Windows 10: Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu in Windows

How to: Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu in Windows

How to Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10


You will see the Send to context menu when you right click on a file or folder in Windows.

The Send to context menu makes it easy for you to quickly send a copy of items (ex: files, folders, libraries) to Bluetooth device, Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Documents, Fax recipient, Mail recipient, and removable and network drives.

To move an item instead of copy and item, you can right click or press and hold on a file or folder, click/tap on Send to, press and hold the Shift key, and click/tap on a drive or folder in the Send to context menu.

This tutorial will show you how to add and remove items in the Send To context menu to customize it in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


Contents

• Option One: To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for Your Account (current user)
• Option Two: To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for Specific User
• Option Three: To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for New Users

EXAMPLE: Send to context menu








OPTION ONE [/i] To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for Your Account (current user)
1 While signed in to your account, open File Explorer Win + E.

2 Copy and paste shell:sendto into the address bar of File Explorer, and press Enter.

3 To remove items from the "Send to" context menu, right click or press and hold on a shortcut of the item you want to remove in this SendTo folder, and click/tap on Delete.

4 To add items to the "Send to" context menu, create a shortcut of the location (ex: folder, drive, network location, etc...) you want to add in this SendTo folder.

You can use any name and icon you want for this shortcut.


5 When finished adding and removing shortcuts in the SendTo folder, you can close this File Explorer window if you like.









OPTION TWO [/i] To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for Specific User
You must be signed in as an administrator to add and remove items in the Send To context menu for other user accounts.


1 Open File Explorer Win + E.

2 In File Explorer, click/tap on the View tab, and check the Hidden items box to show hidden files. (see screenshot below)

You can uncheck the Hidden items again if wanted when finished adding and removing items in the SendTo folder in step 3 below.




3 Navigate to the hidden SendTo folder at the path below in File Explorer. (see screenshot below step 6)
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

Substitute <username> in the folder path above with the name of the profile folder (ex: "Brink") of the user account you want to customize the "Send to" context menu for.

For example: C:\Users\Brink\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

4 To remove items from the "Send to" context menu, right click or press and hold on a shortcut of the item you want to remove in this SendTo folder, and click/tap on Delete.

5 To add items to the "Send to" context menu, create a shortcut of the location (ex: folder, drive, network location, etc...) you want to add in this SendTo folder.

You can use any name and icon you want for this shortcut.


6 When finished adding and removing shortcuts in the SendTo folder, you can , and close this File Explorer window if you like.









OPTION THREE [/i] To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for New Users
You must be signed in as an administrator to add and remove items in the Send To context menu for new users.

This option will only affect new user accounts added to the computer after adding and removing items to the default SendTo folder.


1 Open File Explorer Win + E.

2 Copy and paste C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo into the address bar of File Explorer, and press Enter.

3 To remove items from the "Send to" context menu, right click or press and hold on a shortcut of the item you want to remove in this SendTo folder, and click/tap on Delete.

4 To add items to the "Send to" context menu, create a shortcut of the location (ex: folder, drive, network location, etc...) you want to add in this SendTo folder.

You can use any name and icon you want for this shortcut.


5 When finished adding and removing shortcuts in the SendTo folder, you can close this File Explorer window if you like.





That's it,
Shawn


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