Internet Explorer FTP Cannot 'PUT' (Upload) Files
Article ID: 142851
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
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SYMPTOMS
You cannot find a PUT command in Internet Explorer. You can successfully
download files using the FTP option from Internet Explorer, but you cannot
upload files to a remote FTP server.
CAUSE
Internet Explorer, like many other Web browsers, does not currently have
FTP PUT capability.
RESOLUTION
Use a standard FTP program to write files to a remote FTP server.
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