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

By Bill Detwiler February 14, 2006, 2:34 AM PST on Twitter billdetwiler

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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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