CuteFTP Professional User s Guide 

Troubleshooting 

D

ISABLING PROMPTS

To run the Transfer Engine with prompts disabled 

Launch the TE manually and supply the  noprompts parameter.  

Example  

1. From 

theWindows 

Start menu, choose Run.  

2. Enter: 

"C:\Program Files\Globalscape\CuteFTP 

Professional\TE\ftpte.exe"  noprompts.  

3. Select OK. 

Warning: 

Suppressing prompts may cause lockups if no default action is available 

for the event in question, or if the prompt was produced by an error. 

When running the TE in this mode using Windows scheduler from a 

different user account, the TE will not be accessible from its COM or 

GUI interface and can only be unloaded via the Task Manager.  

The best way to avoid prompts is to properly configure the TE ahead of 

time to cover all possible prompt scenarios, such as overwrite conditions, 

or SSL server certificate acceptance dialogs. For example, set your 

overwrite actions under CuteFTP s global settings to Always Overwrite 

to avoid any overwrite prompts, or pre define various rules to cover 

various overwrite scenarios.  You can then export those rules as registry 

entries and import them onto the target machine. 

You can also tell the TE to auto accept SSL or SSH certificates using the 

AutoCloseMethod parameter of the Option method. Also refer to the 

following trouble shooting topic regarding running the TE while not 

logged in. 

H

IGH MEMORY USAGE WHEN USING THE 

T

RANSFER 

E

NGINE

If you leave the Transfer Engine running for extended lengths of time, it may begin to 

consume large amounts of memory.  Set the CuteFTP Professional Transfer Engine to 

remove successful items from the queue to avoid this problem.  

To remove successful items from the queue in a script 

Use the TECommand method with the DELETEFINISHED or DELETEALL 

parameter. 

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