VoyenceControl: How do I change the default telnet client in Windows for cut-thru?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

How to change the default telnet client in Windows XP for cut-thru?

VoyenceControl passes a standard telnet:// to the client. You will need to change the default association within the workstation.

From Windows File Explorer:

1. On the Tools menu, select Folder Options > File Types
2. Scroll to (NONE) URL:Telnet Protocol and select.
3. On the Advanced menu, select Edit
4. Modify the value of the text field labeled Application used to perform action

PuTTY:

"C:\PATH_TO_PUTTY\Putty.EXE" %1
use dde
application: PuTTY
topic: System

SecureCRT:

"C:\PATH_TO_SECURECRT\SecureCRT.EXE" %1
use dde
application: SecureCRT
topic: System

Additional Information

If you need to switch this back to the default, the default value is:

rundll32.exe url.dll,TelnetProtocolHandler %1