[email protected],
Dragon said:
Hi guys my mate has a problem with his pc when he right
clicks on anything and send to the desktop option has gone
any idea why and how to get it back, or could you point me
in the right direction on how to get it back. he cant get
this NG so he asked me to post for him
cheers Dave
Go to Start -> Run and enter Sendto (all one word, no spaces)
in the Open box.
This should open C:\Documents and Settings\YOURACCOUNT\Sendto.
If it doesn't, open Windows Explorer and navigate to that
location.
Is there a "Desktop (create shortcut)" icon present in this
folder?
If it's missing, check these two location.
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\SendTo
If you find it in either location, see if you can copy and
paste it into your Sendto folder.
If you don't find it, do the following:
Go to Control Panel and double click Folder Options.
Click on the View tab.
In the Advanced settings box, uncheck "Hide extension for known
file types".
Click OK.
Next, open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Documents and
Settings\YOURACCOUNT\Sendto.
Right click an open area in the right hand pane and select
New -> Text Document from the menu.
Change the name of the file to this:
Desktop (create shortcut).desklink
Hit the enter key.
Right click a folder or file and see if you now can send
shortcuts to the Desktop.
If that doesn't solve your problem, here are a couple of
automated solutions that you can try:
Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Send to Desktop (create shortcut) Fix
Line 348, left hand column.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
Repairs the Send To Desktop function
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_sendtodesktop.htm
Good luck
Nepatsfan
