Re: How To Get FTP Shortcut to Open Windows Explorer NOT Internet Explorer

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About FTP in IE7 & higher
http://blogs.msdn.com/askie/archive/...hat-to-do.aspx


W wrote:
> If you drop an ftp:/// url into the Address bar of Windows Explorer, this
> will open up the FTP site in the context of Windows Explorer. This is
> quite handy when you want to copy and paste between the local file system
> and the FTP site. Unfortunately, if you try to create an Internet
> Shortcut, this will always open a browser, and will NOT perform the same
> action as putting the URL in the Address bar of Windows Explorer.
>
> Is there any way to create a folder or shortcut in Windows Explorer that
> will directly open an FTP site in WIndows Explorer? This might require
> the
> help of a third party application, to create special objects in Windows
> Explorer? What are my options for creating this special FTP object?