Solved Send to almost empty

[Koyfo]

Hi, my sendto menu is almost empty! I can't remember anything i did to mess it up. I tried to create another system account, but the sendto is ok with this new account.

Check my settings...




I searched for the location of "Desktop (create shortcut)" and found the following

C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
C:\Users\Koyfo\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-sendmail_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_b6de6c0835b43484

 

[Brink]

Hello Koyfo,

This may be able to help you restore the missing "Send To" context menu items in that user account.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/45421-send-context-menu-remove-restore-default-items.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Koyfo]

Hello my friend. Tkanks for the fast reply.

Already tried this. Even in every one of the 5 folders i tried to enter a new shortcut to chechk if it will show up in the sento context menu but it didn't work.
I tried also the function of windows 7 manager under Repair Center -> Context Menu -> Restore all system entries in [Send To] Context Menu but also it didn't work...

 

[Koyfo]

Also check this video out



I will try to recover the default sendto registry settings from another clean installation of win 7 x64 ultimate

 

[James Colbert]

Also check this video out YouTube - ScreenCapture 30 01 2011 05 32 08

I will try to recover the default sendto registry settings from another clean installation of win 7 x64 ultimate

Seems a bit premature. You could check System Restore to see if you have any restore points pre-dating the issue.

James

 

[Koyfo]

I have disabled system restore


I extracted some registry keys from my clean install, but i couldn't apply some of them that include "M i c r o s o f t S e n d T o S e r v i c e"

I got error

Problem not yet fixed. Any other ideas about other reg keys?

 

[James Colbert]

Have you run SFC?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Edit: Also, you should re-enable System Restore. It will get you out of messes like this. Also wisdom: find an imaging program and start using it. I have 3 rotating images that can be restored in 20 minutes if things go awry. SR and imaging used together gives you ironclad protection.

James

 

[Brink]

Koyfo,

Since it works fine in the new account, you might consider to just use the new account or create another new one to use instead. After copying what you want from the old account to the new one, you could delete the old account.

This would probably be less problematic and faster to do.

 

[Koyfo]

Thanks for the help, but i just noticed something else.
When i made the new account, i didn't try to enter new shortcuts in sendto folder rather than seeing that the default (send to zip, mail, etc) exist properly, now i tried to enter new shortcuts and they didn't display in the sendto menu!
Only the default (zip, desktop, mail etc) work, as you saw in the video (moving the desklink).

Any other ideas?!


PS: Sfc 30%, will edit when ready

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Koyfo>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\Users\Koyfo>

 

[Koyfo]

Check another video that may help.



Notice when the behavior of mydocs link!!!!!!! It also accepts .exe!
I am running out of ideas...

 

[Jacee]

Download Send to Toys :: gabrieleponti.com ::

 

[Koyfo]

Download Send to Toys :: gabrieleponti.com ::

Both x32 and x64 versions not working
They properly add the shortcuts in the sendto folder but nothing is displayed...

 

[Jacee]

it works for me ...

Sounds as if something has become corrupted

 

[Koyfo]

it works for me ...

Sounds as if something has become corrupted

Yea i know that it is normally working. Something has gone wrong with my system files or registry. Chech the above posts to understand better the problem.

I temporarily fixed Notepad++ by copying the whole folder and making all except .exe hidden to sherten the menu.

 

[Koyfo]

Thanks to this SendTo context menu shortcuts not showing - Vista Forums & Shortcuts in the "Send To" folder not appearing in the menu? i fixed it!

As you understand from the videos posted before, the problem was the drop handler with shortcut files (.lnk). The drop handler for .exe files was ok.

So what caused the problem? XML Spy from Altova...

My setting was

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{83D96563-DB11-42DF-92F9-32CE7BA54ED8}"

and you need to change it to (i have attached also a fix.reg)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

Othewise, you need to disable this setting while installing,



othewise the sendto menu will be misfunctional.


Note that i tried to change/remove this feature but it can't be removed. You need to remove the whole XML Spy or edit the registry as described above.



Thanks for the help everyone

 

[Imperfect1]

Glad you got it fixed Koyfo, and as James Colbert so wisely suggested - you should definitely re-enable your System Restore!