# KeePass - Overriding the URL field > Learn how to override the KeePass URL field to launch programs like PuTTY, WinSCP, or a Remote Desktop connection (RDP) directly from your entries. ---  **TL;DR** This article shows how to repurpose the KeePass `URL` field to launch external programs instead of a web browser, using the `cmd://` prefix and entry placeholders: starting PuTTY with saved credentials, opening WinSCP directly to an SFTP path, or launching a Windows Remote Desktop (`mstsc.exe`) connection to a saved host. The `url` field can also be used to start a program and, thus, not only to contain a valid URL. The official documentation is located here: . ## Start PuTTY from KeePass If you don't have PuTTY installed on your machine, download it from . You just need the `putty.exe` file. *If PuTTY refuses your saved session with an authentication error, see [Fatal error was starting Putty after having saved settings](/blog/putty-no-supported-authentication-methods).* Download it and save `putty.exe` in a directory present in your PATH. To do this, even if you're not an administrator of your machine, just start a MS-DOS console and run `echo %PATH%`. You'll then see the list of directories already present and choose the one where you can copy a new file. Then copy `putty.exe` in that folder. So, from now on, you can just run `putty.exe` from anywhere. Update your KeePass entry and set the `URL` property to the following instruction: `cmd://putty.exe -load "Default Settings" {S:host} -l {USERNAME} -pw {PASSWORD}` > **Caution:** > > Make sure you have filled in the `host` advanced property. ## Start WinSCP from KeePass > If you wish to open WinSCP (see also [WinSCP - Synchronize host and remote](/blog/winscp-synchronize-both)) and see files, you can achieve this by updating your KeePass entry and setting the `URL` property to the following instruction: `cmd://"{ENV_PROGRAMFILES_X86}\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" sftp://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@{S:ip}:{T-REPLACE-RX:/{S:port}/-1//}{S:path}` > **Caution:** > > Make sure you have filled in the `ip` advanced property. You can also set the `port` and `path` properties; they are optional, however. ## Start an RDP/TS connection from KeePass > You can also start a remote desktop / terminal server connection from within KeePass. The URL has to be set like this: `cmd://mstsc.exe /v:{S:host} /f` > **Caution:** > > Make sure you have filled in the `host` advanced property.