How to add Locations to the Send To menu in Windows

The Send To menu is one of the very useful features of the Windows Operating System. It is also one of the most underrated ones. However, it is too useful especially to copy files or documents to any location with just one click. There are some predefined locations in the Send To menu like My Documents, Desktop (creates a shortcut), Mail Recipient, Compressed Zip Folder, but you can also add some of your own in that list. In this tutorial we will learn how to do that for increased speed and productivity.

Procedure:

1. To add any location or folder to the Send To menu, just create a shortcut of that location. You can do so by right-clicking on it and select ‘Create shortcut’. Now just copy that shortcut to the following location

C: \ Document and Settings > Your User Name > Send To.

2. You may need to enable hidden files as the Send To folder is hidden by default.

3. You can also goto Start > Run and type ’sendto’ without the quotes to get there directly.

4. Now after copying the shortcut in that folder, just close the window.

Now if you right click on any file, you will be able to see the newly added folder there.

Note: The method to do this is more or less the same in Windows Vista. If you have any doubts, then post a comment here.

Happy Tweaking!