How to copy PuTTY sessions from crashed computer?
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I had PuTTY on crashed computer and it had many of items in sessions.
I have access to the system drive of crashed computer.
How to reach PuTTY's registry branch and copy it to new active computer?
windows windows-registry putty
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
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asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
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I had PuTTY on crashed computer and it had many of items in sessions.
I have access to the system drive of crashed computer.
How to reach PuTTY's registry branch and copy it to new active computer?
windows windows-registry putty
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
Connect to its registry and use this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13023920/how-to-export-putty-sessions-list
– pbies
Dec 10 '16 at 8:40
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I had PuTTY on crashed computer and it had many of items in sessions.
I have access to the system drive of crashed computer.
How to reach PuTTY's registry branch and copy it to new active computer?
windows windows-registry putty
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
I had PuTTY on crashed computer and it had many of items in sessions.
I have access to the system drive of crashed computer.
How to reach PuTTY's registry branch and copy it to new active computer?
windows windows-registry putty
windows windows-registry putty
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
edited Dec 10 '16 at 8:55
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
10.8k43276
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
asked Dec 10 '16 at 8:19
Dims
2,96743109179
2,96743109179
Connect to its registry and use this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13023920/how-to-export-putty-sessions-list
– pbies
Dec 10 '16 at 8:40
add a comment |
Connect to its registry and use this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13023920/how-to-export-putty-sessions-list
– pbies
Dec 10 '16 at 8:40
Connect to its registry and use this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13023920/how-to-export-putty-sessions-list
– pbies
Dec 10 '16 at 8:40
Connect to its registry and use this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13023920/how-to-export-putty-sessions-list
– pbies
Dec 10 '16 at 8:40
add a comment |
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You can use some registry reading tool. Like MiTec Windows Registry Recovery.
See my guide to recovering settings of WinSCP. With PuTTY, it's identical, except for the registry key path, of course:
- In MiTec Windows Registry Recovery, go to File > Open.
- Locate registry hive file of your account. It is typically located in
C:Usersusernamentuser.dat(orC:Documents and Settingsusernamentuser.datin Windows XP and older). Note that the file is usually hidden. - Go to Explore > Raw Data.
- Locate key
Software/SimonTatham/PuTTY/Sessions. - Go to File > Export to REGEDIT4 format.
- On Export to REGEDIT4 dialog, select
HKEY_CURRENT_USERand check both Only selected key and Cut off root key name. - Save export to file of your choice.
- Transfer the file to target system.
- Import the registry export by opening it (double-click).
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
add a comment |
0
Here is a simple tutorial on how to extract your Putty configuration from an old Windows/Crashed Windows without any extra software. This was very helpful to me and I just want to share the same stes here in case the below one goes down.
Credits : http://www.miniservernation.com/2012/05/putty-import-settings-from-old-hdd-or-crashed-system/
Pre-requisites:
• your registry file must still be accessible (located in user profiles)
Steps on restoring putty configurations:
- On your new Windows run putty once. Then create a dummy configuration server. This is make Putty create a new configuration entry in registry.
- Close putty.
- Use windows run command (Windows Key + r) to run “regedit“.
- Once in registry editor, highlight “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“
- Then click File -> Load Hive…
- A dialog box will ask for the registry file to open. Explore to your old user profile folder. For eg, “C:Windows.oldUsersmyusernameNTUSER.DAT“
- You will be prompted a name for this key name. Just put anything you like. In this example, we use “old-registry“.
- You can now expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and you will see the key file you just opened under the label you put in step 7.
- Expand as such, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registrySoftwareSimonTatham
- Now highlight SimonTatham on your left hand side of regedit and right-click then choose export.
- Export this registry entry to a file name and location of your choice. I put it in desktop and call it “putty-config“. This file will have the extension of .reg. But those who didn’t enable view extensions will not see it. That is fine.
- Now you can unload old-registry from your hive. Make sure “old-registry” is highlighted. Select File -> Unload Hive…
- Once you have unload the hive, close regedit.
- Use notepad to open up the registry file you just saved. For me, it’s “putty-config“.
