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June 11, 2008 12:01 AM PDT

Add or remove items from Windows' Send To menu

by Dennis O'Reilly

About a year ago I tested a Sony GPS device. The device is long gone, but a shortcut to the product's personal My Documents folder remained among the Send To options on my context (right-click) menu.

Getting rid of this useless entry was as easy as opening Windows' Send To folder and removing its shortcut. Press the Windows key and R, type Shell:sendto, and press Enter to open the Send To folder. In the right pane, right-click the shortcut associated with the item you want to remove and choose Delete > Yes.

Microsoft Windows Explorer, Send To folder contents

Remove an unwanted entry from the Send To menu by deleting its shortcut.

(Credit: Microsoft)

Adding an entry to your Send To menu is just as easy. Right-click in the right pane and select New > Shortcut. Enter the path to the folder you want to create a Send To shortcut for, or click Browse, navigate to it, and click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut, and click Finish.

Microsoft Windows Create Shortcut wizard

Enter the path to the folder you want to access from the Send To menu.

(Credit: Microsoft)

Note that just dragging a shortcut from the Start menu or elsewhere into this window and dropping it there may not work. You have to enter the exact path, particularly if you want to add a shortcut to Notepad or another application.

Tomorrow: an antivirus-software buyer's guide.

Originally posted at Workers' Edge
Dennis O'Reilly has covered PCs and other technologies in print and online since 1985. Along with more than a decade as editor for Ziff-Davis's Computer Select, Dennis edited PC World's award-winning Here's How section for more than seven years. He is a member of the CNET blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET.
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by kipkitto June 15, 2008 11:03 AM PDT
I found this free utility called Fast Explorer - it makes the whole process of dealing with context menu items much simpler
http://thesoftpro.tripod.com/downloads/fe/index.htm
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by denkile June 28, 2008 11:29 PM PDT
SEND TO MENU

Send to Toys (freeware) works for me...found at:

http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/#sendtotoys
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