HyperTerminal in Windows 7

Friday, 23. October 2009

I have talked to a lot of professionals and one of the big complaints about Windows 7 is the lack of HyperTerminal.  So here is how to get HyperTerminal on to Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit).

On the Windows 7 box make a new folder under C:\Program Files\HyperTerminal for 32-bit and for 64-bit make a new folder C:\Program Files (x86)\HyperTerminal

From a Windows XP box and copy the following 3 files to the folder that was just created on the Windows 7 box:

C:\Program Files\Windows NT\hypertrm.exe
C:\WINODWS\system32\hypertrm.dll
C:\WINODWS\Help\hypertrm.chm

Now just run hypertrm.exe and HyperTerminal is on Windows 7.

If you want to have HyperTerminal on your Start Menu just create a shortcut to hypertrm.exe and put it inC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and when you go to All Programs under the Start Menu HyperTerminal will be there.

The only issue that I have noticed is that when creating a connection the icons do not show, but in my opinion that is a non issue.

A quick side note if you have problems getting your USB to Serial connection working under Windows 7 try getting drivers from http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31.  The PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v10518.zip worked great for me.

Posted in Windows by Brian

125 Responses to “HyperTerminal in Windows 7”

  1. December 2nd, 2009 at 10:30 am

    David Says:

    Thanks for the info. Do you know what needs to be done to get a telnet session active. I tried to use that function thru command prompt and typing telnet and nothing happens . Is there a download to fix it. I was able to do it in Vista.
    thanks,
    David

  2. January 13th, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    Puneet Says:

    Thanks..it worked.

  3. March 22nd, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    Cindy Says:

    This was perfect – really easy. Thanks so much. I’ve been trying to find a workaround for this since XP.

  4. April 15th, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    Marty Says:

    You can download the files you need from this link:
    http://toolbox.davisnet.com/downloads/Weather/Misc/Hyperterminal/

    Hope this helps some….

  5. May 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    Michael Says:

    This is exactly what I needed! Thank you.

  6. August 20th, 2010 at 11:18 am

    sve Says:

    Thanks a lot, working like a charm 🙂

  7. September 25th, 2010 at 1:55 am

    Ulf Says:

    To also have the Icons correctly available in HypterTrm on Windows 7, you also need to copy hticons.dll from C:\WINDOWS\system32 to the Windows 7 program folder of hypterterminal

  8. September 27th, 2010 at 9:49 am

    Trong que Says:

    Thanks! good idea, … I looking it long time

  9. November 4th, 2010 at 11:58 am

    Richard Gadsden Says:

    @David there is a telnet client on Windows 7, it’s just not installed by default.

    You can install it through the “Turn Windows Features on and off” screen.

  10. November 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am

    Pankaj Goyal Says:

    Just enable your telnet session from control panel, add /remove programs. For example :- Like enable or disable games.

  11. December 3rd, 2010 at 9:10 am

    tony Says:

    Thanks…..

  12. December 23rd, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Hassan Says:

    I am not unable to run hyper terminal, I have tried all the suggestions above, but when I run the “hypertrm.exe” I got the message “Windows can not find hypertrm.exe, make sure you type ….”when I run the “hypertrm.exe” by double clicking I got a box called “connection description” followed on the top written “new connection” and then asked me to enter a name and choose an icon for the connection, also the icons are not visibale

  13. January 20th, 2011 at 2:14 am

    SN Malakar Says:

    Thanks for the idea for using the Windows XP hyper terminal in the Windows 7 environment. It worked and the session was successful. However, The dial tone, ringback tone and the modem connection tone is not heard. Which makes me quite impassion. I would expect the remedy for this problem as well. Thanks again.

  14. January 21st, 2011 at 1:41 am

    SN Malakar Says:

    Next genuine problem is after completing the session I could not save the settings. Everytime I have to set the dial-up number, and other settings. What might be the solution. Thanks.

  15. March 29th, 2011 at 4:31 am

    George Says:

    Malakar in my case it works fine. The only thing that I have done which has ntot been mentioned above and I do not know if this solved the issue was that first I installed the Hyperterminal Private edition from the official site which gives you only 30 days. Then I have replaced the files HG30t.BAK, HG30t.dll and HyperTrm.exe from a windows xp pc. Now I can save the settings. The only minor issue which has been mentioned above is that I can see the icons of the save settings but this is a very minor issue.

