Software Comparison: Upload Files to FTP From Right Click Menu

For don’t know what reasons, Upload Express just stopped working on my laptop. Whenever　Ｉ try to any files to my FTP using Upload Express, it doesn’t transfer. There are no error messages for me to have an idea what is the problem. I’ve been using it for more than a year and it’s very convenient. It doesn’t take any effort for me to upload images to my FTP while writing an article. I did check Upload Express website but everything on that site was removed. The download link is still valid but the file is dated February 20, 2006 which means there wasn’t any updates since I installed it on my laptop. Reinstalling the program didn’t fix the problem…

Now I can’t use Upload Express, I find it a hassle to run FTP client, manually connect to FTP, and select the files that I want to upload. It just kills away the writing mood… I’ve been manually uploading images to FTP for a few days now and I finally had enough. I tried searching for an alternative and found 2 other programs that works similarly as Upload Express.

1. SendTo FTP

It is an easy-to-use file transfer program for sending files from your local PC to a remote host, very handy and time saving for web page publishing and updating. It will make your file uploading one click away. To use SendTo FTP, select the files you want to upload in the Windows Explorer, right-click and choose SendTo FTP in the Send To submenu. SendTo FTP maintains a list of frequently used hosts and can remember your user name, password and sub-directory.
[ Download SendTo FTP ]

2. Upload Express

It enables you to upload images to ImageShack and application files to YouSendIt. You can also define your own custom FTP server to upload it to your own FTP, if you have one. After installation, you will get this function by using your mouse to Right Click on your files.
[ Download Upload Express ]

3. RightLoad

RightLoad is a small program that allows you to quickly upload files directly from a Windows folder to your server. Instead of using a complicated FTP client just to upload a few pictures, you just right-click on the files, select the server and target folder and RightLoad will do the rest for you. When all files have been uploaded, RightLoad will automatically generate a list of different links to the files, ready to be copied into your post or website.
[ Download RightLoad ]

I’ve made a simple comparison between this 3 FTP uploaders using right click menu.

As you can see, clearly the comparison table shows that RightLoad is the winner! It has all the features that I want especially copy URL to clipboard after uploading so that I don’t need to manually type the image URL. I am glad that I found RightLoad and I am going to use it for now onwards. By the way, all 3 FTP uploaders are FREE.

You can’t install SendTo FTP in Windows Vista. You’ll get an error message when trying to install. I found out that there is no problem running SendTo FTP on Vista, except that the installer disallow installation. If you want to use SendTo FTP on Vista, follow the steps below.

1. Install SendTo FTP in Windows XP.
2. Copy the whole SendTo FTP folder from C:\Program Files\SendTo FTP in XP to C:\Program Files\SendTo FTP in Vista.
3. Create a Sndtoftp.exe shortcut from the program’s folder and place it to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo. You can rename the shortcut to SendTo FTP, otherwise it’ll look like “Sndtoftp.exe – Shortcut”. You need to enable “Show hidden files and folders” in your folder options to see the AppData folder.