FTP Creation in Windows 7

Step 1

Open control panel  and then click on Programs.

Step 2

In Programs, click on Turn Windows features on or off.

Step 3

After clicking Turn Windows features on or off you will see a new window. Find Internet information Services and mark check on it and then click OK button.

Step  4

Open IIS Manager. Under connections, right click on sites and click Add FTP Site as shown in the screenshot.

Step 5

Write a name for your FTP site and select the path of folder you want to share.

 

Step 6

Select the default IP address and select No SSL from SSL options.

 

Step 7

I used these authentication settings shown in the screenshot, you can choose at will.

 

Click finish and you are done. You can now access this local FTP server from any other node of your local network. In my case the URL for the FTP is ftp://127.0.0.1

Published By

S.G.Godwin Dinesh.MCA
Sr.System Administrator