Hi,

Does anybody know where on the C drive in Windows 10 the config (preferences) file and the My Servers config file (or whatever they're called) of Free FTP are located?

I've installed Direct FTP to try it out and want to copy the config files from the Free FTP folder to the Direct FTP folder, so I don't have to do it all over again (I have *many* domains!). But when I tried to import all the server info from Free FTP, Direct FTP wanted me to browse to the location of the Free FTP file, but since I don't find it, I can't import it. I've looked in the User/AppData Local, LocalLow and Roaming folders, in Program Files and in Progam x86, as well as in the ProgramData folder. And yes, all my folders are shown, no invisible folders. I've also googled like crazy without finding anything.

Thanks in advance!

The Server settings for Direct FTP are in a file called SharedSettings.ccs It is located in the Roaming folder that you seem to have visited. Look at the bottom of that folder, don't go into any of the Coffeecup folders.

Thank you Inger, I found the file now, yesterday I didn't go that far down in the folder. But unfortunately, it didn't help me. I asked for the config/preferences/settings file(s) for **Free** FTP, to be able to use it/them for Direct FTP. But in Roaming, there is only one SharedSettings.ccs, and since Free FTP still has all my servers and Direct FTP still has none, there must be two separate setting files for the two. So my question still is: Where is the settings file for Free FTP located?

There is a file called SettingsSeed.ccs in both the Free FTP and the Direct FTP folders in the Program 86 folder, but they are both from 2017 and I'm of course looking for a file with a recent date. Still, I've tried to import both SharedSettings.ccs and SettingsSeed.ccs into Direct FTP, but I get the error message "Import failed, the import file isn't readable or doesn't have the expected format."

I actually thought that Direct FTP would have a way to easily import both the settings and the servers from Free FTP since they are both CC software, and the fact that it doesn't seem to have that function is highly surprising.

OK, I solved the servers part myself.

Instead of looking for a Free FTP settings file to import into Direct FTP, I *exported* the server settings from Free FTP. No file extension was automaticly added and I had no idea what would be the right one, so I just randomly gave it the ending .txt, imported the file into Direct FTP - and lo and behold, it worked!

Now remains the question were the preferences settings file is located.

I'm sorry, but I have never used the Free FTP. I thought they were using the same file for storing the server settings.
You may contact the CC support top right on this page where you see your name. It might be that the Free FTP has its settings in the registry somewhere.

If you don't get any help, You'll probably have to bite the bullet and transfer the settings manually by typing them in.

Thanks, Inger. Yes, it would be logical for the two to use the same file because it's exactly the same software except for the editor. Often you can just update a free version to the paid one in the same software, and why CC has chosen to have them as separate units beats me.

I tried to contact the CC support first thing, before I posted here, but there is no support for free software, and because I only have the evaluation version of Direct FTP, there is no support for that until I've paid for it. Maybe I should also point out here that one thing I also tried was to import the server settings from FileZilla, but that didn't work either.

Yes, transfer the settings manually wouldn't be such a big thing if it was only in one computer, but it's a matter of five PCs (desktops and laptops), so if somebody knows where the settings file for Free FTP is stored, I'd be most grateful. Now that I've tried the CC software, I don't want to go back to FileZilla.

I get the impression that the current Free FTP does use the same settings file as Direct FTP. I downloaded and installed the Free FTP, and all the settings transferred from my already-installed Direct FTP to the Free FTP. I'm therefore wondering whether the free version mentioned in the first post is perhaps an older version.

It seem possible that the number of PCs may not be particularly problematic. Might it be possible to do it manually on one PC, copy the SharedSettings.ccs, and then paste that SharedSettings.ccs to the other PCs? One could try it with one PC first, backing up its SharedSettings.ccs to something like oldSharedSettings.ccs so that one could reverse the operation if it didn't work.

Frank

Exactly what occurred to me last night before I went to sleep! I've done that before with other software, so I don't know why I didn't think of it now. And of course I always have a backup; I usually copy the original settings file to a folder of my own in order to be able to put it right back again if the new file doesn't work.

OK, so then the transfer works in the other direction, but it doesn't seem to work from Free to Direct. I downloaded and installed my Free FTP only a couple of days ago and then the Direct FTP a day or so after, and my settings in Free were not transferred to Direct, and they still are different. BUT - writing this, something occurs to me again! Installing Free FTP I changed the location for the installation, so it's not installed under "CoffeeCup Software", and with Direct FTP I didn't change the location. Maybe that's got something to do with it?

Anyhow, now it'll be less effort to transfer the settings file to other PCs, so I consider both my problems solved. Thanks a lot for your help and input, Frank and Inger!

Almost certainly, as Direct Ftp wouldn't be able to find the SharedSettings.ccs file.

I always install programs in their default locations because
(a) it's a fair bet that the programmers, alpha and beta testers did that;
(b) it makes updating programs easier.
Thanks for giving me a third reason to do so.

Frank

You're welcome, glad to be of help!