed computer
You can use some registry reading tool.
MiTeC Windows Registry Recovery 1.6.1
Run MiTec Windows Registry Recovery
- Go to File -> Open.
- Locate registry file of your account. It is typically located in
C:\Users\username\ntuser.dat
(orC:\Documents and Settings\username\ntuser.dat
in Windows XP and older). This file is usually hidden and system. - Go to Explore > Raw Data.
- Locate key
Software/SimonTatham/PuTTY/Sessions
. - Go to File > Export to REGEDIT4 format.
- On Export to REGEDIT4 dialog, select
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
and check both Only selected key and Cut off root key name. - Save export to file of your choice.
- Validate the entries in the key - Check and delete the root entry - example -
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ROOT\SOFTWARE\SimonTatham]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ROOT\SOFTWARE\SimonTatham\PuTTY]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ROOT\SOFTWARE\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Jumplist]
- Import the registry export by opening it double-click on file .reg.
Finding the paths of Total Commander config files
Finding the paths of Total Commander config files
- Path of main config file (its default name is wincmd.ini) - %APPDATA%\GHISLER\wincmd.ini .
- Path of FTP config file (its default name is wcx_ftp.ini) - %APPDATA%\GHISLER\wcx_ftp.ini.
Information about the path location in the registry
registry key value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ghisler\Total Commander\InstallDir
How to add programs to system startup in windows
How to add programs to system startup in windows
“Startup” is a hidden system folder that you can navigate to in File Explorer
It’s located in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Easy way to open the “Startup” folder
hit Windows+R to open the “Run” box, type “shell:startup,” and then press Enter.
Export PUTTY Session List
How to export PUTTY sessions list
By default PuTTY stores the session information in the registry on Windows machine.
If the sessions are stored in computer, you can transfer them to another computer by exporting the appropriate registry key.
registry key with saved sessions - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions
rapid export the registry key
regedit /e "%userprofile%\desktop\putty-reg.reg" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Simontatham
\PuTTY\Sessions
registry key has been saved on your desktop
Take this file and run on the computer where you want to import sessions
another way to export the registry is doing it manually
open registry
Start -> regedit go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\
right click on Sessions and export registry key to file.