Core FTP for Windows
Core FTP License Agreement
You must read and agree to the following terms before you can begin the download:
This software is provided to you under an agreement between The Ohio State University and Core FTP. Under the terms of the license agreement, current faculty, staff and students may use this software while they are associated with the university. You may not a) transfer, rent, lease, or sublicense the software, b) decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer or create a derivative work of the software or c) use it for commercial gain or profit. When you are no longer a current faculty or staff member, you must leave this software with your department or the Office of Information Technology and remove it from your owned computer.
The software is for use on The Ohio State University main and regional campuses and on your home computer. You are authorized to install this software on one computer unless specifically authorized by OIT as a departmental computer support representative.
If you are authorized to install multiple copies, you must advise anyone who is using or receiving any of those copies that they are prohibited from distributing, modifying or making copies of the software, you must supply them with the terms of this agreement and you agree to provide their names to the IT Service Desk at 025 Central Classrooms to record the distribution. You can also provide this information by writing to Customer Services at 8help@osu.edu or by calling 688-HELP.
If you are placing copies into a student or other departmental lab setting that you manage, you agree to report the number of installed copies to OIT as above.
This software is protected by both United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Each installed copy of the program is registered with the Office of Information Technology as a function of your agreeing with these terms. Archival copies of this software may be made for the sole purpose of backing up your software.
By agreeing below, I verify I have read, understand, and agree to honor this end user license agreement.
Download Core FTP
First read the information that follows about downloading and installing the software and then signify your acceptance of the preceding user agreement by clicking below.
Because of licensing restrictions, you'll be connected to a secure sever once you click on the "I agree" link above. You'll be required to enter your OSU Internet username and password to access this server.
Install Core FTP
As you're downloading the install file, the type of information that appears on your screen varies depending on the browser you're using.
- When the download is finished, unzip the setup file.
- Close all open windows, and then choose Run in
the Start menu.
- Click on the Browse button
in the "Run" dialog box.
- Locate the subdirectory where you downloaded the Core
FTP software and click on the file coreftp2_0.exe.
Click on Open and then click on OK to
begin unzipping the files.
- When prompted for an "Unzip to Folder," use
an empty temporary directory on your hard drive. Important: If you already
have a version of Core FTP installed, do not extract the setup file into
the same directory; doing so could damage your existing installation.
- Click on the Unzip button
in the WinZip Self-Extractor window to begin extracting the setup files.
- Locate the directory where you unzipped the files.
Start the installation by double-clicking on coreftp2_0.exe.
- The "Welcome" screen appears. Click on Next to
continue.
- A "ReadMe" screen appears outlining use terms.
Read this and then click on Next. Note
that a registration file is provided in this download.
- A "Choose Destination" screen appears. Select
the default directory or click on Browse to
choose a directory and then click on Next.
- A screen appears so you can back up replaced files.
This allows you to roll back your system to its previous status, should
you uninstall this program. Choose Yes or No depending
on your circumstances, and click on Next.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
- The download contains a registration file, reg.rgf, which is used to register your copy. When you click on Help and select Register, a window comes up entitled "Enter Registration Info." You can paste your information from the file into this window. Alternatively, you can click on the File box and navigate to your downloaded files and select reg.rgf. This will register your copy, "brand" the software to OSU's license, and remove a three second splash screen delay on startup.
