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Desktop Icons

When you have installed the SSH Secure Shell for Workstations Windows client, you will have two separate program icons on the Windows desktop as well as in the Start menu (by default under Start -> Programs -> SSH Secure Shell).

The SSH Secure Shell Client icon and the SSH Secure File Transfer Client icon both start the same application, SSH Secure Shell for Workstations Windows client. The difference between the icons is that they use different settings files. The Secure Shell Client icon uses a settings file called default.ssh2, and the Secure File Transfer icon uses a settings file called defaultsftp.ssh2.

By default the settings files have been configured so that they open the appropriate SSH Secure Shell for Workstations window, either the terminal window or the SSH Secure File Transfer window. If you want to change the default configuration, you can save your settings to either a new settings file (using the Save As option from the File menu), or save the new settings using the old settings files (using the Save option from the File menu).

Please note that when you save your current settings, the window positions are also saved. If you open the SSH Secure File Transfer client by clicking the appropriate icon, then open a terminal window or two, and then save the settings, the 'extra' terminal windows will appear the next time you click the SSH Secure File Transfer Client icon. If you then close the File Transfer window and save your settings again, the next time you will see no File Transfer window at all.

Do not be alarmed by this - you can always open a new terminal or File Transfer window by clicking the appropriate toolbar button or selecting the appropriate menu item. If you then save your settings again, the new window positions will be used as default values for new connections.

For more information saving the current settings, see section Saving Settings.

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