One of the easiest ways of transferring a file or folder to any predefined location in windows system is through Send-To context menu. It means any user can just go to context menu by right clicking on any file and selecting show more options which is introduced in windows 11 for the better look and feel. The show more options displays the context menu which was present in the previous versions of the windows operating system In this context menu, you will find Send-To option and on hovering over it, you can find many shortcut locations where you can transfer the file you want. What if we tell you that you can customize these shortcuts and add or remove any shortcut you want as per your requirement? Yes you can do that and we are going to explain in this article how to do it.
How to Add Shortcuts to the Send-To context menu in Windows 11
Step 1: Press Windows + R keys on your keyboard to open Run dialog box.
Step 2: In the Run box, type shell:SendTo and hit the Enter key.
Step 3: In the SendTo folder, Right click on the empty space inside the folder and hover over New option.
Step 4: Then, Click Shortcut from the list as shown below.
Step 5: Then, Click Browse… button in the Create Shortcut window as shown below.
Step 6: Then, Select any target location you want to add in the send-to menu.
Step 7: Click OK button to add and close the window.
Step 8: Then, Click Next button to proceed.
Step 9: Give an appropriate name to the shortcut to define the target location you selected.
Step 10: Then, Click Finish button to create the shortcut and add it in the SendTo folder.
Step 11: Now you can see that the newly created shortcut is located in the SendTo folder as shown below.
This is how one can add the shortcut to the Send-To context menu in windows 11 system.
How to Remove the Shortcuts from the Send-To context menu in Windows 11
Step 1: Press Windows + R keys on your keyboard to open Run dialog box.
Step 2: In the Run box, type shell:SendTo and hit the Enter key.
Step 3: In the SendTo folder, Select any shortcut which you want to remove.
Step 4: Right click on it and click Delete icon on the top of context menu as shown in the below screenshot.
That’s it. This way you can remove the shortcut from the send to context menu in windows system.
How to Add Printer Shortcut to Send-To context menu in Windows 11
Step 1: Press Windows + R keys together to open Run dialog box.
Step 2: Then, Type shell:PrintersFolder in the run box and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
Step 3: In the Printers folder, Select any printer that you want to add to the Send-To context menu.
Step 4: Right click on it and click Create shortcut option from the context menu as shown below.
Step 5: Then, you might get a warning window saying “Windows cannot create a shortcut here“.
Step 6: Click Yes to allow windows to create a shortcut on the desktop.
Step 7: Close the Printers folder.
Step 8: Press Windows + R keys to open Run dialog box again and type shell:SendTo.
Step 9: Then, Hit Enter key to open Send to folder.
Step 10: Press Windows + D keys together to go to Desktop.
Step 11: Then, locate the Printer shortcut we created earlier.
Step 12: Right Click on it and click Cut button on the context menu top.
Step 13: Then, Go back to SendTo folder we opened.
Step 14: Right click on the empty space inside the folder.
Step 15: Click Paste icon from the top of the context menu as shown in the below image.
Step 16: Now Right click on any file and Select Show more options from the context menu as shown below.
Step 17: Then, Hover over Send to option and see that the Printer shortcut has been added to the Send to submenu as shown below.
Step 18: Close the SendTo folder.
This is how you can add a printers shortcut to the Send to context menu in windows 11.
That’s it folks.
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