How-to enable X forwarding in PuTTY

I have Ubuntu next to Windows7, I am always using Ubuntu to connect remotely other computer. I use -X option to enable the GUI.

On Win7 I'm using PuTTY, how do I enable X forwarding?

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If you are starting Putty from command line or use command line tool "plink", it is the same -X option.

In Putty's GUI, the option is under category Connection / SSH / X11, Enable X11 forwarding.

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