Creating an FTP Work Around

Owned by Steven Reynolds (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Mar 04, 2020
1 min read

This method is not supported by EFM, and is only a possible recommendation to customers IT in order to assist in bringing OrderFiles onto their Network from an Providers system


  1. Download and Install WinSCP-5.17.1-Setup.exe
    1. Basic Setup w/ no add-on
  2. Access Task Scheduler
    1. Create New Task
  3. Trigger - Run every 5 minutes
  4. Actions: Start a Program
    1. Program/Script: "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" (The directory that WinSCP is placed
    2. Add Arguments: /log="Directory of log file" /command "open Single string ftp details domain:password@username" "get directoroffiles*.csv" "mv directory offilesthatyouwishtomovelocally*.csv /directoryyouwant tomovethemto*.csv" "exit"
    3. Start In: C:\Users\Downloads\ (Directory you wish files to be placed.