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Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

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Before adding the new keys
rnThere is no Copy to or Move To, but there is a Send To.

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Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

Open Regedit and navigate to this key

Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

Create new keys
rn* Right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder and select New | Key to add a new key.
rn* Give it the name Copy To and then double-click the (Default) value of the new key’s right-hand pane.
rn* Right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder and select New | Key to add a new key.
rn* Give it the name Move To and then double-click the (Default) value of the new key’s right-hand pane.

Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

The Copy To code

Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

The Move To code

Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

Copy To
rnThe code looks like this.

Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

Move To
rnThe code looks like this.

Image: Add a context menu to Windows Explorer with a Registry hack

New context menu
rnCopy To and Move To should now be available options on the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer.

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By Bill Detwiler
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show.