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| Add New Items to the Sendto Menu in Win7 and Vista Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:00 PM PDT Sometimes a file won't open in the application you want for it. Normally, you might use the "Open with" command in the file right click menu when you click on a file. However, if the action you want isn't in that list, there's always the Sendto menu. It's also in the right click menu for files. The Sendto menu in Windows is a handy place to store links to all sorts of applications or actions that you rarely use. It used to be easy to add items to the Sendto menu in Windows 9x and Windows XP. Since the arrival of Vista and Win7, it's gotten a little trickier. I'll show you one way to do it. The items in the Sendto menu, are actually links stored in a folder labeled "Sendto". The Sendto folder used to be located in the "Documents and Settings" folder under each user name. In Vista and Win7, it's buried deeply in the "Users\Yourname\AppData" folder, which is normally a hidden folder. One way to get to AppData quickly is to use the "Run" menu, by holding down your Start button and tap the "R" key. Then type in %appdata% and click OK. Next you'll have to dig down even further. Go into the following folders under AppData. Roaming \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Sendto Now you can see the shortcuts in the Sendto folder. It's a simple matter of copying or creating shortcuts in this folder in order to see new items listed in your Sendto menu. The first shortcut I normally add to the Sendto folder is Notepad. Some other apps that you might use there are Paint and WordPad. For the webmasters among you, I've also written up a tutorial on adding a "Sendto FTP" link. Not only can you add shortcuts to applications, you can also add shortcuts to folders, drives and network locations. You can even add shortcuts to batch files that will perform specific actions on files. Sendto is a flexible feature that can serve you well, once you learn it's secrets. Share: Comment on This Post | Tweet This | Share on Facebook | Save to Delicious | Stumble This | Digg This | Reddit This TAGS: file, File types, How To, Open Files, Windows 7, Windows Vista Add New Items to the Sendto Menu in Win7 and Vista originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Clif Sipe on Sunday 31st October 2010 09:00:00 PM under How To. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance. |
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