Issues with FTP in Windows 11 Explorer – Alternatives?
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TechWizard88
We've recently upgraded many users from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (version 24H2 fully patched), and they're experiencing issues when trying to connect to our cloud-based web server using Windows Explorer for FTP. While they can still access the server and navigate through the folders, the options at the top for creating new folders or copying and pasting files seem to be missing. I suggested checking with FileZilla to rule out any account permission issues, but I'd like to know if anyone else has encountered this problem. I considered whether this could be due to a firewall issue, but since they can connect to the FTP server via Windows Explorer, I'm not sure that's the case. Any insights or suggestions would be appreciated!
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Honestly, I’d recommend stopping the use of FTP entirely. If you need to do file transfers through a GUI, try using SSHFS on Windows. It works really well for those kinds of tasks and avoids many of the pitfalls of FTP.
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I believe in Windows 11 version 24H2, many older features and tools got removed, which are still around in the previous version 23H2. So that could explain why you're missing those options.
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It seems like the built-in FTP feature in Windows is kind of fading away due to security concerns. You might want to consider moving away from using Windows Explorer for FTP altogether. It's becoming less reliable.
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SecureTransporter77: Yeah, FTP has been pretty outdated for a while now. There are plenty of better alternatives out there, like SFTP or even newer tools.