Add items to the Windows Vista Send To menu.
Introduction
By default a few items are present in the Send To menu when you right-click a file or folder and select to Send To. This guide explains how to add items to the Send To menu in Windows Vista.
Add Items to the Send To Menu
- Open Computer by clicking the Start button and selecting Computer from the Start menu.
- Click anywhere in the white space of the address bar. The text in the address bar will become highlighted. Erase the text and type the following:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
Press Enter on your keyboard and you should see what’s shown in the screen shot below.
You can also type
shell:sendtoin the search box located in the Start Menu to open the SendTo folder.
- You can drag and drop items in this folder and they will be displayed in the Send To menu.
More Send To Details
Here are a few pointers when adding items to the Send To Menu:
- Don’t copy, move, or create folders in the Send To folder. Copy the folder from its location and select to paste a shortcut in the Send To folder.
- You’re not held to just adding folders and drives to the Send To menu. You can also add shortcuts to files and devices.
- The Send To folder is hidden. You should only access it by typing the address in step 2 above.
- Mapped drives are automatically added to the Send To Menu.
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Why do you set these sites up ;so that thay cannot be printed?
I tried to print the site for the instructions for setting the “send to” and it printed everything else but. It is a great waste of paper and ink. Thanks for the info but it cannot be used
The Shell:SendTo way will work for Win XP, but not the %APPDATA%\Microsoft…. will not.
When I type the command shell:sendto in the search box, I get the error message that shell is not a valid folder
Sorry William. I didn’t set it up so that it can’t be printed. The site is actually set up to print printer friendly pages, but a current bug in the backend of the site is preventing proper printing right now.
It should be fixed soon.
@ William: This guide was meant for Windows Vista. I have no idea if this will work on XP.
When you press “start” there is no “computer” option!
This is a Windows Vista guide, not XP. There is no Computer location in XP’s Start Menu.
What’s Vista?
Quote”Why do you set these sites up ;so that thay cannot be printed?
I tried to print the site for the instructions for setting the “send to” and it printed everything else but. It is a great waste of paper and ink. Thanks for the info but it cannot be used”
Also “The Shell:SendTo way will work for Win XP, but not the %APPDATA%\Microsoft…. will not.”
Using copy & paste worked fine to put it in Word. Thanks for the help, Loren