Saturday, March 21, 2009

Tweaking the “Send To” Menu in Windows 7

There is a whole range of hidden menus and shortcuts in Windows 7. One that may go unnoticed is the secret “right click” with “shift” technique that allows users to see a host of different menu options when right-clicking a file or folder.

So, here we have our normal right click menu:

As shown here, a normal right click brings up these options

As shown here, a normal right click brings up these options

But, if you press “SHIFT” before right-clicking, you see an extended right-click menu. This extended menu includes extra options: “Open in New Process” and extra Send To options.

But, if you press SHIFT before right clicking, you can see extra options.

But, if you press "SHIFT" before right clicking, you can see extra options.

Here, you can see quite a few extra Send To options have been unhidden with the SHIFT right-click.

Extra Send-To Options in Windows 7

Extra Send-To Options in Windows 7

And, if you want to customize your Send To menu, you can simply navigate to this in your location bar:
shell:sendto
Then just create shortcuts to your desired locations.

Customizing the Send-To Menu in Windows 7 (How To Geek)

Originally posted by How To Geek, I just thought it was so brilliant that I added it here!

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