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Windows installation

Windows installation steps

Section titled “Windows installation steps”

Throughout this guide, commands are intended to be run in PowerShell as Administrator.

You can install the Connect SFTP tool on Windows.

  1. Download the Connect binary from the official website (https://connect.io/downloads).

Choose the correct binary for your system:

  • connect-windows-amd64.exe
  • connect-windows-arm64.exe

Once downloaded, you can rename it to connect.exe:

Terminal window
Rename-Item connect-windows-amd64.exe connect.exe
  1. Create installation directory

Create a directory for Connect, for example, in C:\Program Files\Connect:

Terminal window
New-Item -Path "C:\Program Files\Connect" -ItemType Directory
  1. Copy binary to installation directory

Copy the downloaded binary to the new directory:

Terminal window
Copy-Item connect.exe "C:\Program Files\Connect\"
  1. Add Connect to your PATH

Add the Connect directory to your system’s PATH environment variable. You can do this through the System Properties GUI or via PowerShell:

Terminal window
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";C:\Program Files\Connect", "Machine")
  1. Verify installation

You can verify that the installation was successful by opening a new PowerShell or Command Prompt window and running the following command:

Terminal window
connect --version
  1. Proceed to license activation

If the installation was successful, you can proceed to activate your license.

Activate your license