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How To Add Folders To Send To Menu In Windows 10

Last Updated on April 16, 2018 by admin 6 Comments

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The Send to menu, which appears when you right-click on a file or folder and then select Send to option, is often used by PC users to create desktop shortcuts to files and programs and also, send files to an external drive.

With default settings, the Send to menu has only a few options. If you want to make the Send to menu more useful, you can add new locations to the Send to menu. For instance, you can add your pictures folder or a folder that you often use to save files to quickly transfer files to that folder.

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You can also add your favorite programs to the Send to menu to quickly often files. For instance, if you have added Paint.ne (the best free alternative to the Paint) program shortcut to the Send to menu list, you can quickly open an image file by right-clicking on file, clicking Send to and then clicking the Paint.net option. Of course, you can always use the Open with option to open a file with a program other than the default one.

If you would like to customize the Send to menu by adding new locations or removing existing ones, here is how to do that.

Customize the Send to menu in Windows 10

Step 1: Navigate to the folder or program that you want to add to the Send to menu.

Step 2: Right-click on the folder or program file, click Send to and then click Desktop (create shortcut) option. This will create the folder or program shortcut on your desktop.

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If you want to add apps to the Send to menu, refer to our how to create desktop shortcuts for apps in Windows 10 guide to create app shortcuts on the desktop.

Step 3: Open the Run command box using Windows logo + R, type Shell:sendto, and then press Enter key to open the Sendto folder.

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Step 4: Copy and paste the folder or program shortcut that you created on your desktop to this Sendto folder to add it to the Send to menu.

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Simple as that!

When you right-click on a file or folder and click Send to option, you should now see the newly added option.

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Filed Under: Windows 10 Tagged: Context Menu

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Comments

  1. Art says

    December 14, 2021 at 12:18 pm

    Thank you so much… very helpful

  2. ibrahim says

    January 4, 2021 at 4:33 am

    the poster never answered the question, i came here to add folders into the sendto
    for example all the sendto links to ‘server A’ i want in a folder called ‘server A’ within sendto

  3. m says

    June 20, 2019 at 4:01 am

    Some helpful shortcuts/hotkeys to use with the Send To menu:
    – By default, when you click a folder in the Send To menu, it copies the selected file(s)/folder(s) to that folder
    – To move the file(s) instead, hold Shift when clicking a folder in the Send To menu
    – To create shortcuts to the file(s), hold Ctrl + Shift when clicking a folder to create a shortcut in that folder

  4. SEYED marashi says

    March 21, 2019 at 6:55 am

    it works very well, Thanks

    just remove a shortcut from any folder that you move to SendTo some time may transfer files as ShortCuts and make sure original files are moves.
    for example, if you select items Send to Desktop just shortcuts will be created but if you try to send files to Documents original files will transfer. the Desktop andDocument difference is type of created folder on SendTo

    Thanks

  5. Saral says

    February 12, 2019 at 5:50 am

    Thanks.
    I have a question w.r.t icons for folders. I have downloaded some icons (.icon), where can I transfer/save them, so that I can use to customize icons, using (properties >> customize >> change icon). Thanks

    Using windows 10

  6. sunny says

    April 28, 2018 at 6:29 pm

    Hi, do you Block Iran Ips for iranian users? i can not access without proxy.

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