Global Options/General
From SecureCRT
A data path or circuit between two computers over a phone line, network cable, or other means.
To close a Telnet or other type of communication connection between a client and a server.
A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts.
General
The General category of the Global Options dialog allows you to configure general SecureCRT options..
Dialogs group
This group contain options that control the display of optional dialogs. These dialogs are displayed by default.
Check this option to display a connection closed message when the connection is closed.
Show confirm disconnect dialog
Check this option to display a message asking for confirmation before disconnecting.
Show connect dialog on startup
Check this option to display the Connect dialog on startup of SecureCRT.
Save expanded folder state in connect dialog
Check this option to have SecureCRT remember the state (expanded or collapsed) of folders in the Connect dialog.
New session uses wizard
Enabling this option causes the New Session toolbar button in the Connect dialog to start the New Session wizard. Disabling this option causes this button to open the Session Options dialog instead. This option is enabled by default.
View group
This group includes options that allow you to show or hide components of the SecureCRT application window. To turn off any of these options, clear the associated check box. The available options are as follows:
Show toolbar
Show status bar
Show menu bar
Session group
This group includes options that deal with SecureCRT sessions. The available options are as follows:
Sort Connect dialog entries alphabetically
Check this option to alphabetically sort the entries listed in the session tree of the Connect dialog. Checking this option overrides the User Arranged Tree option. See also Arranging Entries in the Connect Dialog.
Minimize to Activator in the system tray
Check this option to enable the SecureCRT Activator, which allows you to minimize specific sessions or all sessions to the system tray instead of the task bar. This can be useful if you have a number of sessions running or if you only use SecureCRT to port forward your connections to another machine. See Using the Activator for more information about this feature. Also see Switching Between Multiple Sessions.
Recently used sessions list
This option allows you to configure the number of session listed in the Recently Used Sessions section of the File menu. The Recently Used Sessions list displays a list of sessions that have recently been used to connect to a remote machine. The default value is 4.
Note: Entering a value of 0 (zero) in the Recently used sessions list entry box will disable the list in the File menu and clear the list of all entries.
Configuration folder
This entry box displays and allows you to change the SecureCRT configuration folder. This folder is where the SecureCRT configuration files are stored. SecureCRT will look for the configuration settings in the application directory before using the folder specified in this entry box. Folders specified using the command-line option /F will take precedence over both these locations.
Note: To change your configuration information, you must have write privileges to this folder.