"Send to" empty after USB drive plugged in - help?


  1. Posts : 93
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       #1

    "Send to" empty after USB drive plugged in - help?


    Hi All, I searched here and found this thread which shows what is happening here with win7 starter. https://www.sevenforums.com/1396922-post20.html

    However, my problem is a little different. The "Send to" popup is empty, but if I plug in a USB drive, it gets added into the "Send to" but that's all that's there.

    If I eject the drive, then remove it the "Send to" goes back to being empty again. I tried the "Remove_SendTo_Drives.reg" Registry zap, but that has not made any difference.

    I also tried the Drive-off time that solved this other thread, but that made no difference as hovering the mouse over the empty popup did nothing.

    Any thoughts how I can get my old "Send to" stuff back?

    Thanks
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    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #2

    See if this works:

    Go to the following directory...

    C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

    Right click on compressed folder, left click on properties. Uncheck "hidden".
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  3. Posts : 93
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks Lemur, the SendTo folder is missing and it would not let me create it so I did a system restore to the day before. All is well.

    Oh,, just thought I would add, I had "Hide system files etc" UN-checked so it was not because of that it was not visible. After the restore it is now visible.
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  4. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #4

    Glad you have it resolved.
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  5. Posts : 93
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    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks Lemur, brute force always wins. :)
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