I have a question about Add and Remove items from the "Send To" menu:

Does anyone know how to get rid of the "send to CD-ROM" or "send to FLOPPY" (I don't have short cuts for those in any "send to" directory. Thanks!

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Jesse, on my pc, I have two "send to" folders. The one you want is a hidden folder, so first you have to make sure you are showing hidden files and folders. To do this, open Windows Explorer>>>tools>>>folder options>>>view tab>>>then tick the box to "show hidden files and folders"...........Now back to Windows Explorer>>>Documents and Settings>>>Owner>>>"Send to". Hope what you're looking for is in there. I forgot to mention that I'm using Windows Classic. When you're finished, go back and hide the files and folders. Good luck.


On Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 6:41 pm, Jesse wrote:
>I have a question about Add
>and Remove items from the "Send To" menu:

>
>Does anyone know how to get rid of the "send to CD-ROM" or "send to FLOPPY" (I don't
>have short cuts for those in any "send to" directory. Thanks!
>
>

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That doesn't help, it's not hidden or a system file under windows XP it's like the floppy and cdrom shortcuts are somewhere else for send to. Their not in the send to folder.

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I am having the same problem. I installed AOL AIM and now I have more sentTo items on the context sensitive menu. I think it is internal to the program. I searched the registry for a possible entry, but was unsuccessful. If you disable the drive it disappears fomr the menu, but comes back if you re-enable that drive.


On Friday, June 18, 2004 at 7:36 am, Frank wrote:
>That doesn't help, it's not hidden or a system file under windows XP it's like the
>floppy and cdrom shortcuts are somewhere else for send to. Their not in the send
>to folder.

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I know this post is old but I am lost. I have input several items in the "send to" (sendto) but they do not show up when I right click and go to send to. In fact the original items are still there even though I deleted all of them. I did this in all user directories. This was a few days ago so I have rebooted, etc. any help would be appreciated. thank you!!


On Thursday, November 18, 2004 at 3:56 pm, Steve wrote:
>I am having the same problem. I installed AOL AIM and now I have more sentTo items
>on the context sensitive menu. I think it is internal to the program. I searched
>the registry for a possible entry, but was unsuccessful. If you disable the drive
>it disappears fomr the menu, but comes back if you re-enable that drive.
>
>
>

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I have the same problem. The Send To Folder doesn't work. Items in my Send To folder do not appear on the Send To menu. And the Send To menu has items that are not in the Send To folder. Yes, I've rebooted and yes, I'm using the correct folder.


On Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 5:45 pm, Rick wrote:
>I know this post is old but I am lost. I have input several items in the "send to"
>(sendto) but they do not show up when I right click and go to send to. In fact the
>original items are still there even though I deleted all of them.
>
>I did this in all user directories. This was a few days ago so I have rebooted,
>etc.
>
>any help would be appreciated. thank you!!
>
>
>

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Try Start->Run->

regsvr32  %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

The Wereotter

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Thanx much Otter, but sorry, no joy. I also tried Start>Run: regsvr32 /i shell32 which I read about elswhere. Still can't get the Send To Menu to display the contents of the Send To folder.


On Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 2:46 pm, Otter wrote:
>Try Start->Run->
>
>regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

The Wereotter

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders is: "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\SendTo" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders is: "%USERPROFILE%\SendTo"


On Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 5:09 pm, Otter wrote:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
>
>What is the value "SendTo" under those two keys?

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And your account name is...?

The Wereotter

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My account name is "Administrator" - the only user.


On Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 7:29 pm, Otter wrote:
>And your account name is...?

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OK, Start->Run->

sfc  /scannow

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}]
@="Microsoft SendTo Service"
"flags"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
  45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"SendTo"="C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\SendTo"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell 
Folders]
"SendTo"="%USERPROFILE%\SendTo"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

The Wereotter

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Thanx much.  I know just enough about Windows to get myself in a world of trouble, 
so may I double-check these items with you to make sure I understand?

1. I ran sfc /scannow, and it is prompting me for an XP Pro CD-ROM because some OS 
files "have been replaced by unrecognized versions".  I have an XP(SP1a) Reinstallation 
CD that came with my Dell computer, so I plan to use that.  Does that mean I should 
reinstall XP SP2, or can I rely on Windows Update to let me know what I need?

2. I changed my Tools>Folder options...> View to display system and hidden files, 
and found the DESKTOP.INI Configuration Settings file.  Since I will back this up 
then delete it, I assume it will be recreated at some point.  I was wondering if 
this requires a restart, and how I will know if I want the old one back?

3. I opened regedit, and see a File>Import... menu.  Is that what I use to merge 
the new file?

I apologize if this is becoming burdersome, but I really do appreciate your help 
in this battle to restore functionality.  I'm on a mission!

