--- title: "Add a FTP site to your Windows favorites" description: "In this article I'll go over how you can add a FTP site to your Windows favorites so that you can quickly access your website files on the server, much like you would with either WebDav or WebDisk..." url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/ftp/add-a-ftp-site-to-your-windows-favorites/ date: 2013-03-29 modified: 2023-10-26 author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor" categories: ["FTP"] type: post lang: en --- # Add a FTP site to your Windows favorites In this article I’ll go over how you can add a [FTP](/support/website/ftp/getting-started-guide/) site to your Windows favorites so that you can quickly access your website files on the server, much like you would with either [WebDav or WebDisk](/support/edu/cpanel/an-introduction-to-webdav-web-disk/) being enabled on the server. ## Adding a FTP site to Windows favorites Using the steps below I’ll show you how to make your FTP account very simple to access by using Windows Explorer in Windows 7. For this example I’m using a dummy domain called **example.com** with a FTP user of **example** and a password of **qwerty123** 1. [![click on start type in computer and click on computer](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-on-start-type-in-computer-and-click-on-computer.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-on-start-type-in-computer-and-click-on-computer.png) Click on the **Start** button, type in **computer** in the **Search programs and files** box, then click on **Computer**. 2. [![click map network drive](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-map-network-drive.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-map-network-drive.png) Next click on **Map network drive** at the top. 3. [![click on connect to a web site](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-on-connect-to-a-web-site.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-on-connect-to-a-web-site.png) Then click on **Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures**. 4. On the **Welcome to the Add Network Location Wizard** page, simply click **Next**. 5. [![click choose a custom network location click next](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-choose-a-custom-network-location-click-next.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-choose-a-custom-network-location-click-next.png) Now click on **Choose a custom network location**, then click on **Next**. 6. [![type in ftp address then click next](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/type-in-ftp-address-then-click-next.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/type-in-ftp-address-then-click-next.png) Under the **Internet or network address** field type in your full FTP path including username and password if you would like to not be prompted each time for this information. In this example I’ve used the following network address: ftp://example:qwerty123@example.com The address should be in the format of **ftp://****username****:****password****@****example.com** 7. [![name ftp location click on next](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/name-ftp-location-click-on-next.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/name-ftp-location-click-on-next.png) Give a name for this FTP connection, then click on **Next**. 8. [![un check open this network click finish](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/un-check-open-this-network-click-finish.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/un-check-open-this-network-click-finish.png) In this case, go ahead and un-check **Open this network location when I click Finish**, then click on **Finish**. 9. [![drag ftp link to favorites](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/drag-ftp-link-to-favorites.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/drag-ftp-link-to-favorites.png) Now you should see your FTP site below the **Computer** section, go ahead and drag it up to your **Favorites** to create a shortcut. 10. [![click on ftp favorite link](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-on-ftp-favorite-link.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/click-on-ftp-favorite-link.png) Now go ahead and click on your FTP site under your **Favorites**. 11. [![drag public html to favorites](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/drag-public-html-to-favorites.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/drag-public-html-to-favorites.png) At this point I’d recommend dragging your **public_html** directory under the first favorite we created. That way you have quick access to your full account, but can also just directly drag files to your **public_html** directory to have them display on your website. 12. [![drag file to public html](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/drag-file-to-public-html.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/drag-file-to-public-html.png) Here you can see I’m dragging an image file **sunset-over-mountains.png** into my **public_html on example.com** shortcut. 13. [![view uploaded image in browser](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/view-uploaded-image-in-browser.png)](/support/images/stories/website/ftp-file-management/add-ftp-to-favorites/view-uploaded-image-in-browser.png) Because I uploaded the image to my **public_html** image, I can go ahead and pull it up in my web-browser now with success. You should now understand how you can use the built-in Windows favorites links to quickly access your account via FTP.