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large les without
restrictions, then build your
own FTP server on
Windows 10.
Building your own FTP (File

Transfer Protocol) server can be
one of the easiest and most
convenient solutions to transfer le
through a private or public network
without limitations and restrictions
typically found with most cloud
storage services.
There are also many benets

running your FTP server. For
example, it's private, and you have
absolute control. It's fast
(depending on your internet
connection speeds), and there is
virtually no limits on the amount
and type of data you can store.
Also, you don't have restrictions on

le sizes either, which means that
you can transfer something as
small as a text le or a 1000GB PC
backup, and you can even create
multiple accounts to let friends and
family access or store content
remotely too.

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You'll nd many third-party

software on the internet to build a
le transfer server, but Windows
includes an FTP server feature that
you can set up without the need to
resource to other solutions. In this
Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you
through the steps to successfully
set up and manage an FTP server
on your PC to transfer les from
your home network or remotely
over the internet.
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How to install an
FTP server on
Windows 10
Very similar to previous versions,
Windows 10 includes the
necessary components to run an
FTP server. Follow the steps below
to install an FTP server on your PC:
1. Use the Windows key + X

keyboard shortcut to open
the Power User menu and
select Programs and
Features.

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2. Click the Turn Windows
features on or off link.
3. Expand Internet Information

Services and check the FTP
Server option.
4. Expand FTP Server and

check the FTP Extensibility
option.
5. Check Web Management

Tools with the default
selections.
6. Click OK to begin the
installation.
7. Click Close.

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How to congure an
How to congure an
FTP site on
Windows 10
After installing the necessary
components to run an FTP server
on your PC, you need to create an
FTP site using the following
instructions:

select Control Panel.
2. Open Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Internet
Information Services
(IIS) Manager.
4. Expand and right-click Sites

on the Connections pane.
5. Select Add FTP Site.

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6. Name your new FTP site
and enter the path to the

FTP folder you want to
use to send and receive
les.
Note: You can also use

the Make New Folder
button to create a
specic folder to store
your FTP les.
7. Click Next.
8. On Binding and SSL
Settings leave all the

default settings, but
change the SSL option
to No SSL.

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Note: It's worth pointing

out that in a business
environment or on an
FTP server that will host
sensitive data, it's best
practice to congure the
site to require SSL.
9. Click Next.
10. On Authentication, check the

Basic option.
11. On Authorization, select

Specied users from the
drop-down menu.
12. Type the email address of

your Windows 10 account or
local account name to allow
yourself access to the FTP
server.
13. Check the options Read and

Write.
14. Click Finish.

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How to allow an FTP

server through Windows
Firewall
If you have Windows Firewall
running on your computer, then the
security feature will block any
connections trying to access the
FTP server. Use the steps below to
allow the FTP server through the
rewall.
1. Open the Start menu, do a

search for Windows Firewall,
and press Enter.
2. Click the Allow an app or
feature through
Windows Firewall link.

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3. Click the Changes settings

button.
4. Select FTP Server and make

sure to allow it on a Private
and Public network.
5. Click OK.
At this point, you should be able to

use your favorite FTP client to
connect your newly created FTP
server from your local network.
Note: Make sure to check your

software vendor support website
for specic instructions to allow an
FTP server, if you're using another
security software other than the
Windows Firewall.
How to congure a
router to allow external
connections
For your FTP server to be
reachable from the internet, you

need to congure your router to

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open TCP/IP port number 21 to

allow connections to your PC.
The instructions to forward a port

will vary from router-to-router, but
below you'll nd the steps to
congure most routers. (For more
specic instructions to forward
TCP/IP ports, you should check
your router's manufacturer support
website.)

select Command Prompt.
2. Type the following

command: ipconfig and
press Enter.
3. Make note of the Default
Gateway IP address,
which is the IP address
of your router. Typically,
it's private address in
the 192.168.x.x range.
For example,
192.168.1.1 or
192.168.2.1.
4. Open your default web

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browser.

5. On the address bar enter the

router's IP address and press
Enter.
6. Sign-in with your router

credentials.
7. Find the Port Forwarding

section -- usually you'll nd
this feature under the WAN
or NAT settings.
8. Create a new port
forwarding that includes

the following
information:
Service name: You

can use any name.
For example, FTP-
Server.
Port rage: You must

use port 21.
PC's TCP/IP address:

Open Command
Prompt, type
ipconfig, and the
IPv4 address is your
PC's TCP/IP address.
Local TCP/IP port:

You must use port 21.
Protocol: TCP.

