putting a shortcut into the SEND TO menu

[Stephen Larivee]

I would like to create a shortcut to a folder and put the shortcut in a
"send to" area so when I right click on the file, I can send the file to
that folder. I could do this in XP but can not find out how to do it in
Windows 7. I would appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I would like to create a shortcut to a folder and put the shortcut in a
"send to" area so when I right click on the file, I can send the file to
that folder. I could do this in XP but can not find out how to do it in
Windows 7. I would appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks.

Click on the Start orb, and type "shell:send to" (without the quotes) in
the Search Programs and Files bar at the bottom.

Isn't that 100% obvious?

I only know of it because of reading the newsgroups...

 

[grylion]

I would like to create a shortcut to a folder and put the shortcut in a
"send to" area so when I right click on the file, I can send the file to
that folder. I could do this in XP but can not find out how to do it in
Windows 7. I would appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks.

type sendto ( no space ) in search box
and it is there

 

[grylion]

I would like to create a shortcut to a folder and put the shortcut in a
"send to" area so when I right click on the file, I can send the file to
that folder. I could do this in XP but can not find out how to do it in
Windows 7. I would appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks.

It is a hidden folder

C:\Users\#####\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Sendto

##### is your name

 

[grylion]

It is a hidden folder

##### is your name

Strange, when I type SendTo into the search box and right click the
SendTo folder and click properties I get my wifes name appear in the
###### place and not mine.

using shell:sendto it shows as my account.

Any reason for that Gene?

 

[grylion]

It is a hidden folder

##### is your name


Strange, when I type SendTo into the search box and right click the
SendTo folder and click properties I get my wifes name appear in the
###### place and not mine.

using shell:sendto it shows as my account.

Any reason for that Gene?

 

[KCB]

type sendto ( no space ) in search box
and it is there

I cannot get either Gene's or your advice to work, how strange. Does this
work in every version of Win7?

 

[KCB]

type sendto ( no space ) in search box
and it is there

I did find this, which works from a Windows Explorer address bar:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

 

[Stephen Larivee]

Click on the Start orb, and type "shell:send to" (without the quotes) in
the Search Programs and Files bar at the bottom.

Isn't that 100% obvious?

I only know of it because of reading the newsgroups...

Thank you. The shell:sendto worked fine.

 

[grylion]

I did find this, which works from a Windows Explorer address bar:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

Yes, that brings up my accounts Sendto folder as well.
But typing Sendto into the search box stil brings up my wifes sendto
folder. (She also has an account on the computer) I wonder why that is.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I cannot get either Gene's or your advice to work, how strange. Does this
work in every version of Win7?

I can get my advice to work, but not grylion's.

How strange indeed

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Strange, when I type SendTo into the search box and right click the
SendTo folder and click properties I get my wifes name appear in the
###### place and not mine.

using shell:sendto it shows as my account.

Any reason for that Gene?

No reason known to me. Like a lot of others, I only know what I happen
to know. Sometimes it ain't enough...

As I posted elsewhere in this thread, your method doesn't work for me at
all, and I do have other accounts on this computer, ever since the time
a visitor using my account said yes to a question he should have said no
to

However, an idea just struck me. Maybe your wife has a regular folder
named sendto, rather than the official Windows sendto folder. No, sorry,
that contradicts what you said - so never mind (but I left it in just in
case it gives someone a thought).

 

[Stan Brown]

type sendto ( no space ) in search box
and it is there

Did you try this before posting?

I was going to post the same WRONG advice, but I tried it first and
found that it does not work. This particular method was not brought
forward from XP

 

[Stan Brown]

Did you try this before posting?

I see from later articles that you *did* try. I suspect Gene's
explanation is the correct one: your wife has a regular folder called
Sendto and that is the one that shows up in search. I can confirm
that Sendto in search on my computer comes up with no hits at all.

 

[grylion]

No reason known to me. Like a lot of others, I only know what I happen
to know. Sometimes it ain't enough...

As I posted elsewhere in this thread, your method doesn't work for me at
all, and I do have other accounts on this computer, ever since the time
a visitor using my account said yes to a question he should have said no
to

However, an idea just struck me. Maybe your wife has a regular folder
named sendto, rather than the official Windows sendto folder. No, sorry,
that contradicts what you said - so never mind (but I left it in just in
case it gives someone a thought).

Hi again group,
I did a search in my wifes profile for SendTo (no space)and ......no result.
It did not show Send To (space) either.
I found it in the correct place by the long route.
C:\Users\WIFE\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Sendto
No other folder by that name is found.
Strange that it shows my wifes folder in my profile but not my two sons
folders who also have profiles on the computer.
cheers Peter

 

[Smiles]

I can get my advice to work, but not grylion's.

How strange indeed

you must unhide hidden folders and files in folder options

 

[grylion]

Hi again group,
I did a search in my wifes profile for SendTo (no space)and ......no
result.
It did not show Send To (space) either.
I found it in the correct place by the long route.
C:\Users\WIFE\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Sendto
No other folder by that name is found.
Strange that it shows my wifes folder in my profile but not my two sons
folders who also have profiles on the computer.
cheers Peter

Oh well,
The mystery continues.
I have just been doing a search through my wife and two sons profiles
again, and they do not bring up any sendto folders in the search window.

I went back to my profile and my wifes SendTo folder did not show!

I tried different spellings and caps but to no avail.
The folders are not hidden.
I rebooted and still the same.
I suppose someone will come up with reason.

cheers to all

Peter UK

 

[Char Jackson]

Oh well,
The mystery continues.
I have just been doing a search through my wife and two sons profiles
again, and they do not bring up any sendto folders in the search window.

I went back to my profile and my wifes SendTo folder did not show!

I tried different spellings and caps but to no avail.
The folders are not hidden.
I rebooted and still the same.
I suppose someone will come up with reason.

I imagine the 'problem' lies with Windows Search itself. You'd
probably have better results, and more consistent results, with a
better search program such as Agent Ransack or Everything.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

you must unhide hidden folders and files in folder options

They've been unhidden since this installation was less than a minute
old, as has always been the case in my Windows installations. Well, I'm
exaggerating, but only a little bit

Before you ask: "Hide protected operating systems files" and "Hide
extensions for known file types" are also unchecked.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Oh well,
The mystery continues.
I have just been doing a search through my wife and two sons profiles
again, and they do not bring up any sendto folders in the search window.

I went back to my profile and my wifes SendTo folder did not show!

I tried different spellings and caps but to no avail.
The folders are not hidden.
I rebooted and still the same.
I suppose someone will come up with reason.

cheers to all

Peter UK

I just created a folder in my own AppData\Roaming called SendTo and ran
Windows Search. It found that one, as well as the real SendTo folders in
my user directory, as well as those in the Administrator's, Default, and
my visitor's user directories.

It also found shortcuts to the four real SendTo folders - but they are
the symbolic link type (whatever it's called in Windows, I just forgot).

Agent Ransack found the same folders and shortcuts.

If I type sendto in the search orb, then after searching for about half
a minute, the Start Orb now sees some of the above: my user SendTo
folder, the fake one I made, and the link that I can't access. Nothing
outside of my account appears.

Maybe that delay is why I didn't think the Orb worked before, or maybe
using Windows Search in the Explorer added them to the Orb's list. BTW,
I believe the delay was longer before, since I'm sure I waited much more
than a half minute several times.

Anyway, I definitely don't know what all is happening here...

So - now are you sorry you asked? Oh wait - you didn't ask that, did
you?