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Dead-simple FTP server for Windows?

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Chapters
00:00 Question
02:08 Accepted answer (Score 53)
02:26 Answer 2 (Score 18)
02:52 Answer 3 (Score 7)
03:06 Answer 4 (Score 5)
03:21 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/400246/d...

Question links:
[www.xlightftpd.com]: http://www.xlightftpd.com
[Mongoose web server]: http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/
[FTPdmin]: http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/ftpdmin/
[Swiss File Knife]: http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-kni...
[Small HTTP]: http://www.geardownload.com/internet/sma...
[Quick ‘n Easy FTP Server Lite]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/ht...
[CrushFTP]: http://www.crushftp.com/
[Baby FTP Server]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/ht...

Accepted answer links:
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/ht...
http://filezilla-project.org/

Answer 2 links:
[How do I setup an FTP server on Windows 7?]: https://serverfault.com/questions/85027/...

Answer 3 links:
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/ftpdmin/

Answer 4 links:
[Quick 'n Easy FTP Server]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/ht...

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 54


This one is definitely portable:

http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/baby_ftp_server.html

Here is another option that is not portable:

http://filezilla-project.org/




ANSWER 2

Score 18


Have you evaluated the native FTP Server feature?

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I doubt it will perform as simply as you would like it. But maybe you weren't even aware of this feature.

Possibly relevant: How do I setup an FTP server on Windows 7?




ANSWER 3

Score 7


This might also meet all your needs.

FTPDMIN: http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/ftpdmin/




ANSWER 4

Score 4


http://stahlworks.com/dev/index.php?tool=ftpserv

This looks like it meets your requirements. The only caveat I see is it only allows one connection at a time.