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Getting Started 

About CuteFTP Professional 

You can easily understand and use CuteFTP Professional whether you re a novice or 

accomplished FTP User. You will find all the features contained in CuteFTP Home and 

many new additions. CuteFTP Professional embodies the accumulated knowledge gained 

from the evolution of CuteFTP Professional, now imparted in a more advanced, more 

secure application. 

In CuteFTP Professional, you have a variety of features which enhance file transfer. The 

accessible interface allows you to easily update and maintain sophisticated Web sites. You 

can safeguard transfers of mission critical files with CuteFTP Professional s security features. 

You can speed the transfer of large architectural, graphic, or engineering files with multi part 

accelerated downloads. Site caching allows you to minimize bandwidth while you browse. 

You can even schedule and script FTP transactions with minimal overhead using the 

autonomous Transfer Engine.  

CuteFTP Professional includes the Transfer Engine (TE), and an integrated HTML editor. 

You can use the Transfer Engine from within CuteFTP, or with any COM enabled scripting 

or programming language. The HTML editor can create, open, and edit local or remote 

HTML documents, right in CuteFTP. 

Registering CuteFTP 

CuteFTP must be registered, or activated, within 30 days or it will no longer function. To 

register and fully activate your software please input the Registration Serial Number you 

received when you are prompted to do so. For the registered user name, you may use either 

your first and last name or your company name. This information appears under Help > 

About from the menu bar.  

To ensure your software is registered accurately, we recommend you provide all of the 

optional details that are requested. This helps us confirm your eligibility for technical support 

or any upgrades that may become available in the future.  

Troubleshooting product registration 

If registration fails, try the following: 

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