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Connection to FileZilla FTP server works, but directory listing fails

I am trying to set up a local FTP server in my house. Whenever I connect to the account on the computer that hosts the server, everything works, but when I try connecting on another computer, the ...
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How to change FileZilla so that View/Edit opens .html in Notepad++, not Firefox

Currently Firefox is set by Windows to open .html files. I'm hoping I can sort of override this in FileZilla so I can do quick edits and then upload them to the server.
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Stop Filezilla from inserting blank lines in text files

Often, from different remote hosts, FileZilla will download a .cssor .php file and insert blank lines in between existing lines. This destroys nice formatting. PC = Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. How do I ...
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How to use FileZilla to connect with indirect remote server?

I need to use FileZilla to connect with a server 10.12.23.4 which belongs to our school. However, I am now not in school, so if to connect with that server, I need to use my personal account to first ...
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How do I send a file with FileZilla from the command line?

I have a batch file that builds an application, and then I want to upload it to an FTP server from the command line. Considering I do the upload manually with FileZilla, is there a command line for ...
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Connect to server using SFTP and a public SSH key using FileZilla on Windows

Is it possible to generate an SSH key on a Windows machine and then use that key to connect to a server using SFTP via FileZilla? This is all working with my Mac, but I have a client that is stuck in ...
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How to copy files from one directory to another on the same server using FileZilla?

I want to copy files from one directory to another on the same server using FileZilla. Please guide me how can it be done?
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FTP client on windows that save session password in encrypted text [closed]

Filezilla or WinSCP save password in plain text which is unsecured on public machines. Is there any FTP client can save and encrypt password so that people using it only can access to FTP but not able ...
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How to take FileZilla credentials from the software's interface?

Hi I use FileZilla to transfer files to the server via FTP. I connected to FileZilla from my computer months ago. I entered the server address, port & administration password on to the startup ...
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FileZilla not working on Server 2008 R2

I'm battling to get FileZilla working on Server 2008 R2. Until this morning, I had one 2008 and one XP machine, and always just used the XP one for FTP. I now have two 2008 machines and no FTP client. ...
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How can I get FileZilla to ignore folder or files (like .svn or CVS)?

How can I get FileZille to ignore folders or files? I don't want to upload my version-control info to my web-server! (question implied in a comment to another answer).
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View the size of a directory with filezilla

Is there a way to see the size of a directory and all it´s content with the Filezilla client? In my case I want to see the size of a complete WordPress installation (themes, plugins, uploads, backups ...
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Server sent passive reply with unroutable address in FileZilla

I am trying to browse old plain FTP server with FileZilla and getting the following errors Server sent passive reply with unroutable address. Using server address instead. Browsing is nearly ...
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FileZilla on Mac OS X can't open .ssh directory to get my keyfile

I'm trying to log on to my Amazon EC2 cloud server instance with FileZilla, To do this I need to specify a keyfile for SFTP over SSH, However, FileZilla in OS X can't open files in hidden ...
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Will FileZilla resume interrupted downloads?

I have to download a 15GB file from my client's system using FileZilla. However the download looks like it will take a very long time, more than one day. Can I resume the download after restarting my ...
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FileZilla - How to synchronize two-way (newest file wins)?

I use several computers to maintain a website. I want to reflect all changes both ways. This is a very standard procedure, but I can't find how to do it with FileZilla.
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Compressing and extracting folders via FileZilla

I want to rar and extract folder(of my wordpress site) in the host machine using FileZilla ? Is it possible with FileZilla ? If not what you will suggest ? I dont have SSH access.
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Configuring an SSH tunnel with FileZilla

Is there any way to configure FileZilla on Microsoft Windows so that it connects to an SFTP server through some SSH tunnel? E.g., with WinSCP, I can do the following: I don't want to have to launch ...
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FileZilla can't drag and drop to Windows Explorer

When I try to drag and drop to my desktop or any folder outside of FileZilla, I get an error: Could not determine the target of the Drag&Drop operation. Either the shell extension is not ...
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Why does FileZilla ask for password every now and then?

I am downloading thousands of files over FTP using Filezilla. The download takes several hours, so I want to run it overnight, but there is a problem - Filezilla keeps re-asking the password every now ...
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What's the best way to use Filezilla's bookmarks / site manager?

I have several different sites on different servers at any given time. I'm currently using Filezilla as my ftp client, but I can't seem to figure out how the bookmarks are supposed to work. I've tried ...
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Associate FTP hyperlink to filezilla

Is it possible to associate a link like ftp://myftpserver.net to launch automatically Filezilla and display the FTP server content with one click? I think there must be a kind of protocol registration ...
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Uploading file to multiple FTP sites automatically

I run a radio show, and we deliver audio to a bunch of stations via FTP upload. Currently I use Filezilla and have to connect to each stations' FTP server one by one in order to upload the audio every ...
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FileZilla uploads are not atomic

I've been using FileZilla for a while now for FTP stuff, and while it works great almost all of the time, there is one major flaw I've found: If I upload a changed file, and a user of my site happens ...
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Get FileZilla to ignore remote folders and just download all files in the hierarchy to one local folder

How can I get FileZilla to ignore folders and just show the files in the hierarchy? I want to be able to download all the files in a complex hierarchy of folders (specifically, the Uploads of a ...
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How can I install filezilla's shell extension?

I am trying to drag&drop a file from filezilla to some Windows program. I get this filezilla message: How can I install filezilla's shell extension? I use filezilla on Windows 10 Enterprise.
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Can't upload files via FTP on Mac OS

I can access, read and download from host via FTP, but can't upload files. I tied to use Transmit (on Mac) and Filezilla also, but no success. Then tried same on a different host and got the same ...
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Error: The data connection could not be established: ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server

When connecting to internet address in the FTP client we get an error Error: The data connection could not be established: ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server When connecting through same ...
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Which versions of the Windows TLS/SSL file transfer software like WinSCP and FileZilla are not affected by Heartbleed?

I noticed that many people still use versions affected by the heartbleed vulnerability of wide spread TLS/SSL enabled Windows clients like WinSCP and Filezilla. To be able to make safe ...
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FileZilla: Whats the best way to synch several folders into one?

I have some images on my PC several folders and (simplified) looks like this: Folder1 - file1.jpg - file2.jpg - file3.jpg Folder2 - 825474.jpg - 3684.jpg Folder3 Folder4 And I use ...
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Filezilla: Which files were not transferred?

I recently uploaded a large directory tree from my laptop to a cloud instance. Upon completing the upload Filezilla reported 3 files could not be transferred. Is there some way I can find out which ...
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Can't connect to FTP sites

This started happening when I installed Windows 7. I've tried with Filezilla and with the FireFTP Firefox plugin, and I could never connect. Filezilla gave the error message "ECONNREFUSED - Connection ...
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filezilla : 425 Can't open data connection

I've setup a ftp connection with filezilla client The transfert mode is default. I've tried with passive and active mode too but regardless of the mode, the result is the same Once setup, I'm ...
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FTP FileZilla connection issue “Connection refused by server”

I'm trying to set up file transfer via FileZilla and it doesn't seem to matter what details I put in, I always get the following error: Status: Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - ...
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