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How to run Xming & putty to execute X Windows apps on your Windows desktop
Install Xming, then with Explorer launch Xlaunch.exe – take the defaults and save a configuration.
Then launch putty.exe – before open a connection – go into putty settings – under SSH->X11
Key is – setting X11 Forwarding on for your putty session.  Setting your display on the client.
e.g. if your Windows desktop is: 192.168.1.7 and your server 192.168.1.19 do this:
On your server:
xhost +
or
export DISPLAY=192.168.1.7:0.0
On your desktop putty configuration:

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