PuTTY settings and sessions backup and restore for Windows

README.md

This set of scripts backs up and restores your PuTTY settings from the Windows registry

Run PuTTY backup

First, open powershell as an administrator

# Adjust the execution policy to run the script
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

# Backup PuTTY data
.\backup.ps1

Run PuTTY restore

First, open powershell as an administrator

# Adjust the execution policy to run the script
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

# Backup PuTTY data
.\backup.ps1

backup.ps1

# backup.ps1
$backupFileName = "$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd')-putty-backup.reg"
$registryPath = "HKCU\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY"
reg export $registryPath $backupFileName /y

Write-Output "PuTTY registry settings exported to $backupFileName"

restore.ps1

# restore.ps1

param (
    [string]$backupFileName = $args[0]
)

if (-not $backupFileName) {
    Write-Output "Usage: .\Restore-PuttyRegistry.ps1 <backupFileName>"
    exit 1
}

if (-not (Test-Path $backupFileName)) {
    Write-Output "File '$backupFileName' not found."
    exit 1
}

reg import $backupFileName

Write-Output "PuTTY registry settings restored from $backupFileName"