Disable Filezilla Server Interface on Startup

Windows doesn't come with a good FTP program built in. Fortunately you can download and install Filezilla FTP server on Windows, which is a free, highly configurable FTP server. 

https://filezilla-project.org/

One of the small annoyances of it though is that it will pop up every time you start a new session on the server via Remote Desktop Protocol.

There is an easy fix for this though!

The easy way
Simply go to 'Edit ' -> 'Settings ' -> ' Interface ' and Check the box 'Minimize to tray '.

The harder way
If the easy way just does not resolve this you can do it the slightly harder way - through registry keys (You'll need to have administrator rights to do it this way).

To do this, click ' Start ' and type ' regedit '. In regedit, navigate the tree:

On ax86 System:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\

On a x64 System:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\

You should find a 'FileZilla Server Interface ' entry. Delete the key and that's it! This will stop the interface from popping up for ALL RDP sessions and accounts.

For example:


NOTE: Disabling the interface does NOT stop the FTP server from running. The Filezilla service will still load and run the FTP server regardless if the interface has loaded or not.