How to make PuTTY settings persistent? [closed]

Question

Some PuTTY settings are valid only for the current session, and when I start it again, they are at the default value again. How can I change the default values?

Answer 1

Make your settings changes and then click on "Default Settings" under "Load, save or delete a stored session" (This is in the "Session" category) to select it. Then click "Save."

Answer 2

I'm often bitten by that too.
What usually happen is, you set some options (usually just host/port) and save it.
Then latter you:

• open putty
• select your "saved session" (either by just selecting it by clicking on the name or selecting and clicking the load button[1])
• change some other options
• and connect by clicking the "Open" button

To make it work the way you expect, try doing it this way:

• open putty
• select the session you want to edit (click on its entry under the "Session" category)
• Click the "Load" button
• Make the changes you want to make
• Go back to the "Session" category
• Make sure the name of your saved session is correctly filled on the textbox for "Saved sessions"
• Click save

To change the default settings, just do the same, but selecting the "Default Settings" entry on the "Saved Sessions" list.

Hope that helps

[1]: yeah, the UI is really not clear on how you're supposed to do it