Posts Tagged ‘Windows Explorer’
How To Send Any File To Any Place By Single Click
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:
- Go to “”C:\Documents and Settings\User_name\SendTo”
(where User_Name is your user name) - The folder will be filled with shortcuts to all the locations you find on your Send To context menu
- To remove an item from the Send To menu, delete the shortcut from the folder
- To add an item to the menu, add a shortcut to the folder
- 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
How to restore missing folder option in window explorer
One common problem I have seen that sometimes folder option missing in the explorer window.
Try these to restore folder option
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Go to Run, type “regedit” & press enter.
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Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
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At right side, look for a value “NoFolderOptions”. Right click on it & choose “Delete”
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Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
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Repeat Step 3
Solution 1:
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Go to Run, type “gpedit.msc” & press enter.
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Go to User Configuration => Administrative Templates => Windows Components => Windows Explorer
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At the right side, look for “Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu”, right click on it & choose “Properties”
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Change the setting from “Enabled” to “Not Configured” or “Disabled”
Solution 2:

