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Handle ssh:// url in Windows 7
# Download and Install Putty https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.67-installer.msi
# Download putty version that can handle urls, reference http://schipka.com/archives/34
# Download files from here http://schipka.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/putty_ssh.zip
# Unzip putty.exe and replace it with original C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe
# To associate Putty with ssh filetype
# Open command prompt as Administrator
ftype ssh="C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe" %1
# Click on ssh://root@1.2.3.4 link in browser it should pop a new putty window up and try to connect,
# good thing to do is to add a default identity file in putty, google it
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