Oct 3 2007

Add Items To Your SendTo Menu In Vista

In Xp it was easy to add items to your SendTo menu, but if you try to navigate to your Documents and settings folder in Vista you will get the dreaded error.

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The correct path is to use is. C:UsersUsernameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo. Username will be your actual username

So here’s how to add a folder to your SendTo Menu.

  1. Open an Explorer window.
  2. Navigate to C:UsersUsernameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo.
  3. In the left hand pane right click and drag the folder you want to appear in the SendTo menu to the right hand pane, let go and choose Create a shortcut here. And your finished.

The SendTo menu before.

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The SendTo Menu after.

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To see Screen shots for the process, Click the Read the rest of this entry link.

1. Open an Explorer window.

2. Navigate to C:UsersUsernameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo. Username will be your actual username

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3. In the left hand pane right click and drag the folder you want to appear in the SendTo menu to the right hand pane, let go and choose Create a shortcut here. And your finished.

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Right click menu after adding the Hurricane folder.

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