SSH on windows?

so I am trying to configure the files for Amazon Echo but I can not get it through SSH. if I go in through 8080 which is the port I use for UI, I get, “server unexpectedly closed server connection” if I try 8081, which is the port I use for UI, I get “Network error: connection refused”.
question is, do I need to use ssh on a windows machine given the file structure is readily available to me?

The default port of SSH is 22.

all of the literature says 8101. I have tried 22 but it does not work either. and I have tried both on putty and xshell

8101 is the ssh port for the openHAB console.

If you are running OH2 as a service on Windows, check here on how to connect to the openHAB console.

If you are running OH2 manually, using the start.bat script, the console that opens up is the openHAB console (no need to use ssh to connect to it).

No. If you are running openHAB2 on Windows, just modify the files in your conf directories.

that is the document I was using but had no luck, but I did not think I needed to ssh in. thanks!!