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krissie

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Aug 6, 2002
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When you're in explorer window and you right click, a window appear where you can choose send to (or copy to).
in the options list you see for example A floppy, desktop ,....

haw can you add a drive to this options list
 
You need to create a shortcut to that drive and put it in the Send To folder.

The Send To folder in Win 98 is a sub folder of Windows.

The Send To folder in Win 2k is a sub folder of the User in Documents and Settings.

Afraid I don't know for other versions.

bandit600
 
See the bottom of this article:


In Windows 2000, open this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserProfile\SendTo

Where YourUserProfile is your login or domain id.

In the SendTo folder:
* Right-click -> New Shortcut.
* In the "Type Location..." field, type D:\ (or whatever your drive).
* Click Next.
* In the "Type a name..." field, type a shortcut name.
* Click Finish.

According to the article, C:\winnt\profiles\\Send To
is the path for a Windows NT SendTo folder.
 
Another good trick is to add a shortcut to your notepad in the sent to folder.

So you open a file with Notepad, (Instead of going through the 'open with'option


 
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