General / Auto Session

The General/Auto Session category of the Global Options dialog allows you to configure SecureCRT to automatically connect to a session [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.] on startup and it also allows you to configure the SecureCRT default session which is used as the template for all new sessions.

Auto session setup group

This group contains configuration options for automatically connecting to sessions on startup.

Do not connect automatically on startup

Check this option to instruct SecureCRT not to automatically connect when the application starts.

Connect local shell

Check this option to instruct SecureCRT to automatically open a local shell session when the application starts.

Remember and connect to sessions from last use

Check this option to instruct SecureCRT to remember the sessions used during the last time SecureCRT was used and to connect to those sessions the next time the application is used.

Use snapshot
Check this option to instruct SecureCRT to automatically open the specified snapshot when the application starts.

Use auto session

Check this option to automatically open one or more sessions when SecureCRT starts. The window below this option displays the items configured to open on startup. You can add or delete items using the Add Session..., Add Local Shell, and Delete buttons. Use the up and down arrows to change the order in which the items will be opened.