Drag and Drop to Printer Broken

[David Tong]

If I drag and drop a file to a printer or to a printer shortcut in XP Pro it
normally prints immediately. However I noticed that now the ‘Move Items'
window and then the 'Copy Items’ windows appear. Only after I cancel both
of these does the printing get started.

Other points:
1. It behaves the same for all users on the computer.
2. Drag and drop to folders works normally.
3. A Google search suggested that
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DropHandler might be involved but this
key does not exist on this machine.

Can anyone help on this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The Copy to and Move to Folder options weren't designed to be on the context
menu. That is why you have a problem.

See this to fix it...

Problem caused by adding Copy To and Move To as context menu entries
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/movetocontext.htm

[[The "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder" options weren't designed to be
on the context menu. They were only meant to be placed in Explorer's
toolbar.]]
What goes wrong when you add "Copy To" to the context menu
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/02/02/66160.aspx


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[David Tong]

Wes,

Thank you for the perfect response - timely, solved the problem at a stroke,
led me on to learn some useful stuff...

I'd forgotten until now, but I experimented with MMM Contect Menu Editor a
month or two ago and it seemed 'a good idea at the time' to have these in
the context menu. I don't often drag and drop to printer so hadn't
previously noticed the drawback.

Thanks again for the help,
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].

The Copy to and Move to Folder options weren't designed to be on the
context
menu. That is why you have a problem.

See this to fix it...

Problem caused by adding Copy To and Move To as context menu entries
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/movetocontext.htm

[[The "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder" options weren't designed to be
on the context menu. They were only meant to be placed in Explorer's
toolbar.]]
What goes wrong when you add "Copy To" to the context menu
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/02/02/66160.aspx


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

David,

LOL 'a good idea at the time' We all get nailed by that one. Keep having
fun.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wes,

Thank you for the perfect response - timely, solved the problem at a
stroke, led me on to learn some useful stuff...

I'd forgotten until now, but I experimented with MMM Contect Menu Editor a
month or two ago and it seemed 'a good idea at the time' to have these in
the context menu. I don't often drag and drop to printer so hadn't
previously noticed the drawback.

Thanks again for the help,
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].

The Copy to and Move to Folder options weren't designed to be on the
context
menu. That is why you have a problem.

See this to fix it...

Problem caused by adding Copy To and Move To as context menu entries
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/movetocontext.htm

[[The "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder" options weren't designed to
be on the context menu. They were only meant to be placed in Explorer's
toolbar.]]
What goes wrong when you add "Copy To" to the context menu
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/02/02/66160.aspx


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

If I drag and drop a file to a printer or to a printer shortcut in XP
Pro it normally prints immediately. However I noticed that now the
‘Move Items' window and then the 'Copy Items’ windows appear. Only
after I cancel both of these does the printing get started.

Other points:
1. It behaves the same for all users on the computer.
2. Drag and drop to folders works normally.
3. A Google search suggested that
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DropHandler might be involved but
this
key does not exist on this machine.

Can anyone help on this?