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I want to download a folder which contains hundreds of files that are hosted on an ftp server to my Windows 7 desktop. I've never used ftp before, so I am not sure where to start.

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Sorry, Windows 2007? What is that? – Zoredache Jul 19 '11 at 17:38
Navigate to FTP site, Page menu->View in Explorer, Copy files to desktop. Or get a real client like Filezilla. – Chris S Jul 19 '11 at 17:42
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FTP protocol doesn't support directory download. Most FTP clients (AFAIK, not including standard command line tools "ftp") allow to download directories by getting their listing recursively and downloading files one by one automatically.

There is a plenty of different clients. For instance, filezilla - free and open source.

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you can also use the mget command if you are limited to command line and there is no directory structure – Zypher Jul 19 '11 at 18:34
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If you archive (zip) the directory, you can get the archive and unzip it locally.

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