.ovpn/.conf

choicefresh

Hi,

I'm a Windows XP user, and I'm doing some VPN testing at the moment. Most of the VPNs I use provide ovpn files, but one only offers a .conf file. I am able to connect to the VPN using openvpn via the command-line, but the conf file does not show up in the list of VPNs to connect to when running the OpenVPN GUI. I noticed that there are registry values related to this: HKLM > Software > OpenVPN > config_ext and HKLM > Software > OpenVPN-GUI > config_ext, both set to ovpn. Is it possible to add multiple values to these keys, such as in the format "ovpn; conf"?

Thank you in advance,
choicefresh

maikcat

why dont you rename the .conf to .ovpn?

they are both simply text files..

Michael.

janjust

nope, this is not possible ( I just checked the sources) - you'll need to modify the GUI for this.
Also, note that this GUI is not maintained anymore, a new GUI is in the works for OpenVPN 2.3

choicefresh

maikcat wrotewhy dont you rename the .conf to .ovpn?

they are both simply text files..

Michael.

Thanks, that worked!

janjust wrotenope, this is not possible ( I just checked the sources) - you'll need to modify the GUI for this.
Also, note that this GUI is not maintained anymore, a new GUI is in the works for OpenVPN 2.3

Sounds good. Thank you for the info.