Send To Menu lacks normal features

[+Bob+]

My Send To menu does not have the "normal" options on it. Instead, it
has only options to Send To my various hard, network, and CD drives
(all of them) and an option to SendTo the SendTo menu.

If I look in c:\users\me\SendTo it has all the standard options. But,
they don't show up when I right click. I can add items to it, but they
don't show up.

Other users on this machine work fine and DefaultUser looks fine too
for setup.

Ideas?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

What does this folder contain?
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

The location you listed is nothing more than a junction point that refers to
the above location.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Hi,

What does this folder contain?
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

The location you listed is nothing more than a junction point that
refers to the above location.

Typing shell:sendto in the Start Menu Search box is the quickest and most
repliable way of getting to the right location (in case folders have been
reidirected).

ss.

 

[+Bob+]

Hi,

What does this folder contain?
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

The location you listed is nothing more than a junction point that refers to
the above location.

It has all the 'normal' options but none of them show up when I right
click on a file.

 

[+Bob+]

Hi Bob,

You might see if this tutorial can help restore them back to the Send
To menu for you.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/172103-send-context-menu-restore-default-menu-items.html

All the options are already there but I did follow through on this
just in case they were damaged. It did not help.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Run regedit, navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

Does it contain the correct value for the SendTo string?

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

In that case, you might see if running a "sfc /scannow" (no quotes)
command can find and fix any bad system files that may be causing this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html


If that does not help, then you might try a System Restore using a
restore point dated before you had this problem.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html

It's unlikely to be a system file problem. It's much more likely to be a
registry problem.

ss.

 

[+Bob+]

Hi,

Run regedit, navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

Does it contain the correct value for the SendTo string?

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

OK, we're getting somewhere!

The key contained %USERPROFILE%\SendTo. I changed it to the value you
specified.

After a reboot, the Send To menu now contains the regular options.
Seems a little odd, since I think the other setting points at the same
place (comments welcome).

The Send To menu also still contains an entry for each of my disks and
network drives. These used to be the only entries I had, now they are
proceeded by the correct entries. How do I get rid of the disk drive
references? It's totally useless to send anything to the root of a
drive, with rare exception.

Thanks again,

 

[+Bob+]

In that case, you might see if running a "sfc /scannow" (no quotes)
command can find and fix any bad system files that may be causing this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html

I did run this. It posted "some errors could not be corrected, see log
file". Unfortunately the log file is 56K lines long. How do I analyze
it to find the errors?

If that does not help, then you might try a System Restore using a
restore point dated before you had this problem.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html

I discovered this error months ago and after lots of software and
configuration had been done... and lots since. Reverting is
unfortunately no longer practical.

 

[+Bob+]

Hi Bob,

This will help show you how to get rid of the drives from "Send To".

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/144660-send-context-menu-remove-show-drive-letters.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks, I will watch for the change after the next reboot.

Is there any customization in Vista that doesn't require a registry
hack?

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

How to hide drive-letters from the Send To menu in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...s-from-the-Send-To-menu-in-Windows-Vista.html

 

[+Bob+]

You're welcome Bob.

Usually only the ones that you can do from a 3rd party program instead.
These programs basically just do the reg hack for you.

Thanks all, after a reboot this feature is back in working order and
the foolish send-to-drives are gone (why on earth MS thinks it would
ever be a usable feature to send files to the root of a drive, I can't
imagine).