Adding functions to the “Send to” menu in Vista
The very useful “Send to” feature in the right-click context menu goes back a long way. I have written about it at my beginner’s site and posted here about how to add things to the list of folders and programs accessible from it. “Send to” lives on in Vista but the method for adding to its functions is different. The SendTo folder (written as one word) where modifications are added is now much less accessible. However, it is easily opened by using the Shell command. In the Start Search line of the Start menu, enter “shell:sendto” without the quotation marks. Note that there are no spaces in the command and there is a colon after “shell”. When the SendTo folder opens, you can drop in shortcuts for any new folders or programs you wish to add. If you prefer to use the old Run line, the shell command works there also.
Incidentally, there are some postings on the Web that give incorrect information about how to open the SendTo menu in Vista. There are more security barriers in Vista and the folder is harder to find than it is in XP. The shortcuts for opening it that worked in XP are no longer necessarily applicable. (The “shell” command works in XP as well as Vista but is unnecessary.)
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