I'll wait to hear back before I proceed.  Thanx again, Wereotter.






On Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 7:07 am, Otter wrote:

>OK, Start->Run->

>

>sfc  /scannow

>

>To ensure the file is not damaged. Backup and delete the file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\SendTo\desktop.ini. 

>Copy everything between the lines below, paste it in Notepad, save it as a .reg 
file, 

>and merge it.

>


>

>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}]

>@="Microsoft SendTo Service"

>"flags"=dword:00000001

>

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}\InProcServer32]

>@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\

>  00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\

>  45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00

>"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

>

>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]

>"SendTo"="C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\SendTo"

>

>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell 

>Folders]

>"SendTo"="%USERPROFILE%\SendTo"

>

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]

>@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

>

>
 

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1. Use the CD you have. If that is rejected, you'll have to slipstream SP2 and make a new CD. Automated tools for this: nLite, AutoStreamer
2. No restart required. Get SendTo working first, then I'll give you the info to rebuild desktop.ini.
3. Yes.

The Wereotter

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I completed your suggestions.

I have these 5 files in my SendTo folder:
==========================================================
Desktop - a DESKLINK file that creates a shortcut.
Mail Recipient - a MAPIMAIL file that attaches a file to a new email.
Shortcut to Dummy1 Folder - to test SendTo.
Shortcut to Dummy2 Folder - to test SendTo.
Shortcut to Recycle Bin - a convenient way to delete files.

My SendTo menu displays the first four.  It does not display the Recycle Bin shortcut, 
but it does it add two more that are not in the SendTo folder:
===================
3 1/2 Floppy (A:)
DVD/CD-RW drive (E:)

So the bottom line is:
1. I can't add the Recycle Bin shortcut to the SentTo menu.
2. I can't delete the writeable drives from the SendTo menu.

In case it makes a difference, I didn't have these issues in NT 4.0.

I hope this is helpful.  Thanx.  Next?







On Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 8:45 am, Otter wrote:

>


>
Use the CD you have. If that is rejected, you'll have to slipstream 

>SP2 and make a new CD. Automated tools for this: nLite, 

>AutoStreamer


>
No restart required. Get SendTo working first, then I'll give you the info to 

>rebuild desktop.ini.


>
Yes.


>
 

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This is normal behavior and I don't think there is any way to change it...

The Wereotter

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I'm not sure I see why you want it when you already have the Delete command, but you can make a shortcut to the Recycle Bin via this trickery:

1. Create a new folder in an out-of-the-way place.
2. Create a shortcut to this folder in the SendTo folder.
3. Create in that folder the file desktop.ini, containing:

   ---

   [.ShellClassInfo]
   CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
   

   ---

4. Add the System attribute to that folder with the attrib command.

The Wereotter

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Thanx for your help.  If I can't, I can't, but I'm a little puzzled by the dozens 
of tips and tweaks websites that claim it's possible in XP, as it was in NT.  It's 
a mystery.

Do I need to do anything with the leftover desktop.ini file?









On Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 10:21 am, Otter wrote:

>This is normal behavior and I don't think there is any way to change it... 

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The desktop.ini file contains nothing vitally important, but you may safely move it back, now that we've figured out the exact problem you're having.

The Wereotter

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Just seen this - rather late, but wondering if there wasn't a simpler solution to 
all of this... were you aware that there are several instances of the SendTo folder? 
Are you sure you were modifying the right one?

If you are a single user you are probably logged in as Administrator, in which case 
that SendTo folder will apply.  But there will also be a (separate) SendTo folder 
under your own name.  You would need to check /  modify the contents of both of these. 
 It is also worth checking the SendTo folders under All Users and Default User.  
All of these are under the Documents and Settings folder.







On Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 10:28 am, Otter wrote:

>I'm not sure I see why you want it when you already have the Delete command, but 

>you can make a shortcut to the Recycle Bin via this trickery:

>


>
Create a new folder in an out-of-the-way place.


>
Create a shortcut to this folder in the SendTo folder.


>
Create in that folder the file desktop.ini, containing:

>


>

>[.ShellClassInfo]

>CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

>

>


>


>
Add the System attribute to that folder with the attrib command.


>
 

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Thanx, but yes, I'm accessing the correct Send To folder.


On Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at 12:00 pm, Philip Perkins wrote:
>Just seen this - rather late, but wondering if there wasn't a simpler solution to
>all of this... were you aware that there are several instances of the SendTo folder?
>Are you sure you were modifying the right one?
>
>If you are a single user you are probably logged in as Administrator, in which case
>that SendTo folder will apply. But there will also be a (separate) SendTo folder
>under your own name. You would need to check / modify the contents of both of these.
> It is also worth checking the SendTo folders under All Users and Default User.
>All of these are under the Documents and Settings folder.
>
>
>

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I was having a similiar problem on my XP system. There were only two items listed on the SendTo context menu, and they didn't even match what I saw listed in the SendTo directories on the hard drive.

I found a free utility that creates an icon in Control Panel that allows you to easily add and remove SendTo items. Here's the link. Look for SendTo Toys:

http://gabrieleponti.com/software/

..........Jason

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Program still doesn't detect the floppy or CD drivers. WTF, are they invisiable to every single program? It's soooo annoying stopping over sent to and waiting, forzen, for 5 seconds while my PC has to read the CD drive.


On Monday, August 22, 2005 at 12:35 pm, Jason Saffer wrote:
>I was having a similiar problem on my XP system. There were only two items listed
>on the SendTo context menu, and they didn't even match what I saw listed in the SendTo
>directories on the hard drive.
>

>I found a free utility that creates an icon in Control Panel that allows you to easily
>add and remove SendTo items. Here's the link. Look for SendTo Toys:
>

>http://gabrieleponti.com/software/
>

>..........Jason
>

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It's pretty unbelievable how this 3 years old question hasn't been resolved yet :( 
This send to DVD annoyance was a thorn in my side for far too long, so I guess I'll 
just go on and disable send to completely. Hopefully this modification will do it:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}]
@="Microsoft SendTo Service"
"flags"=dword:00000001

to

"flags"=dword:00000000






On Monday, August 22, 2005 at 7:24 pm, Frank wrote:

>Program still doesn't detect the floppy or CD drivers.  WTF, are they invisiable 

>to every single program?  It's soooo annoying stopping over sent to and waiting, 

>forzen, for 5 seconds while my PC has to read the CD drive.

>

>

> 

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Sorry dude, it didn't work. I went there and set it to dword 0, but its still there even after restarting. I then searched my entire registry for "sendto" and found nothing else that would could actually get rid of it. I like the idea of just getting rid of it totally, but I wish I could do it.


On Monday, September 5, 2005 at 11:50 am, thexray wrote:
>It's pretty unbelievable how this 3 years old question hasn't been resolved yet :(
>This send to DVD annoyance was a thorn in my side for far too long, so I guess I'll
>just go on and disable send to completely. Hopefully this modification will do it:
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}]
>@="Microsoft SendTo Service"
>"flags"=dword:00000001
>
>to
>
>"flags"=dword:00000000
>
>

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same here :(


On Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at 5:53 pm, Frank wrote:
>Sorry dude, it didn't work. I went there and set it to dword 0, but its still there
>even after restarting. I then searched my entire registry for "sendto" and found
>nothing else that would could actually get rid of it.
>
>I like the idea of just getting rid of it totally, but I wish I could do it.
>
>
>

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Try deleting this from the registry: "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To" That should do the trick!

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GOOD! IT'S GONE! Haha. I did like send to, but over the past few years with the crap stalling my computer, I never used it anyways, so I'm glad it's gone. Thank you.


On Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:59 am, Trogzz wrote:
>Try deleting this from the registry:
>
>"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To"
>
>That should do the trick!

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Hi,

I realize this thread is rather old but is seems there is still an on-going issue. It was frustrating me too to no end until I found a solution.

First you will need to download the Tweak UI tool from Microsoft. You can get it here,

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Download the utility and install it. When you run the utility, click on the Templates item on the left side. On the right side will be listed the additional items that are listed on your Send To context menu. These items are ADDED to the Send To context menu in additon to the items listed in your Send To folder in your Windows profile.

Even if you find these same values in the Registry (and yes, they are there) you will be able to delete these values from the registry but Windows "self-heals" the dam entries and puts them right back. So rather than continue to fight with the Registry, I just used the Tweak UI tool. And the one good advantage of using Tweak UI is that it allows you to select or unselect the item or delete it altogether. So you can "remove" an item from the Send To menu or put it back easily by re-selecting the item.

If you use the Tweak UI utility, you should be able to control what appears in your Send To folder. It solved my problem and hopefully it will solve yours too.

Jason


On Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 2:17 pm, Frank wrote:
>GOOD! IT'S GONE! Haha. I did like send to, but over the past few years with the
>crap stalling my computer, I never used it anyways, so I'm glad it's gone.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>

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Well, I uninstalled my old TweakUI and reinstalled the one from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx I clicked on Templates in the left side, and find only choices for New items on the context menu. I can't find any Tweak item related to the Send To menu. Don't know what I'm doing wrong.???


On Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 9:14 pm, Jason wrote:
>Hi,
>

>I realize this thread is rather old but is seems there is still an on-going issue.
> It was frustrating me too to no end until I found a solution.
>

>First you will need to download the Tweak UI tool from Microsoft. You can get it
>here,
>

>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>

>Download the utility and install it. When you run the utility, click on the Templates
>item on the left side. On the right side will be listed the additional items that
>are listed on your Send To context menu. These items are ADDED to the Send To context
>menu in additon to the items listed in your Send To folder in your Windows profile.
>

>Even if you find these same values in the Registry (and yes, they are there) you
>will be able to delete these values from the registry but Windows "self-heals" the
>dam entries and puts them right back. So rather than continue to fight with the
>Registry, I just used the Tweak UI tool. And the one good advantage of using Tweak
>UI is that it allows you to select or unselect the item or delete it altogether.
> So you can "remove" an item from the Send To menu or put it back easily by re-selecting
>the item.
>

>If you use the Tweak UI utility, you should be able to control what appears in your
>Send To folder. It solved my problem and hopefully it will solve yours too.
>

>Jason
>
>
>

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Bruce,

My apologies. I must have hit my head or suffered some other severe brain cramp. My previous post with regards to the "Templates" in TweakUI is for the "New" context menu and NOT the Send To context menu. Sorry.

So to help answer the Send To context menu problem....there are a couple of things you can do.

If you have a drive letter you want to remove from ONLY the Send To context menu and it's a CD/DVD burner, you can disable Windows recording properties for the drive. Right click on the drive in question, click on the Recording tab. Uncheck the "Enable CD recording on this drive". This will prevent you from dragging and dropping files to the drive within Windows Explorer. But it will also remove the drive letter from the Send To contect menu.

You could also "disable" a drive letter from TweakUI as well. In TweakUI, click on My Computer\Drives...in the right pane will be all the drives. If you uncheck a drive letter, the drive will be "disabled" and it will not appear in the Send To context menu. BUT, it will also NOT appear in your Windows Explorer. So this is a drastic method.

Rather than disabling the entire drive letter, you can also disable the Send To context menu altogether, if you really want to. You can either navigate to the following location in REGEDIT and delete the entry or you can copy the following line into Notepad, save the file and double click on it. It will delete the entry for you. Either way, the Send To context menu will be disabled by the following registry entry.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To] @=""



The true method how the Send To context menu gets populated is a mystery and many people have many different opinions. The one sure thing is that Windows itself builds an initial list (which apparently we don't have control over) and then the user's Send To folder contents are added to the list.

I apologize again for the confusion. Not to sure what I was thinking that night. I hope this post will help you in some way.

Jason






On Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 5:32 am, Bruce Barrett wrote:
>
>Well, I uninstalled my old TweakUI and reinstalled the one from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
>I clicked on Templates in the left side, and find only choices for New items on the
>context menu. I can't find any Tweak item related to the Send To menu.
>
>Don't know what I'm doing wrong.???
>
>
>

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This will let you get rid of or add a CD Drive to the 'Send To' list (Works on my computer anyway...). My 'Send To' didn't list a CD/DVD drive but I was able to fix that and add one to the list. Here is how I did it, hope this helps, by the way I have XP Pro. Before you start have a disk in the CD/DVD Drive. Go to Administrative Tools, Computer Management. Then, on the left, click on the + to open the Storage sub list, and then click Disk Management (A disk needs to be in the drive for it to show up. I tried both blank and with data. Either worked for me.). In the right side window find your CD/DVD Drive. Right Click on its name and choose Properties from the list. In the Property Window click the Recording Tab and click in the Check Box to activate 'Enable CD recording on this drive' (Uncheck this if you want to remove drive from 'Send To' list). Below that you can configure a couple of options. Apply and Close and thats it. Now when I right click I have the option to 'Send To' my DVD Drive. For some reason the device manager doesn't list the same info as this window does. So hopefully this will help, I have no idea what XP users should do since this is for XP Pro, hopefully there is something similar for Drive Management.


On Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 6:41 pm, Jesse wrote:
>I have a question about Add
>and Remove items from the "Send To" menu:

>
>Does anyone know how to get rid of the "send to CD-ROM" or "send to FLOPPY" (I don't
>have short cuts for those in any "send to" directory. Thanks!
>
>

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yes all you have to do is dissable the drive and reboot . it should be gone .


On Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 6:41 pm, Jesse wrote:
>I have a question about Add
>and Remove items from the "Send To" menu:

>
>Does anyone know how to get rid of the "send to CD-ROM" or "send to FLOPPY" (I don't
>have short cuts for those in any "send to" directory. Thanks!
>
>

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