I never understood why Windows only offered a Send To entry when right-clicking files and not a Copy To entry. The funny thing is that this Copy To function actually exists but is disabled by default. Not sure who had the glorious idea to disable it but it definitely does not make sense to me.
To enable a Copy To Folder option in the right-click menu when right-clicking a file or folder you have to add one key to the Registry. Use Windows R to open the run dialog and enter regedit in there. Now navigate to the Registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \AllFilesystemObjects \shellex \ContextMenuHandlers. You will notice the Send To entry there. Right-click the ContextMenuHandlers entry and select New > Key from the list.
Name that key Copy To and click ok. Now double-click the default entry on the left pane and give it the value {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}. Close the Registry editor afterwards and go back to Windows Explorer. Right-click a file or folder, the Copy To entry should appear. If you click that entry the following menu should appear:
If you want to remove that entry again simple delete the key in the Windows Registry.
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Funny. The entry is already there in *my* Windows.
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This is a bad idea… the “Copy to” and “Move to Folder” wasn’t designed to be on the context menu.
See here: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/02/02/66160.aspx
I’m speaking from experience… I did the registry hack awhile ago and had nothing but problems from it.
Very nice article. I was missing this possibility too. Could I ask you to describe how to add “Move to” item in context menu too.