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Professionals, developers, and anyone looking for a solution to manage and load session configuration files
About PuTTYTray
Minimizing to the system tray (on CTRL + minimize, always, or directly on startup) Icons are customizable. Blinks tray icon when a bell signal is received. Configurable window transparency. URL hyperlinking, portability, optionally stores session configuration in files (for example, on a USB drive) like portaPuTTY. Easy access to the 'always on top setting (in the system menu). Android adb support. Load sessions from files using the command line. Automatically selects 'sessions from file' when the registry does not contain any sessions. Now built against PuTTy 0.61, getting features like Windows 7 Jumplist and Aero support. Executables now signed, should (eventually) make IE less angry; no code changes. URLs submenu, for easier keyboard access. Restore compatibility with older computers. Code signing certificate, and timestamping, no more certificate errors. Originally compiled by Barry Haanstra, now maintained by Chris West (Faux).
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