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How to handle SSH links with Chromium?

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Mar 15, 20263887 views
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I currently use Chromium on a Windows XP desktop. When I click on a link prefixed with ssh:// I'd like it to run Putty, but nothing happens. How can I configure Chromium to execute Putty for such links?

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Fix for: How to handle SSH links with Chromium?

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Chrome/Chromium does not handle unknown protocol://s by itself, instead it handles it to OS/DE running on parent system, so you just need to register ssh:// protocol for PuTTY. As the original developer of PuTTY does not want to implement this featu…

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