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

By // July 18, 2006, 8:43 AM PST // billdetwiler

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

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  • Open Regedit and navigate to this key

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

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  • The Copy To code

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  • The Move To code

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  • Copy To
    The code looks like this.

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  • Move To
    The code looks like this.

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

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

&copy CNET Networks
Mark W. Kaelin

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