Send to menu not shows all the entries in SendTo folder

Question

As in the screenshot above I have all the default entries along with some added by myself manually in the send to menu folder which I opened using shell:SendTo.

But not all the entries are showing up in the send to menu.

How to fix this?

Answer 1

According to https://winhelponline.com/xp/sendtofix.htm, it could be a problem with some registry entries that manage the SendTo functionality. They have a script that should fix it.

It was originally for Windows XP, Vista, and 7, so I've made a slight change to get it to work for Windows 10.

Save the following script to a file fixsendto.vbs, and execute it using command prompt wscript.exe "C:\Scripts\fixsendto.vbs". Change the file path accordingly. You'll probably have to run wscript from an admin-level command prompt.

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
'Compatibility : Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (added 8 and 10)
'Author        : Ramesh Srinivasan - Microsoft MVP (Windows Shell)
'Created on    : February 19, 2005
'Revised on    : November 01, 2010
'Description   : Fixes the Send To menu (missing all the shortcuts)
'Homepage      : http://windowsxp.mvps.org
'More Info     : http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sendtofix.htm
'Requirement   : Needs Administrative privileges
'-----------------------------------------------------------------

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject _
    ("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

'Determine OS version
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOperatingSystem in colOperatingSystems
    if instr(objOperatingSystem.Caption,"Vista") Or instr(objOperatingSystem.Caption,"Windows 7") Or instr(objOperatingSystem.Caption,"Windows 8") Or instr(objOperatingSystem.Caption,"Windows 10") then
        strSendTo = "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo"
    elseif instr(objOperatingSystem.Caption,"XP") Then  
        strSendTo = "%USERPROFILE%\SendTo"
    else
        MsgBox "This script runs in Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP systems only"
        wscript.Quit
    end if
Next

USFolderPath = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"
On Error Resume Next
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCR\exefile\shellex\DropHandler\", "{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}", "REG_SZ"
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCR\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler\", "{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}", "REG_SZ"
WshShell.RegWrite USFolderPath & "\SendTo", strSendTo, "REG_EXPAND_SZ"
Wshshell.RUN ("regsvr32.exe shell32.dll /i /s")

'Get curr. user name
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objItem in colItems
    strCurrentUserName = objItem.UserName
Next

'Restart user shell
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'Explorer.exe'")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
    colProperties = objProcess.GetOwner(strNameOfUser,strUserDomain)
    If strUserDomain & "\" & strNameOfUser = strCurrentUserName then
        objProcess.Terminate()
    End If
Next

MsgUser = Msgbox ("Fixed the Send To menu.", 4160, "'Send To' menu fix for Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP.")
Set WshShell = Nothing

Answer 2

Here's the PowerShell equivalent of Ramesh's code (without version checking). This can be pasted into a PowerShell Admin Console or saved as a .ps1 file.

New-PSDrive -Name HKCR -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT | out-null
$Splat = @{
   'Path'  = 'HKCR:\exefile\shellex\DropHandler\'
   'Value' = '{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}'
}
Set-Item @Splat

$Splat = @{
   'Path'  = 'HKCR:\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler\'
   'Value' = '{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}'
}
Set-Item @Splat

$Splat = @{
   'Path'  = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders'
   'Name'  = 'SendTo'   
   'Value' = '%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo'
   'Type'  = 'ExpandString'
}
Set-ItemProperty @Splat

start-Process -FilePath regsvr32.exe -ArgumentList shell32.dll, /i, /s

Get-Process Explorer | Stop-Process

Answer 3

Note that all other answers (as of 27th Dec 2021) explains a fix for a issue where shortcuts is not recognized by the SendTo menu. It does not solve the "issue" (or lacking Windows feature) of adding files directly to the shell:SendTo folder.

You see, only certain file extensions will be recognized by the SendTo menu if you add them directly in shell:SendTo. This includes *.cmd, *.bat and *.vbs. Most other files however, will simply not show up in the "Send to" menu this way.

One way to make it work is to add a shortcut referencing the file and place this shortcut in shell:SendTo. The shortcut must include the path to executable associated with that file extension.

As an example does the shortcut need to include the path to AutoHotkey.exe for *.ahk file shortcuts to work (even though ahk files is associated with AutoHotkey.exe elsewhere in Windows):

"C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" D:\TEMP\test.ahk