Windows 10: Restore Default Items in Send to Context Menu in Windows 10

How to: Restore Default Items in Send to Context Menu in Windows 10

How to Restore Default Send to Context Menu Items in Windows 10


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 also 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 help you to restore any missing default Send to context menu items for your account in Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: "Send to" context menu





Here's How:

1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .zip file below.
SendTo.zip

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2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

3. Unblock the .zip file.

4. Open the SendTo.zip file. (see screenshot below)



5. Open File Explorer, copy and paste either location below into the address bar, and press Enter to open the SendTo folder. (see screenshots below)
*Arrow shell:sendto

OR

*Arrow %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo







6. Drag and drop any missing shortcuts from the SendTo.zip file in step 4 into the SendTo folder in step 5.


That's it,
Shawn


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Restore Missing Send To Compressed Zipped Folder in Send To Menu in Windows 10

Hello,

The tutorial below can help show you how to restore any missing default "Send To" context menu items for Windows 10.

Restore Default Items in Send to Context Menu in Windows 10

 

Modify Title of Context Menu Item

This is curiously difficult. No one utility seems to offer a complete list of context menu entries as far as I know.

For example, using Shellmenuview, you can access the relevant entry in Regedit. For some it appears to offer the ability to change that text:



That's an installed program.

For others, it doesn't.



(That's a default Windows program....).

Note too the text appears in multiple places where the program is associated with multiple extensions.

The venerable ContextMenuEdit allows you to edit the text, but again, this is non-trivial- consider here the extension list supported by vlc player, undifferentiated in the left column:




To be consistent, each one would have to be edited- then if you changed player, all that would be lost.

Basically this, I suggest, is not worth pursuing except in very specific cases should there be a real need.

Considering the impact of upgrading, changes to installed program context menu entries should not be affected. Changes to Windows default entries- if that's even feasible, which I doubt, as I believe the text isn't in the registry, would be restored to default.

 

Add or Remove Default New Context Menu Items in Windows 10


Hey Steve,

Here's a tutorial below from Windows 7/8 for now that will also work in Windows 10.

*Arrow New Context Menu - Remove Restore Default Menu Items - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

Move files to a custom sub-folder using context menu.

Rey,

You might see if adding a shortcut of the "Archive" location to your "SendTo" folder (shell:sendto) may work for you. This way you could use the Send To context menu to send items to Archive.

Send to Context Menu - Restore Default Items in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

 

Restore "Explore" Item in Context Menus?

Windows 7 saw the removal of the "Explore" item in the context menus. I know why, it was redundant, but I still would like to restore it.

Here's the Recycle Bin context menu in Windows 2000:





And the same context menu in W10 after a bit of editing:





So, any tips on how to restore that option? Advice? Suggestions? I'd really like to find out to do it, and I would appreciate any input.

Cheers. *Smile