Vista Tips - Adding and Removing Shortcut in 'Send To'

You can access the Send To menu when right-clicking a folder/file in Windows Explorer. Inside the Send To menu, you 'll find programs or actions which is related to file processing such as copying into another folder/drive, or opening a file in a certain program.



In this tutorial, i will show you how to add a shortcut in the Send To menu.

- Click Start button, type %appdata%\microsoft\windows\sendto and then press ENTER. Windows Explorer will appears and open the Send To folder for you.

- Right-click the empty area in the right-pane, then point to New, and then click Shortcut.

- In the Create Shortcut dialog box, click Browse button and then choose a program (a file with .exe extension) or a folder or a drive. Then click Next button. In this sample, i choose drive F, this shortcut functions to copy the selected folder/file into drive F.

- Type the name for your shortcut, and then click Finish buton. In this sample, i name my shortcut as Copy To Drive F. The shortcut will appears at the list.

To use the shortcut you've created, open Windows Explorer, choose a file. Right-click the file, then point to Send To, and you'll see there the shortcut you've created, namely Copy To Drive F. Click it and you'll get the result.