Getting Started 

H

OW DO 

I 

TRANSFER FILES FROM ONE SITE TO ANOTHER

?  

In CuteFTP Professional, connect to two different servers. Click on the files you wish to 

transfer located in the first server window. Drag and drop these files to the second server 

window and they will be transferred from the first server to the second server. 

More on site to site transfers. 

H

OW DO 

I 

NAVIGATE THE DIRECTORY TREE IN 

C

UTE

FTP?  

The Local Drives pane, located on the left hand side of the screen, shows files and folders 

on your computer. The left pane in CuteFTP Professional shows you both the Local Drive 

pane and the Site Manager as separate tabs. You can navigate your local drives in the same 

fashion as Windows Explorer.  

H

OW DO 

I 

CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS OF MY FILES 

(CHMOD)?  

Connect to your server using CuteFTP. Click (highlight) the file you wish to change 

permissions. Right click on the file and choose Properties. The different options for the 

permissions are located at the bottom of this dialog box. Only servers that support the 

CHMOD command will let you change permissions. For the servers that do not support 

CHMOD, you cannot change permissions.  

H

OW DO 

I 

DELETE FILES OFF MY SERVER

? 

To delete files from your server, simply click on the file you wish to delete and press the 

Delete key on your keyboard. You can also right click on the file and click Delete, or you 

can click on the file and then click on the red X on the toolbar.  

W

HY CAN

T 

I 

CONNECT TO MY 

FTP 

SITE

? 

If you have tried to log into your FTP site and have been unsuccessful, a window will appear 

telling you that it could not log in. Click on the button that says Details and it will list the 

exact error message sent to you by the server. Contact your Internet Service Provider or your 

Web Host Provider with this error message and they will be able to assist you in getting 

connected.  

See Troubleshooting for more help. 

D

OES 

C

UTE

FTP 

SUPPORT 

SSL (FTPS) 

AND 

SSH2 (SFTP)?  

 SFTP, which is a component of SSH2, is supported by CuteFTP Professional only. SSL is 

supported by Professional and Home editions. Check with your server administrator to 

verify that the server you are connecting to supports SSL or SFTP (SSH2).  

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