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Uploading or downloading files and folders

To upload files or folders to MFT Explorer, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the folder you want to upload by either using the tree view or the file view.
  2. Drag and drop the file into the file view of MFT Explorer to start the MFT Transfer Manager and upload the file.
  3. Optional: Click Upload and select the file or folder you want to upload.
  4. In the Select files to upload window, select the files or folder you want to upload.
  5. Click Open.
  6. The MFT Transfer Manager opens, and your files upload to the MFT server.

To download files or folders from MFT Explorer, follow these steps:

  1. In MFT Explorer, navigate to the file you wish to download.

  2. Click the file to download, then click Download.

  3. Optional: Right-click the file you want to download and select Open, Save, or Save As from the drop-down menu.

    • Selecting Open downloads the file to your desktop. You can open it in the appropriate program. For example, Word Docs open in Microsoft Word and Excel Sheets open in Excel.
    • Selecting Save downloads selected files directly to the Downloads folder of your desktop.
    • Selecting Save As downloads selected MFT files or folders to a particular destination folder.
  4. After selecting a destination folder, click OK.

    • If a file with the same name already exists on your desktop, a window will appear with options to Overwrite, Save with the versioned name, or Skip.
      You can also select Apply the same action to the rest of the items.
  5. After making your selection, click OK. The file will open.

  6. To view the progress of all MFT file downloads, open theĀ MFT Transfers window by navigating to Tools > Active Transfers.