One of the most annoying context menus in Windows is the stupid Send To menu which lets you send the clicked file to various programs, or special folders. Personally I never use it. Some of you may find it extremely useful, but for me it just wastes time. And over the years it grew so big that it actually takes 2-3 seconds to load the whole list. This means that if I accidentally touch that entry while manipulating files, I have to sit there and wait for it. That annoys me to no end. So I decided to disable it. It is relatively easy – you just need to tweak a single registry entry.
Simply copy and paste the following text into your favorite text editor and save it with a .reg extension. Then double click on it. After you do, Send To should be gone from the context menu.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Se nd To]
@=""
Make sure that the “Send To” is on one line. If you ever decide that you need that menu back, here is a file to re-enable it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Se nd To]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"
I figured I’d better post that second one, because it is anything but intuitive. Just a long registry D-Word value that might as well be completely arbitrary. I simply obtained it by exporting that reg key on my WinXP home machine before removing it. I tested it and it does restore the menu properly, at least on my system.
For safety I recommend that you export your own key before you remove the menu – although I don’t see why my d-word value wouldn’t work on most systems.
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I use that occasionally, not something I’d class as “extremely useful” but it has been used.. only for transferring stuff to a USB stick without going through My Computer though
Then again it hasn’t gotten so cumbersome on my system as to be a nuisance – if it was entrapping me for x number of seconds as you described then I’d be thanking you by now
I sometimes use it, but like Matt says, I don’t have enough to make it a nuisance
. Useful tip, though.
I could swear that I don’t remember even thinking about using it in the last 3-4 years. I definitely won’t miss it.
Wow thanks man, i have had enough headache about that stupid send to context menu. in slower PC, accidentally point to it means “PC hang” for at least 5 seconds. Even on modern machine, a 1-2 seconds delay will take place. Really stupid feature.
Thanks a lot!! This little reg key worked great! I hated that send to crap. It always made me wait to let me go down to Properties!