- Use replace “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registry” with “HKEY_CURRENT_USER“. Click Replace All.
- Now save the file and close notepad.
- Right click on the “putty-config” file and select “Merge“. This will merge the registry into your new registry.
- Open up Putty and voila!!! Your old configurations are all back in Putty including all the session keys.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
1
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive toHKLMunnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it toHKCU?
– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
add a comment |
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You can use some registry reading tool. Like MiTec Windows Registry Recovery.
See my guide to recovering settings of WinSCP. With PuTTY, it's identical, except for the registry key path, of course:
- In MiTec Windows Registry Recovery, go to File > Open.
- Locate registry hive file of your account. It is typically located in
C:Usersusernamentuser.dat(orC:Documents and Settingsusernamentuser.datin Windows XP and older). Note that the file is usually hidden. - Go to Explore > Raw Data.
- Locate key
Software/SimonTatham/PuTTY/Sessions. - Go to File > Export to REGEDIT4 format.
- On Export to REGEDIT4 dialog, select
HKEY_CURRENT_USERand check both Only selected key and Cut off root key name. - Save export to file of your choice.
- Transfer the file to target system.
- Import the registry export by opening it (double-click).
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
add a comment |
4
You can use some registry reading tool. Like MiTec Windows Registry Recovery.
See my guide to recovering settings of WinSCP. With PuTTY, it's identical, except for the registry key path, of course:
- In MiTec Windows Registry Recovery, go to File > Open.
- Locate registry hive file of your account. It is typically located in
C:Usersusernamentuser.dat(orC:Documents and Settingsusernamentuser.datin Windows XP and older). Note that the file is usually hidden. - Go to Explore > Raw Data.
- Locate key
Software/SimonTatham/PuTTY/Sessions. - Go to File > Export to REGEDIT4 format.
- On Export to REGEDIT4 dialog, select
HKEY_CURRENT_USERand check both Only selected key and Cut off root key name. - Save export to file of your choice.
- Transfer the file to target system.
- Import the registry export by opening it (double-click).
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
add a comment |
4
4
4
You can use some registry reading tool. Like MiTec Windows Registry Recovery.
See my guide to recovering settings of WinSCP. With PuTTY, it's identical, except for the registry key path, of course:
- In MiTec Windows Registry Recovery, go to File > Open.
- Locate registry hive file of your account. It is typically located in
C:Usersusernamentuser.dat(orC:Documents and Settingsusernamentuser.datin Windows XP and older). Note that the file is usually hidden. - Go to Explore > Raw Data.
- Locate key
Software/SimonTatham/PuTTY/Sessions. - Go to File > Export to REGEDIT4 format.
- On Export to REGEDIT4 dialog, select
HKEY_CURRENT_USERand check both Only selected key and Cut off root key name. - Save export to file of your choice.
- Transfer the file to target system.
- Import the registry export by opening it (double-click).
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
You can use some registry reading tool. Like MiTec Windows Registry Recovery.
See my guide to recovering settings of WinSCP. With PuTTY, it's identical, except for the registry key path, of course:
- In MiTec Windows Registry Recovery, go to File > Open.
- Locate registry hive file of your account. It is typically located in
C:Usersusernamentuser.dat(orC:Documents and Settingsusernamentuser.datin Windows XP and older). Note that the file is usually hidden. - Go to Explore > Raw Data.
- Locate key
Software/SimonTatham/PuTTY/Sessions. - Go to File > Export to REGEDIT4 format.
- On Export to REGEDIT4 dialog, select
HKEY_CURRENT_USERand check both Only selected key and Cut off root key name. - Save export to file of your choice.
- Transfer the file to target system.
- Import the registry export by opening it (double-click).
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
edited Feb 9 '18 at 9:03
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
answered Dec 10 '16 at 8:52
Martin Prikryl
10.8k43276
10.8k43276
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
add a comment |
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
100% comprehensive, thanks for tool too!
– Dims
Dec 11 '16 at 12:45
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0
Here is a simple tutorial on how to extract your Putty configuration from an old Windows/Crashed Windows without any extra software. This was very helpful to me and I just want to share the same stes here in case the below one goes down.
