Migrating PuTTY

Transferring your PuTTY settings to another computer turns out to be surprisingly easy. Simply run this command to extract the settings.


regedit /ea settings.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY

Transfer the file this creates to your new machine. There double-click on the file to merge your settings into your new installation.

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