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How do I add to the Send To menu in Vista?

QUESTION:
This one has me stumped. I like to use the Send To option in the right-click menu but I want to add other locations other than the ones there by default (Mail, Desktop, Documents, etc.). In XP I could just make a shortcut in the Send To folder. When I try to do that in Vista, or just open it, I get a message that says "Access Denied." What am I doing wrong? Is there a trick to it? Thanks. - Michael S.
ANSWER:
I'm betting that you're trying to access the Send To "folder" that's in your profile folder (your user name right under the Desktop in the Windows Explorer file tree). The problem is that's not a real folder at all; it's just a pointer to the real one - which resides on the drive where Vista is installed, which is buried deep down in the path: Users \ \ AppData \ Roaming \ Microsoft \ Windows \ SendTo
You can open and add shortcuts to the real folder. The other "Send To" is one of many pointers that Vista puts there for the use of applications that are used to finding folders at those locations in XP. You'll note that, unlike the real folders, they have shortcut arrows to indicate that they're not the "real thing." However, if seeing them there drives you nuts, you can hide them by checking the "Hide protected operating system files" in the Tools | Folder Options | View dialog box. That option is checked by default, but many experienced Windows users uncheck it when they first set up the operating system.

posted by RReyes @ 1:20 AM