Single file directly executable FTP program for no-install PC

At school with no (good) FTP apps at all.

[JAB Creations]

I can not remember the name of an FTP program that had a setup like cuteftp. I'm in a web class and all we have is Dreamweaver (if you know me you know why I hate DW and even more it's "ftp").

I do not have install permissions (until at least I make a boot disk, heh) so I need an FTP thats executable without an install (which I had but not on me or I may have misplaced it because I know I was looking for it several days ago actually).

John

PS - At school and can't F7 my teh. ;-)

[The Contractor]

Why not download WS_FTP95LE which is free (do a search for it). I keep a copy of that installed on a thumb drive and it is completely self contained (all files are in it's folder). Believe it or not I still use that more-often than any other FTP program I have...hehe

(When you install, choose that you are using it for academic reasons and it's free)

[JAB Creations]

"I do not have install permissions"

[The Contractor]

You can install it on a floppy or a thumb drive at home and then take it to school with you and run. It only takes up 1.2mb of space (all files in the folder).

[JAB Creations]

I did not specify specifically that I am in class at this very moment, but I am. I'll have to look on my system when I get home...I wonder if I can do some sort of folder copy with cuteftp (minus the dat file of course). I was hoping to get something setup and working now but it will have to wait until I come back Monday. I still need to figure out which FTP program it was though. Thanks for the suggestion, but the school already had that FTP on here (and then they decided not to put it back on this semester though to my surprise Firefox 1.5 is actually on here). If nothing else works it's still better then DW. :)

[The Contractor]

How about "Portable FileZilla" which is a free portable FTP program with nothing to install? I never used it, but it may work for you. Do a search for it.

[kaled]

FTP is built into Internet Explorer.
1) type in ftp://domain.com in the address bar.
2) drag and drop files.

XP may require SP2 to work at a sensible speed.
You may need to select passive mode on the Options¦Advanced tab.
The only real problem is that ascii mode is not supported, but unless you're uploading something like a perl script, that's not important.

Kaled.

[JAB Creations]

Thanks TC, I found a zip that worked without an install and that FTP is a whole lot better then WS.

Also I found that FTP I was talking about. It's LeechFTP 1.3, just the executable. I'm going to keep both.

I'm running SP1 at home but this was for school and they're running SP2.

Thanks for all the suggestions (and the F7 on the title, heh).

John

[milanmk]

I found a zip that worked without an install

Could you please share its name with us?

[JAB Creations]

No prob, do a google for "Portable FileZilla" and you should find it on John Haller's website. Left click the "download now" and then choose your server.

John

[milanmk]

Thanks for sharing that apps with us.

[JAB Creations]

No prob, and again thanks to all who contributed to better FTPing while computing in heavy red tape zones. ;)

[rocknbil]

Simpler yet,

Start->Run->cmd (command for win98)
type cd C:\path\directorytoupload [ENTER]
type ftp [ENTER]
type help [ENTER]

Windows has always had an inherent command-line FTP client.