# Make Potato the default Telnet Client #

If you wish to make Potato the default telnet client (so that telnet://... links will open in Potato), you can do so in the following way:

## Windows XP ##
Open My Computer, and select **Tools** → **Folder Options**. Go to the **File Types** tab, and scroll down to **URL:Telnet Protocol** (the extension is (NONE)). Click the Advanced button.

In the window that opens, click the **Open** action, and click the Edit button.

A new window will open. For the "Application to perform this action", enter:

> `"C:\Path to\Your\Potato\potato.exe" %1`

Tick the "Use DDE" box, and then set:

  * DDE Message: `%1`
  * Application: `TclEval`
  * DDE Application Not Running: `-`
  * Topic: `potatoMUClient`

Click OK, OK and then Close to close all the windows. Potato should now launch whenever a telnet:// link is opened and, if the program is already open, the address will open in the running copy.

![https://github.com/talvo/potato/wiki/DefaultTelnetClientWinXP.gif](https://github.com/talvo/potato/wiki/DefaultTelnetClientWinXP.gif)



## Other Operating Systems ##
I don't know the procedure for doing this on other operating systems; if you know how to do it on other versions of Windows, or on any varieties of Linux, please [let me know](ContactMe) how (preferably with any relevant screenshots). Thanks!