Hacking windows SEND TO MENU

I know this is a very simple thing but the problem like many other issues, is the ignorance about it.

File or Windows explorer in windows is a very powerful tool and a lot of customizations can be done with it. Below is another customization which can be done using a file explorer on Windows but before that lets see what's a file explorer is - 

What is file explorer in Windows?

File or windows Explorer is a built-in file management application in the Windows operating system. It provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows users to browse, navigate, and manage files and folders on their computer. In File Explorer, you can navigate through different drives and folders on your computer, perform various file operations like copying, moving, deleting, and renaming files, and access additional features and options provided by the application.

The process which runs for file or windows explorer is explorer.exe.

What is explorer.exe?

 

Explorer.exe, short for Windows Explorer, is a crucial component of the Windows operating system. It is responsible for providing the graphical user interface (GUI) and managing the desktop, taskbar, and file management functions in Windows.

How often do you copy files from a CD, pen drive or an external storage?

What do you do it? 

Maybe you select the required files and do a CTRL + C. 

Open the destination folder and do a CTRL + V. 

Here is something you can benefit time from. Customize your SEND TO MENU.

This is a simple customization that can be done quickly and saves a lot of time later. 

You can create your own BASKET.

1. First you’ll need access to hidden files. So change your view settings to make all hidden files visible.

2. Open file explorer and then go to Tools -> folder options -> view (tab) and select the show hidden files and folders.

3. Go to parent drive:/documents and settings/(user name)/send to

4. Open up my computer and locate your most used folders.

5. Create a shortcut of the most used folders in SEND TO FOLDER. You can do this in a number of ways.

6. Right click -> send to desktop (create shortcut) and move the shortcut from the desktop to the SEND  TO FOLDER

7. Copy the most used folder and go to SEND TO FOLDER and right click -> paste shortcut.

Also remember to rename the shortcuts to send to videos or send to photos. The naming will make the copy operation clear.