After a few failed attempted at getting tramp working in NTEmacs the solution ended up being pretty simple.
1) Download .
2) Place Plink.exe somewhere in your windows PATH, doesn’t matter where but you have to be able to run in from a command line anywhere on your system.
3) Add the following line somewhere in your .emacs.
(setq tramp-default-method "plink")
From there you should be able to use find-file (C-x C-f) and a command like the following to bring up a remote file:
/user@host.com:/path/to/file.ext
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You can also use Cygwin and the ‘sshx’ tramp method.
Does the plink approach support Control Master (or something analogous)?
I ended up switching from NTEmacs to hosting a Linux VM on my Windows box and running Emacs remotely on that, using Cygwin’s X.org server to give it a local display within Windows. Works nicely, and using Tramp is far more pleasant with Control Master to keep the connection open — the time wasted continually opening and closing ssh connections is really significant.
However, if plink does much the same thing, then there’s no particular need to go down that path.