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To enable telnet in Windows 7 and IE8, you must: 1. Enable the Telnet Client feature in Control Panel. 2. Apply registry edits to enable telnet protocol handling. 3. For 64-bit systems, copy telnet.exe files between system directories and apply additional registry edits.

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To enable telnet in Windows 7 and IE8, you must: 1. Enable the Telnet Client feature in Control Panel. 2. Apply registry edits to enable telnet protocol handling. 3. For 64-bit systems, copy telnet.exe files between system directories and apply additional registry edits.

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Telnet fix for Windows 7 and IE8

(32 and 64 bit versions)


!

1. Go to Start!Control Panel!Programs!Programs and Features!Turn


Windows features on or off.

2. Make sure the Telnet Client box is checked and then press OK.

3. You need to apply the following registry fixes to the Windows 7 registry, either
by using regedit or by cut/paste into a text file with the ending .reg and then
double-clicking.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\telnet\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\url.dll\",TelnetProtocolHandler %l"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_DISABLE_TELNET_PROTOCOL]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000000

4. The next time you encounter a telnet link in IE8, you will probably need to
accept some security warnings from Windows about running external
programs (even though this is Microsofts own telnet.exe).
!
"#$%!$&'(!)*++,-.! ! ! /!
!
5. If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 you will need to do the
following additional steps:

a. Go to C:\Windows\System32 and copy telnet.exe.

b. Go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\and paste telnet.exe.

!
"#$%!$&'(!)*++,-.! ! ! 0!
!
c. You will also need to copy the correct localization file (local
language) for telnet.!/ For English-US, you would go to
C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ and copy telnet.exe.mui.
!

And then go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\ and paste


telnet.exe.mui.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/!If there is no telnet.exe.mui in C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ on your system, you can do a search for it in

Windows Explorer to find your localized location.!


!
"#$%!$&'(!)*++,-.! ! ! 1!
!
d. Apply the following registry fix to the Windows 7 registry, either
using regedit or cut/paste into a text file with the ending .reg and
then double-click.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_DISABLE_TELNET_PROTOCOL]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000000

!
"#$%!$&'(!)*++,-.! ! ! 2!
!

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