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According to Microsoft support Lifecycle policy for Window service packs which states that “when a new service pack is released, Microsoft will provide 24 months of support for the previous service pack for products that belong to the Windows product family“, The company announce that support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 will end of Microsoft’s official tech support on July 13th.

This means users of both operating systems will no longer receive security updates, support assistance, or help from paid support. But still have access to self-help online support for at least another year.

To continue support, Windows 2000 users will need to install the new recent version of Windows while XP SP2 users can upgrade to Windows XP SP3 via Windows Internet explorer Update utility.

Normally if you want to send a particular file to anywhere in window XP, right click on the particular file & then the option comes “send to”.
Now what happened if we can add more locations to this “send to” option.

Follow These Steps:

1. Go to “”C:\Documents and Settings\User_name\SendTo”
   (where User_Name is your user name)
2. The folder will be filled with shortcuts to all the locations you find on your Send To context menu
3. To remove an item from the Send To menu, delete the shortcut from the folder
4. To add an item to the menu, add a shortcut to the folder
5. Choose File -> New -> Shortcut, and follow the subsequent instructions for creating a shortcut. The new setting will take effect immediately. you don’t have to exit Windows Explorer for it to go into effect

One common problem I have seen that sometimes folder option missing in the explorer window.

Try these to restore folder option

Solution 1:

• Go to Run, type “regedit” & press enter.

• Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

• At right side, look for a value “NoFolderOptions”. Right click on it & choose “Delete”

• Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

• Repeat Step 3

Solution 2:

• Go to Run, type “gpedit.msc” & press enter.

• Go to User Configuration => Administrative Templates => Windows Components => Windows Explorer

• At the right side, look for “Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu”, right click on it & choose “Properties”

• Change the setting from “Enabled” to “Not Configured” or “Disabled”