Credits : http://www.miniservernation.com/2012/05/putty-import-settings-from-old-hdd-or-crashed-system/
Pre-requisites:
• your registry file must still be accessible (located in user profiles)
Steps on restoring putty configurations:
- On your new Windows run putty once. Then create a dummy configuration server. This is make Putty create a new configuration entry in registry.
- Close putty.
- Use windows run command (Windows Key + r) to run “regedit“.
- Once in registry editor, highlight “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“
- Then click File -> Load Hive…
- A dialog box will ask for the registry file to open. Explore to your old user profile folder. For eg, “C:Windows.oldUsersmyusernameNTUSER.DAT“
- You will be prompted a name for this key name. Just put anything you like. In this example, we use “old-registry“.
- You can now expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and you will see the key file you just opened under the label you put in step 7.
- Expand as such, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registrySoftwareSimonTatham
- Now highlight SimonTatham on your left hand side of regedit and right-click then choose export.
- Export this registry entry to a file name and location of your choice. I put it in desktop and call it “putty-config“. This file will have the extension of .reg. But those who didn’t enable view extensions will not see it. That is fine.
- Now you can unload old-registry from your hive. Make sure “old-registry” is highlighted. Select File -> Unload Hive…
- Once you have unload the hive, close regedit.
- Use notepad to open up the registry file you just saved. For me, it’s “putty-config“.
- Use replace “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registry” with “HKEY_CURRENT_USER“. Click Replace All.
- Now save the file and close notepad.
- Right click on the “putty-config” file and select “Merge“. This will merge the registry into your new registry.
- Open up Putty and voila!!! Your old configurations are all back in Putty including all the session keys.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
1
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive toHKLMunnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it toHKCU?
– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
add a comment |
0
Here is a simple tutorial on how to extract your Putty configuration from an old Windows/Crashed Windows without any extra software. This was very helpful to me and I just want to share the same stes here in case the below one goes down.
Credits : http://www.miniservernation.com/2012/05/putty-import-settings-from-old-hdd-or-crashed-system/
Pre-requisites:
• your registry file must still be accessible (located in user profiles)
Steps on restoring putty configurations:
- On your new Windows run putty once. Then create a dummy configuration server. This is make Putty create a new configuration entry in registry.
- Close putty.
- Use windows run command (Windows Key + r) to run “regedit“.
- Once in registry editor, highlight “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“
- Then click File -> Load Hive…
- A dialog box will ask for the registry file to open. Explore to your old user profile folder. For eg, “C:Windows.oldUsersmyusernameNTUSER.DAT“
- You will be prompted a name for this key name. Just put anything you like. In this example, we use “old-registry“.
- You can now expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and you will see the key file you just opened under the label you put in step 7.
- Expand as such, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registrySoftwareSimonTatham
- Now highlight SimonTatham on your left hand side of regedit and right-click then choose export.
- Export this registry entry to a file name and location of your choice. I put it in desktop and call it “putty-config“. This file will have the extension of .reg. But those who didn’t enable view extensions will not see it. That is fine.
- Now you can unload old-registry from your hive. Make sure “old-registry” is highlighted. Select File -> Unload Hive…
- Once you have unload the hive, close regedit.
- Use notepad to open up the registry file you just saved. For me, it’s “putty-config“.
- Use replace “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registry” with “HKEY_CURRENT_USER“. Click Replace All.
- Now save the file and close notepad.
- Right click on the “putty-config” file and select “Merge“. This will merge the registry into your new registry.
- Open up Putty and voila!!! Your old configurations are all back in Putty including all the session keys.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
1
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive toHKLMunnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it toHKCU?
– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
add a comment |
0
0
0
Here is a simple tutorial on how to extract your Putty configuration from an old Windows/Crashed Windows without any extra software. This was very helpful to me and I just want to share the same stes here in case the below one goes down.
