How to Install Telnet in Windows 10 Operating System?

Follow these steps to check whether Telnet install or not in your Windows operating system:

• Go to Start and type cmd and click on it.
• A command prompt appears on the screen.
• Type telnet and press Enter.
• You will get this error. That means Telnet Client is not installed in your machine.

There are two ways through which you can install Telnet in Windows 10:

1. Control Panel
2. Command Prompt

Control Panel:

• On the Desktop, go to Start and search for Control Panel.
• Click on Control Panel.
• Now, in the search box, search for Turn Windows features on or off and click on it.
• Windows Features dialogue box appears on the screen.
• Now, in the same window, scroll down and select Telnet Client.
• Click on OK.
• A box will appear that says “Windows features” and “Searching for required files“.
• This process may take some time and once done you will get a success message.

Command Prompt:

Now to install Telnet through command prompt follow these steps:

• Go to Start.
• Search for Windows PowerShell.
• Now, right-click on Windows PowerShell and click on Run as administrator.
• Windows PowerShell appears on the screen.
• Type this command and hit enter.
• pkgmgr /iu:”TelnetClient”
• Now, type telnet and hit Enter.
• As you can see Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client window appears on the screen.

Follow these steps to check the installed telnet client on command prompt:

• Go to Start.
• Type cmd and hit Enter.
• Type telnet and press Enter.
• As you can see Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client window appears on the screen.

That’s how you can install telnet in Windows 10 operating system.