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Add or remove items from Windows' Send To menu

Customizing this context submenu is as easy as adding shortcuts to the Send To folder.

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About a year ago I tested a Sony GPS device. The device is long gone, but a shortcut to the product's personal My Documents folder remained among the Send To options on my context (right-click) menu.

Getting rid of this useless entry was as easy as opening Windows' Send To folder and removing its shortcut. Press the Windows key and R, type Shell:sendto, and press Enter to open the Send To folder. In the right pane, right-click the shortcut associated with the item you want to remove and choose Delete > Yes.

Microsoft Windows Explorer, Send To folder contents
Remove an unwanted entry from the Send To menu by deleting its shortcut. Microsoft

Adding an entry to your Send To menu is just as easy. Right-click in the right pane and select New > Shortcut. Enter the path to the folder you want to create a Send To shortcut for, or click Browse, navigate to it, and click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut, and click Finish.

Microsoft Windows Create Shortcut wizard
Enter the path to the folder you want to access from the Send To menu. Microsoft

Note that just dragging a shortcut from the Start menu or elsewhere into this window and dropping it there may not work. You have to enter the exact path, particularly if you want to add a shortcut to Notepad or another application.

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