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The beginning: Source Code Find the original source archive at https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html or get the Windows-Archive directly here: https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/putty-src.zip Modify the Source Code For example: Tweak the modal „Fatal Connection Error“ Dialog: Relax PuTTY: Suppress „Fatal Error“ Dialog Next step: GCC-Compiler I’d chose MinGW to compile native Windows Applications: MinGW as build-environment for native Windows Applications Compile it Using MinGw: In PuTTY it’s all prepared for us – go to the „windows“ subdirectory: mingw32-make -f Makefile.mgw Check the result EXEcute it Final thought: Donate PuTTY It is possible 😉 to donate to the original PuTTY developers – look here: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-donationsRead More →

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When using PuTTY in „Multi-Tabbed“-Wrapper-Applications like MRemote-NG, Super-Putty, Putty-Connection-Manager, you name it, it’s absolute annoying that every connection-timeout pushes a modal pop-up window to the front (for every opened connection!) like this: Since in those Applications the PuTTY-Window/Tab won’t get closed, or with „only on clean exit“ these modal alerts are absolutely pointless – when: PuTTY is running as standalone application the config-parameters set to „close window“ the original implemtation makes sense indeed. So there is some code required, to distinguish between: a quiet (Text-)Message, inline within the PuTTY-Screen when the window wont get closed an modal alert before closing the putty window. Original CodeRead More →