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How to create PuTTY shortcut in Windows to establish connection to Linux server? | Step by step guide is here!

PuTTY is open-source software and an SSH and telnet client for Windows. PuTTY helps to establish an SSH connection from a Windows machine to a Linux server. However it is not limited to this feature only, it has loads of other features. 
This article will guide us in creating a PutTTY shortcut for windows.

This is a 7-step procedure and step 6 is very important!

Step 1: Download the MSI file and install PuTTY on your Windows machine.

Step 2: Go to your PuTTY folder. It is usually located in C:\Program Files\PuTTY or C:\Program Files(x86)\PuTTY

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Step 3: Create a shortcut of putty.exe - the shortcut will be created in the desktop folder.


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Step 4: Navigate to your desktop folder and you will find the shortcut named putty.exe - Shortcut


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Step 5: Right-click on the putty.exe - Shortcut and then click properties - properties window will open, like the images shown below (image_4 and image_5)- 

 
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Step 6: Modify the Target field value of the configuration window like the image below (image_6).
You will modify this field value by your server's credential and IP address. 

Here is an example - 
IP address: 192.0.0.102
Username: mukitul
Password: pass

So, in the Target field after "C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe"  we will add space and after the space, we will add -ssh mukitul@192.0.0.102 -pw pass


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Now close the properties window by clicking Apply and OK

Step 7: Rename the putty.exe - Shortcut to 192.0.0.102 - server and now open the terminal by double clicking on 192.0.0.102 - server.




Congrats! You are successful to create a PuTTY shortcut to connect a Linux server from your Windows machine.

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