

I’ve been using Windows Home Server 2011 (WHS 2011) for several years now. That is it! After running setup.exe you should see the WHS icon in the system tray.This page was originally published on February 9th, 2016.

These are the executables I copied from WHS to my WIndows 7 computer, double-click on setup.exe and follow the screen instructions.Copy the files shown in the image below from the folder “C:WHS” in your Windows Home Server to a local folder in your Windows 7 computer.The connection works perfectly and I also was able to configure this computer to be backed up by WHS every night! After trying running various executables including “WHSConnectorInstall.exe” without success, one of the error messages suggested running Setup.exe (what a surprise!), so I did and I was able to install the Windows Home Server in my Windows 7 64 bit computer without any problems. I searched for the folder Setup in the WHS and found it. As it turns out, the link points to “/setup/WHSConnectorInstall.exe” and that path doesn’t seem to be configured in the web server. I was able to see a button to install it, but when I clicked on it I got a “Not Found” 404 error. In the article, the writer mentions that I can just browse to :55000 and then install it from there. Then I searched for a solution online and I found this article, but it didn’t work either. The first thing I tried was to install the WHS connector using the original CD, I didn’t have any luck. I installed Windows Ultimate 64-bit in it and up until today, I didn’t worry about connecting it to the WHS because I didn’t have much to backup, now I do.

It is a good solution for a small home network such as mine because it is sufficient, it is not overkill and it is easy to manage.Ī few months ago, I put together a new PC which I use for development when I am home and for gaming. I bought a Windows Home Server about two years ago, I use it primarily for backups and file sharing in my home network.