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9. Apply the new changes, and

save the new router
congurations.
How to access an
FTP server from any
PC
Here's the quickest way to test your
FTP server, after conguring the
rewall, and forwarding port 21 on
your router.
Open your default web browser

and in the address bar type your
Windows 10 PC IP address, on an
FTP link format, and press Enter.
The address should look like this:
FTP://192.168.1.105.
Note: I'm using Internet Explorer,

because Microsoft Edge seems not
to include the functionality to
browse FTP sites. You can also opt
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to use Chrome, Firefox, or another

modern web browser.
To test if your FTP server is

reachable from the internet, visit
Google or Bing, do a search for
"What's my IP?". Note your public
IP address from the results and
type it into the address bar using
the FTP link format and press
Enter.
If you get a login prompt, then

everything is working as expected.
Simply enter your account
credentials and you're should be
able to sign-in.
How to upload les

to an FTP server on
Windows 10
Keep in mind that the method
shown above is only useful to test,
browse, and download les from
an FTP site. You have to use the
following instructions to be able to
browse, download and upload les.
1. Use the Windows key + E

File Explorer.

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2. On the address bar type your

public IP address on an FTP
format. For example,
FTP://172.217.3.14.
3. Enter your username and

password.
4. Check the Save password

option.
5. Click Log On.
Using this method, you can browse,

download, and upload les as if
FTP server was just another drive
connected to your computer.
Furthermore, you can also right-

click Quick Access on the left pane
and select Pin current folder to
Quick Access to easily reconnect
to the FTP server at a later time.

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Quick Tip: You're not limited to use

only File Explorer, you can use any
FTP client like the popular FileZilla
open source software to transfer
les over a local or public network.
How to create
multiple FTP
accounts on
Windows 10
If you want to allow other people to
access your FTP server too, you
can create multiple accounts with
specic permissions to download
and upload les.
To let other people access to your

FTP server, you need to create a
new Windows 10 account for each
user, associate each account with
the FTP home directory, and
congure the appropriate settings.
Follow the steps below to
accomplish these tasks:
Add a new user account

on Windows 10
1. Use the Windows key + I to
open the Settings app.

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2. Click Accounts.
3. Click Family & other users.
4. Click Add someone else
to this PC.
5. Click the I don't have
this person's sign-in

information link.
6. Click the Add a user
without a Microsoft
account link.

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7. Enter the new user
account information and

click Next to complete
the task.
Note: This account will

be accessed from the
internet, as such make
sure to use a strong and
secure password.
Add a new user account

to access the FTP folder
1. Right-click the FTP folder
and select Properties.

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2. Click the Security tab.
3. Click Edit.
4. Click Add.
5. Enter the user account name

and click Check Name.
6. Click OK.

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7. On Group or user
names, select the user

account you just
created, and select the
appropriate
permissions.
8. Click Apply.
9. Click OK.
Congure a new user

account to access the
FTP server

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select
Control Panel.
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2. Open Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Internet
Information Services (IIS)
Manager.
4. Expand Sites.
5. Select the FTP site and
double-click
Authorization Rules.
6. Right-click on and select
Add Allow Rules from

the context menu.
7. Select Specied user and

enter the name of the
Windows 10 user account
you created earlier.
8. Set the Read and Write

permissions you want the
user to have.
9. Click OK.
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Now the new user should be able

to connect to the server with their
own credentials. Repeat the steps
mentioned above to add more
users to your FTP server.
Wrapping things up
In this guide, you learned to set up
and manage your own private FTP
server without third-party software,
and we've shown you different
methods to access your les
remotely. Just remember that your
PC must be turned on and
connected to the internet for the
FTP server to work, you won't be
able to access any les if your
computer is in Sleep or Hibernation
mode.
The FTP feature is available on

Windows 10 Pro as well as on
Windows 10 Home, and previous

versions of the operating system.

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Prax Soft
Good Article. However in most cases

"outside" access to the FTP server
will NOT work until one additional
step is completed. This is apparent
from the number of comments
saying that they could not get it to
work. Here is the additional step.
In Windows Firewall, click on "Allow

another App". The browse to your
windows\system32 folder and nd
the le "svchost.exe". Add that to

your allowed apps and check the
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two
boxes.
You have to do this FTP uses other
You have to do this FTP uses other

ports that are randomly selected.
For those of you who got it to work
without this additional step, some
other application may have added
svchost to the allow list or the
necessary ports may have already
been open by another service.
Anyway, this will do the job.
2 months ago REPLY

