This page will walk you through how to setup Internet Explorer to upload your files to our FTP storage servers (This is only useful if you do not have an FTP client/program and you are not going to install one).

Setting up your Microsoft IE6 to work with FTP

First, point your browser to this special location: ftp://dsftp.proexe.net 
Please note the leading ftp:// and not http://.

After it connects it will prompt you for a username and a password. Enter both and click "Logon" or press enter.

After you are into the FTP directory (shown on the lower right) open up a the folder on the hard drive on your computer (shown on the upper left) where your files are located. Click and drag the files that you want to upload from your PC to the FTP server window to the right.

Alternatively you can copy and paste files from the PC to the FTP server.

Files and folders on the FTP server, can also be deleted, renamed or downloaded.

Accessing FTP Site Directly

1. Launch Internet Explorer.
2. In the command line, type ftp://username:pass@dsftp.proexe.net where "userid" is your assigned user name, and "pass" is your password. The address may be stored as a bookmark to avoid retyping.
3. Press the Enter key or click Go.
4. Enter your password if requested.
5. When the connection is complete, which may take a while, an FTP dialog box will appear which identifies the files and folders at the site. You can use the same edit commands and actions at the FTP site that you use with Windows Explorer or My Computer such as Delete and Rename.

Downloading Files or Folders

1. Follow the above "Accessing FTP Site Directly" procedure to connect to the FTP site.
2. Select file(s) and/or folder(s). Hold down Control key for multiple selections.
3. Right click on a selected file or folder.
4. Click Copy to Folder and the Browse For Folder dialog box appears.
5. Select the "to" folder for the download.
6. Click OK. The Copying dialog box appears until the download is complete.
7. If the Confirm File Replace dialog box appears, click Yes, and the file will download.

Uploading Files or Folders

1. Follow the above "Accessing FTP Site Directly" procedure to connect to the FTP site.
2. Right click Start and click Explore.
3. Locate folder containing upload file(s).
4. Select file(s) and/or folder(s) to upload. Hold down Control key for multiple selections.
5. Right click on a selected file or folder.
6. Click Copy to put file(s) and/or folder(s) in the clipboard.
7. Close Windows Explorer. The FTP dialog box should be visible
8. Click Edit and click Paste in the FTP dialog box. The Copying dialog box appears until the upload is complete.
9. If the Confirm File Replace dialog box appears, click Yes, and the file will upload. 

The FTP protocol allows you to resume broken downloads or uploads, so in the event you have transmitted 95% of a large file and the connection breaks for any reason, you can simply resume where you left off. The email protocol has no error correction so it's not unusual for large files to arrive corrupted.

Many email service providers restrict their clients to attachments of 4 MBytes or less. So even though your email is not restricted, there is a good chance your client is! Now you have the convenience of a private channel that does not restrict the file size.

FTP has a number of features including in-built error correction that make it a very reliable method for moving large files.

A FTP package gives cross platform, flexible storage space to transfer files between offices, with colleagues, customers and clients or even friends.

FTP is the perfect way to transfer files digitally between locations. You can drop off files for a client and know they will be there when the client needs them. You can offer a client a private place to send you files.

Web browsers are not compatable with FTPS so if you want to use secure transfers you need a dedicated FTP client.