Thursday, December 2, 2010

Add More Locations Or Destinations To the Send To Menu

By using the Send To command, you can quickly send a file to different locations including a floppy disk, your desktop, another person using e-mail, or the My Documents folder. The SendTo folder contains the shortcuts for the destinations that are displayed on the Send To menu. Every user on the computer has a SendTo folder and can customize its contents.

When you add new destinations to the SendTo folder, they appear on the Send To menu when you right-click a file, and then point the cursor Send To.

How to Use the Send To Command?

In Windows Explorer or My Computer--> right-click a file--> and then point to Send To. On the shortcut menu that appears--> click the destination where you want to send your file. The file is sent to or activated by the destination that you select.


Destinations on the Send To menu can include any of the following:

* Disk drives (local or network)
* Fax printers
* Printers* Windows-based programs
* Compressed (zipped) folders
* The desktop* Mail recipients
* The My Documents folder


By default, the Send To menu in Windows XP lists the following commands (destinations)

* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A:)
* CD Drive


Add a Destination to the Send To Menu:

To add a destination to the Send To menu, you must add a shortcut to the SendTo folder. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start--> and then click Run.

2. In the Open box--> type sendto--> and then click OK.

3. Add a destination by doing one of the following:
 * Use the drag-and-drop operation to move the item that you want to the SendTo folder; to do so--> right-click--> and then click Create Shortcuts Here.
            -or-
* Point to New on the File menu--> and then click Shortcut.

Follow the instructions in the Create Shortcut Wizard. A new shortcut is created in the SendTo folder, and it is displayed on the Send To menu.

To open the SendTo Folder, you can also perform the following steps:

1. Click Start--> and then click My Computer.

2. Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive C, unless you have more than one drive on your computer).

3. If you cannot view the items on your drive when you open it--> under System Tasks--> click Show the contents of this drive.

4. Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.

5. Double-click the folder of the user whose SendTo menu you want to change (usually your own).

6. Double-click the SendTo folder.

7. The SendTo folder is hidden by default. If the folder is not visible, on the Tools menu--> click Folder Options--> and then on the View tab--> click Show hidden files and folders.

Remove a Destination from the Send To Menu

To remove a destination from the Send To menu, do the following:

1. Click Start--> and then click Run.

2. In the Open box--> type sendto--> and then click OK.

3. Right-click the shortcut that you want to remove, and then click Delete. The shortcut is removed.

6 comments:

  1. Yes by doing this we can save time and also resulting in speed computing.But is it the same for Windows 7?

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  2. Can I add Pendrive location to "Send to" menu list?

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  3. you can also use keyboard shortcuts as well but yes it takes a lot of memory power

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  4. It will automatically recognize remove drive and give option in send to..

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  5. Also Microsoft is thing to stop support for Windows XP completely

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  6. Well!! answer to the first question, this option is same for windows 7 as well.

    And There is no specific date, when the support would end for windows xp service pack 3, coz there are no specifications provided by microsoft and they say they are still reveiwing..

    Answer to hardware texpert: Yes, the removable device location automatically gets added to send to menu once you connect the device.

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