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rjohnf
Great write-up but could not

connect locally. Decided to try
lezilla and had it working in 5
minutes. Do yourslf a favor and
download/setup XAMPP, startup
lezilla, goto xampp control panel
and start lezilla admin, edit the
lezilla settings under edit menu
and connect to your ftp site. so
much easier than windows 10 ftp
server
3 months ago REPLY

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zen29d
I've tried, It's working great over a

Private IP address, but when I'm
trying to connect it using Public IPV6
or IPV4 address (searched address
by bing and google), its not working.
Can some one assist, I'm using
window 10.
4 months ago REPLY

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pv7721
Hey Microsoft Kudos for

implementing FTP in such a way that
there is no FTP binding, and
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moreover once you've added a "FTP
moreover once you've added a "FTP

website" one cannot easily edit its
properties... so after a couple of tries
where connexion won't work even
on localhost (it says connected to my
PC but no prompt for login), i've
completely disabled rewall, to no
avail... disabled FTP (of course now
windows says reboot (but it had no
problem activating it without
reboot). So downloaded FileZilla and
lo and behold it works like a charm!
5 months ago REPLY

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SamSmith2045
Thanks for sharing. I think FTP

clients are denitely losing ground to
other options such as web rtc. This is
likely due to issues of security and
speed. Businesses and condential
doc related transfers also tend to
seek out other solutions. For work
related large le transfers I'd take a
look at Innorix DS.
10 months ago REPLY

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Picsonald
Good article, and thanks for that, but

doen't work for me :
Using Windows 10, i have added the
IIS FTP features (extended too).
When i go to ftp://localhost (or
ftp://192.168.1.25, wich is the PC IP),
i can access to the FTP login modal
(asking me username and password)
but i'm stuck here. No login works.
I'have created a dedicated user,
adding it into the folder permissions,
adding it into the IIS FTP Permissions
rules but nothing.
Restarting the service, restarting the
PC... Nothing : nobody can
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authenticate
in my server.
My god but... Why ? Why can't we
My god but... Why ? Why can't we

juste do "Right click > Add local FTP
user" ??? I juste want a deposit zone
! :(
10 months ago REPLY

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Picsonald
OH MY GOD !
We have to specify the PC
HOSTNAME into the login !!!
My PC name is "localsrv", and my
user is "ftpusr" :
Login with "ftpusr" doen't work,
but login with "localsrv\ftpusr"
work...
This is incredible and absolutely
complex and useless.
I'll search if ther is a solution to
prevent that... strange thing.
10 months ago REPLY

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FarStrider2001
Was thinking of setting something

like this http://www.ex-
parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-
ternet.html up when I get my rt-n66
back from repair just for $h1t &
giggles
1 year ago REPLY

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phoenixxdee
Ok. Great. Will try it Asap
1 year ago REPLY

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headward
Great article on setting up FTP.

Using DDNS and buying a domain

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name could really pull at this
name could really pull at this

together but....
Huge security issue with this

setup!!!! Basic auth + not using SSL =
your passwords will be stolen. Basic
authenication passes your
username and password over the
network/internet in CLEAR
TEXT(base64 but anybody crack
this). I'm shocked about the lack of a
disclaimer about using it this way
from a Microsoft MVP. PLEASE
UPDATE YOUR ARTICLE ASAP!
1 year ago REPLY

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gabest11
It works until you try to connect

from outside. Then you realize FTP
uses one more random port other
than 21. Which is a PITA to setup for
IIS. Just use Filezilla.
1 year ago REPLY

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greenarcher02
For some reason my router settings

don't have port forwarding. Oh well
1 year ago REPLY

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cymumtaz
And now I see the advantages of le-

sharing sites such as OneDrive and
Dropbox over FTP.
1 year ago REPLY

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kh_s

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Edge desktop CAN browse FTP sites.
Edge desktop CAN browse FTP sites.

Although I couldn't get it to work in
Edge Mobile.
1 year ago REPLY

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FarStrider2001
Asuswrt(rt-n66) in picture?
1 year ago REPLY

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rui.silva450
"How to access an FTP server from

any Windows Mobile"
Was expecting this... :(
1 year ago REPLY

0
FarStrider2001
There was a putty app in the

works but dont think it got far
1 year ago REPLY

0
I Like Cheese
The app called Total Commander

has FTP ability. Also does SMB,
onedrive and others. The
interface isnt the best in my
opinion, but it works.
1 year ago REPLY

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kuma4
It's OK if you use FTP only in home

network. But in public network, use
FTP over SSL or other secure
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1 year ago REPLY

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Gabriel Hernandez5
Many thanks for the article, I failed

to setup a FTP server on Windows 10
earlier this year, but with this article
it worked like a charm. Great tool if
you want to copy stuff from your
computers to a central server at
home.
1 year ago REPLY

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newnews
I just need telnet server back.

