Windows 11 File Explorer – Expanded Context Menu inaccessible with Shift R-click

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All,

On a new Dell OptiPlex 3000 I customized the SendTo menu to make it much larger.

Weirdly, it doesn’t work using Shift R-click. Instead, I have to R-click the item I want to send, then click Show More Options at the bottom of the menu, THEN click SendTo at which point the expanded SendTo menu appears.

I copied the SendTo menu changes to the only user-configurable locations I could find on my PC: namely the following  C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
as well as the identical path under my own username.

Still, without using Show More Options, all I ever see (as reflected in the attachment) is this pretty much useless list:

Bluetooth Device
Compressed (zipped) Folder
Copy to Desktop (shortcut)
Mail Recipient

If anyone knows of a way to make the Shift R-Click menu show the expanded menu, I’d really be grateful for the help.

Thanks,

Will

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Will,

I’ll assume you’re running Windows 11 since you don’t specify and it’s a new machine.

The easiest way to fix this problem, IMHO, is to use StartAllBack $3.00. It will take you back to the easier to use menus of Win 7.

Below is a capture of my SendTo menu, which I reached by right-clicking the file, then left-clicking the SendTo option. The items Highlighted in Red are my additions. Gotta clean up that test entry though!

BTW: My additions are located at:
C:\Users\[USERID-HERE]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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TechTango, bbearren

Vermilion wrote:

all I ever see (as reflected in the attachment)

To post a screenshot:
Save the screenshot as PNG.
Click the “Select File” button at the bottom of the post text box.
Browse to the file and select.
Viola!

Attaching a PDF means we have to download the file, open it, then delete it. Too much work for us volunteers.

cheers, Paul

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Vermilion

That is Windows 11’s Fast menu. To get the classic Context menu (R-click) which is fully expanded there is a Registry key that can be added.

Open an Administrator Command window and enter the following command at the prompt:

reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f

Press Enter and the prompt will indicate that the key was added successfully.
Reboot for change to take effect.

 

HTH, Dana:))

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Vermilion

Dana, that is brilliant!

I had not seen that registry fix documented anywhere.

Now my expanded SendTo list is accessible with a standard R-click just as with Windows 10.

Many thanks!

Will

All set, Dana’s registry fix solved the problem.