  16. April 1st, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    xlr8n4d Says:

    I don’t know what I did wrong, but I was not able to install the 64 bit edition to work on Windsows 7. Does anyone else have any ideas, has a patch changed things or something recently?

  17. April 1st, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    JoH Says:

    Brian, you have helped me out a great deal with this option. And I was able to get it to work just fine on Windows 7 x64. It should be mentioned that I simply copy over the files that were in XP Mode OS (Note: it doesn’t work in XP Mode), and it worked as you outlined. Excellent!

  18. April 5th, 2011 at 8:39 am

    Prajith Gopidas Says:

    Hi Brian,

    Hats of to you…! it worked very well…!

    Thank you for the solution.

  19. May 3rd, 2011 at 1:59 am

    Admin Says:

    Thanks budy… its work for me

  20. May 12th, 2011 at 2:05 am

    Dudi Says:

    Thanks, It do the job

  21. May 12th, 2011 at 5:20 am

    Oivind Says:

    Brian! Great, thanks for the tips! It works like a dream, and saves me time by not using XP Mode or 2nd laptop for small testings! I’ll buy you a beer in Amsterdam if you are passing by!

  22. June 2nd, 2011 at 12:25 am

    ronnie Says:

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    I like your writing style and you make some excellent points.

  23. June 8th, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Poohbeer Says:

    You can just download PuTTY and use that as a replacement to HyperTerminal and has better tools built in.

    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

  24. June 19th, 2011 at 1:43 am

    Adele Golumski Says:

    I am now not certain where you’re getting your information, however great topic. I must spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for great information I was searching for this info for my mission.

  25. June 21st, 2011 at 3:31 am

    rene Says:

    läuft nicht!!!!

  26. June 21st, 2011 at 3:31 am

    rene Says:

    schade kann ich nicht weiter empfehlen….

  27. July 3rd, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    romiz Says:

    hi

  28. July 15th, 2011 at 3:55 am

    aeman Says:

    tanks for your help it is very good

  29. July 15th, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Cyclops116 Says:

    I am getting an error that says “the Program can’t start because Hypertrm.dll is missing from your computer.” I’ve tried registering the dll with regsvr32 and get an error that says “The Module hypertrm.dll may not be compatible with the version of Windows that you’re running. Check if the module is compatible with x86 or x64 versions of regsvr32”
    Running Windows 7 X64

  30. July 18th, 2011 at 1:42 am

    amir Says:

    tanks a lot .

  31. August 2nd, 2011 at 10:09 am

    beebster Says:

    thnks worked great

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  33. September 6th, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Lobosky Says:

    A quick side note if you have problems getting your USB to Serial connection working under Windows 7 try getting drivers from http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31. The PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v10518.zip worked great for me.

    I just bought a serial cable and cant install on my win 7 (x64), tried accessing the website above but it seems down. where else can i download this driver…

  34. September 21st, 2011 at 12:11 am

    Joseph Says:

    My laptop has only USB ports and no serial(Com) port to connect my console to the router. After installing hyperterminal, and the USB-Serial converter, I can launch hyperterminal, but instead of opening the console, it will ask for the destination IP address in which I want to connect using port 23 (telnet). And there is no suggestion to Com prt but the only port I have is something called TCP/IP (winsock).
    How can i fix my Hyperterminal to see a Com port in windows 7?

  35. October 1st, 2011 at 4:23 am

    ALIMATRIX Says:

    Thanks a lot it work for me

  36. October 5th, 2011 at 10:11 am

    umar bhatti Says:

    Yes perfect.. Its works

    Thanks for help.

  37. October 6th, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Adams Says:

    i am experiencing same issue as Joseph’s,can’t find provision for COM port only TCP/IP (winsocks), please kindly assist.

  38. October 6th, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    Denz Says:

    Adam, check to see if you instaled the correct usb to serial driver. There should be no connection issues if the driver is right.

  39. October 13th, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Sha Says:

    Good Help

  40. October 20th, 2011 at 1:37 am

    Arpit Says:

    THANKS A LOT…. IT REALLY HELPED …. 🙂

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  44. November 9th, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    lm406 Says:

    This is great however I am having trouble communicating through the USB adapter. The adapter works fine with other programs but not with hyper terminal. any suggestions?

    Thanks

  45. November 10th, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Mena Says:

    Super cool, thanks guys.

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