Notes - WinSCP

Why .csv file is opened in editor?

The default action for double-click a file in server is to open it.

If you double-click a .csv file on the server, it’ll be opened in editor instead of downloading.

To download a file from server to local drive, select the file and press F5, or right-click it and select Download...

How to get the saved password for a session?

  • Download winscppasswd from anoopengineer/winscppasswd
  • Open your Windows Registry (Win + R and entering regedit)
  • Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\Sessions]
  • Get the Hostname, Username and the encrypted password
  • Run winscppasswd.exe <host> <username> <encrypted_password>
winscppasswd.exe 164.240.2x.1x svr-rl-ca-ops A35C705C2F2A3F***
updatedupdated2024-07-182024-07-18