Sorting the SentTo menu

[Frank C. Dauenhauer]

I'm running WinXP Pro SP1, in the Windows Classic mode.

I have a rather long "SendTo" menu (the menu that opens from the Send To item, when you right-click on a file in Explorer). Its contents are unsorted, which makes the individual items on it hard to find.

I've tried right-clicking on a blank gray area of the menu, trying to get a menu with the option with "Sort by name" to appear, but right-clicking the gray area does nothing. If I right-click on a menu item, it activates that item, which I don't want to happen. I've tried opening the SendTo folder and sorting and resorting its contents, but this has no effect on the SendTo menu.

Can anyone tell me how to sort the items that appear on the SendTo menu?

Thank you!

 

[Ken Simmons [MSFT]]

Hi Frank,

Try going to Documents and Settings\<your account profile name>\Send To\

Try sorting that folder by "List" or "Details"
Restart and see if that helps.

Regards,

Ken Simmons

Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications


I'm running WinXP Pro SP1, in the Windows Classic mode.

I have a rather long "SendTo" menu (the menu that opens from the Send To
item, when you right-click on a file in Explorer). Its contents are
unsorted, which makes the individual items on it hard to find.

I've tried right-clicking on a blank gray area of the menu, trying to get a
menu with the option with "Sort by name" to appear, but right-clicking the
gray area does nothing. If I right-click on a menu item, it activates that
item, which I don't want to happen. I've tried opening the SendTo folder and
sorting and resorting its contents, but this has no effect on the SendTo
menu.

Can anyone tell me how to sort the items that appear on the SendTo menu?

Thank you!

 

[Frank C. Dauenhauer]

Thanks for your reply, Ken. I followed your instructions, but it made no difference.

I would like to have included a screenshot, but apparently this server doesn't allow binaries. Here's a list, in order from top to bottom, of the items on my SendTo menu:

Compressed (zipped) Folder
Desktop (create shortcut)
Mail Recipient
DiskSpan
GhostView
IrfanView
Prn-Print
Any Folder...
Clipboard as Contents
Clipboard as Name
Command Line
DBXtract
EditPad Classic
Favorites
SendTo
MS Word
PDFMeld
SendTo FTP
Sure Delete
FileIdentify
Start Menu
Programs
ReadPlease
ZipWrangler
CSDiff
Winamp
Internet Mail Recipient
DocReader
InterParse4
TrayPlay
EasyDOCViewer
uBook Reader
WinMediaPlayer
dMC Audio CD Input
Impact ColorFax Lite
pdfmeld
TotalRecorder
FxEdit
My Documents
Run
EZ CD Creator 5
dBpowerAMP
Startup
3 1/2 Floppy (A

It's in the same order after doing the procedure as before. Might there be other options? Thank you.

Frank


| Hi Frank,
|
| Try going to Documents and Settings\<your account profile name>\Send
| To\
|
| Try sorting that folder by "List" or "Details"
| Restart and see if that helps.
|
| Regards,
|
| Ken Simmons
|
| Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications
|
|
| | I'm running WinXP Pro SP1, in the Windows Classic mode.
|
| I have a rather long "SendTo" menu (the menu that opens from the Send
| To item, when you right-click on a file in Explorer). Its contents are
| unsorted, which makes the individual items on it hard to find.
|
| I've tried right-clicking on a blank gray area of the menu, trying to
| get a menu with the option with "Sort by name" to appear, but
| right-clicking the gray area does nothing. If I right-click on a menu
| item, it activates that item, which I don't want to happen. I've
| tried opening the SendTo folder and sorting and resorting its
| contents, but this has no effect on the SendTo menu.
|
| Can anyone tell me how to sort the items that appear on the SendTo
| menu?
|
| Thank you!