Credits : http://www.miniservernation.com/2012/05/putty-import-settings-from-old-hdd-or-crashed-system/
Pre-requisites:
• your registry file must still be accessible (located in user profiles)
Steps on restoring putty configurations:
- On your new Windows run putty once. Then create a dummy configuration server. This is make Putty create a new configuration entry in registry.
- Close putty.
- Use windows run command (Windows Key + r) to run “regedit“.
- Once in registry editor, highlight “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“
- Then click File -> Load Hive…
- A dialog box will ask for the registry file to open. Explore to your old user profile folder. For eg, “C:Windows.oldUsersmyusernameNTUSER.DAT“
- You will be prompted a name for this key name. Just put anything you like. In this example, we use “old-registry“.
- You can now expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and you will see the key file you just opened under the label you put in step 7.
- Expand as such, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registrySoftwareSimonTatham
- Now highlight SimonTatham on your left hand side of regedit and right-click then choose export.
- Export this registry entry to a file name and location of your choice. I put it in desktop and call it “putty-config“. This file will have the extension of .reg. But those who didn’t enable view extensions will not see it. That is fine.
- Now you can unload old-registry from your hive. Make sure “old-registry” is highlighted. Select File -> Unload Hive…
- Once you have unload the hive, close regedit.
- Use notepad to open up the registry file you just saved. For me, it’s “putty-config“.
- Use replace “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registry” with “HKEY_CURRENT_USER“. Click Replace All.
- Now save the file and close notepad.
- Right click on the “putty-config” file and select “Merge“. This will merge the registry into your new registry.
- Open up Putty and voila!!! Your old configurations are all back in Putty including all the session keys.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
Here is a simple tutorial on how to extract your Putty configuration from an old Windows/Crashed Windows without any extra software. This was very helpful to me and I just want to share the same stes here in case the below one goes down.
Credits : http://www.miniservernation.com/2012/05/putty-import-settings-from-old-hdd-or-crashed-system/
Pre-requisites:
• your registry file must still be accessible (located in user profiles)
Steps on restoring putty configurations:
- On your new Windows run putty once. Then create a dummy configuration server. This is make Putty create a new configuration entry in registry.
- Close putty.
- Use windows run command (Windows Key + r) to run “regedit“.
- Once in registry editor, highlight “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“
- Then click File -> Load Hive…
- A dialog box will ask for the registry file to open. Explore to your old user profile folder. For eg, “C:Windows.oldUsersmyusernameNTUSER.DAT“
- You will be prompted a name for this key name. Just put anything you like. In this example, we use “old-registry“.
- You can now expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and you will see the key file you just opened under the label you put in step 7.
- Expand as such, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registrySoftwareSimonTatham
- Now highlight SimonTatham on your left hand side of regedit and right-click then choose export.
- Export this registry entry to a file name and location of your choice. I put it in desktop and call it “putty-config“. This file will have the extension of .reg. But those who didn’t enable view extensions will not see it. That is fine.
- Now you can unload old-registry from your hive. Make sure “old-registry” is highlighted. Select File -> Unload Hive…
- Once you have unload the hive, close regedit.
- Use notepad to open up the registry file you just saved. For me, it’s “putty-config“.
- Use replace “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEold-registry” with “HKEY_CURRENT_USER“. Click Replace All.
- Now save the file and close notepad.
- Right click on the “putty-config” file and select “Merge“. This will merge the registry into your new registry.
- Open up Putty and voila!!! Your old configurations are all back in Putty including all the session keys.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
answered Dec 18 '18 at 6:36
Anand Varkey Philips
1012
1012
1
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive toHKLMunnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it toHKCU?
– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
add a comment |
1
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive toHKLMunnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it toHKCU?
– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
1
1
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive to
HKLM unnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it to HKCU?– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Good idea. Though I find importing the old hive to
HKLM unnecessarily risky. Why don't you load it to HKCU?– Martin Prikryl
Dec 18 '18 at 8:14
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
Yeah.. that's better.. You can edit :)
– Anand Varkey Philips
Dec 18 '18 at 9:58
add a comment |
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Connect to its registry and use this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13023920/how-to-export-putty-sessions-list
– pbies
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