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Per-user telnet URL association for Windows
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| ; Per-user telnet URL mapping | |
| ; | |
| ; Works w/ Firefox and Chrome under Windows 7 | |
| ; | |
| ; Be sure to replace the path to PuTTY with the correct destination | |
| ; | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet] | |
| @="URL:telnet protocol" | |
| "URL Protocol"="" | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\DefaultIcon] | |
| @="\"C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\putty.exe\"" | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\Shell] | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\Shell\Open] | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\Shell\Open\Command] | |
| @="\"C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\putty.exe\" \"%1\"" |
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Better path default 👍 . I guess I was used to installing via .zip or maybe that was before they made an installer? 🤷
Author
Updated. Guessing a bit about the quotes/path escaping as I haven't tested.
but you did it ! congrats it was useful for me, since I'm trying eve emulator.
Thanks bud, worked perfectly ;)
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it works, I just add the correct path as it says.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Per-user telnet URL mapping
;
; Works w/ Firefox and Chrome under Windows 7
;
; Be sure to replace the path to PuTTY with the correct destination
;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet]
@="URL:telnet protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\Shell]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\Shell\Open]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\Shell\Open\Command]
@=""C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe" "%1""