Friday, March 18, 2011

Connecting to FTP server via IE7 or up

When you try to connect to ftp server via IE 7 or up you may get "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" error.

Try steps below to be able to connect FTP via IE.

1.            Start Internet Explorer.
2.            On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3.            Click the Advanced tab.
4.            Under Browsing, click the Enable folder view for FTP sites check box.
5.            Click OK.
6.            Close IE
7.            Restart and Test

If above is selected and you get the  page that give “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage” message,

Click “View”  from top menu of IE. ( If View is not visible click Alt key to make it appear under address bar) 
Click  “Open FTP site in Windows Explorer” menu option,  to open up your ftp folder in windows explorer.