download executables mixed up?

[shikari7]

When I go here, the "kitty" and the "kitty portable" executable seem to be the same, and the uncompressed one doesn't see my existing PuTTY registry content like the other two do.

https://www.fosshub.com/KiTTY.html

[MNLierman]

I had this issue too and I thought I would comment and say this is a virtual registry permissions issue. Can you copy the installation directory to the desktop and then uninstall KiTTY – can it still access the registry settings? You could also try using regedit.exe in Admin mode and change the permissions by adding Everyone user with the permissions of "Full Control" and see if that changes anything either. Virtual programs by nature of containerization should not be able to access full registry permissions, but maybe KiTTY's compression and containerization is different and my comment is irrelevant, but try these and see.

It would be good information for whoever picks up KiTTY next if the dev is MIA. Most of the code has unfortunately not been changed for 2 years, there have been some commits, but they are minor bug fixes. This happens a lot with projects like this with one dev that gets overwhelmed by the popularity and has a full-time job and family. I see it a lot, and it's unfortunate. However, this dev was pretty transparent with the code and the commits so someone else could fork and take over.

Also unfortunate, whoever takes over will have a hard time rebasing all the new changes in Putty and it would be best to base changes on that upstream as that dev can and does provide bug fixes that one would otherwise have to reinvent. GitHub actions provides automatic non-conflicting code compilations based on upstream changes, and if setup right, new devs for this project should take advantage of this free feature.