Monday, January 18, 2010

Hack your Context Menus: Modify the Send To Menu

This is really fast, and useful. Have you ever wanted to Send a shortcut to a file somewhere in your computer but it's not in the send to list? (When you right-click the file and go to send to.) Well, now you can add whatever you want to it. It's easy. Skip to Step 1 if you're using XP, Skip to Step 2 if you're using Vista or Windows 7.

Step 1. XP

Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR-USER-NAME. Then, if hidden files are not shown, you need to show them by clicking Tools > Folder Options, then clicking the view tab and clicking Show Hidden files and folders. Now, in the folder you're in, there should be a half transparent file called SendTo. All you have to do is open this:

If you want to add My Videos, for example, create a SHORTCUT, not a copy, a shortcut to it, and put it in this folder. Then, when you right-click something, it will allow you to send it here! 

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