Bare in mind that xp_cmdShell requires elevated privileges and some system parameters to be modified which generally are not recommended.
There are few other free FTP tools out there. FileZilla is an open source alternative to: CuteFTP 8 Available for: windows mac linux unix java For many years CuteFTP has been a household name when is comes to effecient and simple file transfer (ftp) primeraly used by people how want to publish/upload their websites.
It is regularly updated and is extremely secure when it comes to file transfers.