What?

Windows 2000 Professional and the various versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista have a powerful feature called 'Send To' that many users don't know about. The command settings are located inside each user's Windows profile, allowing them, if desired, to be customized for each individual user.

Why?

The primary reason to use a 'Send To' command is in a situation where you first find a file, and then decide to do something with it.  'Send To' works from any 'My Computer' or 'Explorer' window and permits you to direct files to a variety of specific applications or locations on your PC.  The default settings for 'Send To' include just a few choices including:

•  3½ Floppy (A)
•  Desktop (create shortcut)
•  Mail Recipient
•  My Documents

It's easy to customize this list to your own needs and preferences.  Here's a view of how we typically customize the 'Send To' command for a client's new PC.   

How?

The following steps describe how to customize the 'Send To' command options for a single user.  However, if you modify the 'Send To' settings inside the 'Default User', all new users created thereafter will also receive those customized 'Send To' settings.  (It's possible to copy an entire user profile [Including 'Send To' settings and many more].  If this interests you please see our guide titled: 'Copying User Profiles in Win XP & 2000 Professional'.)

Here's the step-by-step:

1. Review current 'Send To' settings for any user by Opening a 'My Computer' or 'Explorer' window and then navigate by clicking twice on the 'C:' drive and then on the 'Documents and Settings' folder.  You should see entries here including 'All Users', 'Default User', and others for each user that has already been set up on the PC.  Clicking twice on any of the users, or the 'Default User' will display a number of folders including one labeled 'SendTo'.  Click twice again on the 'SendTo' folder to see the current settings for the selected user.
   
2. Add new 'Send To' settings by copying, or composing new, shortcuts for applications and folders from wherever they may be on your PC.  (A good place to find application short cuts is your Programs folder at C: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs,)
   
3. Customize or rename 'Sent To' commands as desired.  We try to make the names a bit more indicative of what will happen when a particular 'Sent To' command is selected as indicated in the picture above and the one that follows of our 'Send To' folder contents.
                          

The listing above includes:

• Copy to 3½ Floppy (A)
• Copy to Any Folder
• Copy to Comprssed (zipped) Folder
• Copy to Desktop
• Copy to DirectCD Drive (D)
• Copy to Mail Recipoent
• Copy to My Documents
• Copy to Notepad
• Drag-toDisc Drive (D)
• Make a Desktop Shortcut to this file
• Move to Recycle
• Skype

That's it!  You can add to or modify 'Send To' commands any time and they become effective immediately.  If needed, it's even possible to set up 'Send To' shortcuts to folders on other PCs on your network!

Note:     We routinely install a program called 'Send To Any Folder' (ts-sendto11.exe,  just 577KB) that we find to be very handy.  We've not found a current download, so please contact us if it interests you?  When installed it adds an appropriate entry into your 'Send To' folder and allows you to send the already selected file to any location you can navigate to on your PC.   We've tested it on 100's of PCs and in all the versions of Windows from 2000 Professional to XP, but not yet Vista.

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