Windows 10 removed it.
1 year ago REPLY

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bulgar4e
why do you need telnet when

you have powershell?
1 year ago REPLY

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pv7721
for simple stuff... but hey

you can install cygwin, and
on top of it the SSH
server... why the heck you
won't show me the
captcha in the rs place,
but only AFTER I click
COMMENT the 1st time?!?
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5 months ago REPLY
vhyr
Bad advice to use unencrypted

connection.
1 year ago REPLY

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jaimeastin
I agree. The article was good, but

turning off SSl is too scary...
There is no good reason not to
enable SSL 99%.9% of the time...
The speed is not worth the risk. I
have and still run a few private
and FTP servers... People will try
to get it... And people sniff
networks... So encrypting the
connection is best... I know
speed is slower, but worth it... I
also have a VPN to my home... I
do not use public wi and use
my phone... But I will VPN of
anything is really sensitive.
1 year ago REPLY

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DavidinCT
Just make sure you DONT

leaveanonymous open.... If you
leave it open, people over the net
will nd it(they can do FTP searches
and nd it if left on for a few
days)and next thing you know you
will have a Warez site on it....
I did that once by mistake(years ago

on my private 2003 server (that I
nolonger have)and when I was
traveling I was trying to access it and
I could not. I found out that a warez
site was created and had 2000

people trying to connect that killed
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my connection....
It is nice if you need to access les
It is nice if you need to access les

from a remote location. Or the
easier way is just use your
Onedrive...
1 year ago REPLY

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ade333
I would highly recommended using

Filezilla Server over windows ftp
server. Its free and has many more
features that no only provide
bandwidth control options, but more
importantly, additional security
features - such as auto banning an
IP address after N failed login
attempts. This is a VITAL feature as
FTP servers are the greatest target
for hackers.
1 year ago REPLY

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npoe
I like these guides. Even the obvious

ones,they help meto gure out if
I'm still doing things the right way or
to learn new ways to accomplish the
same.
1 year ago REPLY

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buddy007
Cool, I'm going to try this. Always

wanted a simple le sharing
mechanism
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hwangeruk
You can install Filezilla server in LAPTOP BUYERS GUIDE

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25% of this article :/
25% of this article :/
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pv7721
My point as well, couldn't

make it work with the
builtin FTP worked
instantly avec FileZilla! :)
what's with the captcha
it's really annoying!!!
0
5 months ago REPLY
rsalinger
Great article! I'd reccomend getting a

Dynamic DNS service (such as
noip.com) so you can set up an easy
address that 1) you will remember
and 2) will conect to your IP address
even if it changes.
1 year ago REPLY

6
Mauro Huculak
Thanks. Those are good free

DDNS services suggestions, and
the best part is that you can set
those congurations in most
routers nowadays.
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able to share and transfer

Building your own FTP (File

There are also many benets

Also, you don't have restrictions on

You'll nd many third-party

1. Use the Windows key + X

2. Click the Turn Windows

features on or off link.

3. Expand Internet Information

4. Expand FTP Server and

5. Check Web Management

6. Click OK to begin the

1. Use the Windows key + X

2. Open Administrative Tools.

4. Expand and right-click Sites

5. Select Add FTP Site.

6. Name your new FTP site

and enter the path to the

Note: You can also use

8. On Binding and SSL

Settings leave all the

Note: It's worth pointing

10. On Authentication, check the

11. On Authorization, select

12. Type the email address of

13. Check the options Read and

14. Click Finish.

How to allow an FTP

1. Open the Start menu, do a

2. Click the Allow an app or

3. Click the Changes settings

4. Select FTP Server and make

At this point, you should be able to

Note: Make sure to check your

reachable from the internet, you

open TCP/IP port number 21 to

The instructions to forward a port

1. Use the Windows key + X

2. Type the following

3. Make note of the Default

4. Open your default web

5. On the address bar enter the

6. Sign-in with your router

7. Find the Port Forwarding

8. Create a new port

forwarding that includes

Service name: You

Port rage: You must

PC's TCP/IP address:

Local TCP/IP port:

9. Apply the new changes, and

Open your default web browser

Note: I'm using Internet Explorer,

to use Chrome, Firefox, or another

To test if your FTP server is

If you get a login prompt, then

How to upload les

1. Use the Windows key + E

2. On the address bar type your

3. Enter your username and