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Is there something equivalent to WebDrive but free or open source ?

Update: I want on Windows if possible and be able to save a file on a virtual ftp drive from any software. I know already I can type "ftp://user@some.ftp.server.com" into an Explorer address as suggested below but that doesn't transform it into a true virtual drive as i cannot save file from notepad for example.

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What is it exactly what you want to do? That WebDrive has many features. – fretje Mar 30 '10 at 18:06
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If you are running Linux then there are a number of FUSE based filesystems (like SSHfs which makes SFTP/SCP access look like just another local directory structure).

Under recent Windows versions you can access plain FTP sites (even those requiring authentication) using Windows Explorer. For instance type "ftp://user@some.ftp.server.com" into an Explorer address bar or the start|run box and (after prompting for password) you will be able to use the resulting explorer window just as any other (complete with drag-and-drop file copying and moving).

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+1 for Windows Explorer – fretje Mar 30 '10 at 18:17
I can access with Explorer, but it doesn't behave like a virtual drive : I cannot save a file from notepad directly as far as I remember. – asksuperuser Mar 30 '10 at 19:27
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Net drive is GPL by the look of it.

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