
You can now install the latest version of PuTTY. Once this has progressed you will get a message to say that uninstall has compleated ok. You will now be prompted with the following message, in order to keep all your saved sessions you need to click “No” To uninstall PuTTY go to “Add or remove programs” You can download the PuTTY client program from the following Web site: Note: Before you install the PuTTY.

You only need to back this up if you wish to move your PuTTY saved sessions from one PC to another. If it doesnt, you may have to change your environmental variables. Most likely putty is on your default path, so you can directly call putty from the command prompt. You might have to uninstall the current version and then reinstall the new version.įirst thing to note is that all your PuTTY saved sessions are located in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Simontatham there is various posts online that say you need to back this up in order to update PuTTY this is incorrect. Transferring files with Putty (pscp/plink.exe) The default putty installation provides multiple ways to transfer files. You may have tried to just install the latest version, in the hope that it will just update, like any other program, well this may not work.

The following guide is how to update the PuTTY client on your PC.
