And here's where it gets even weirder. If I copy an application to the sendto
folder, it both displays and works. But no way am I copying a monster like
photoshop.
Hey, Microsoft, you wanna get on the ball and fix this mess?
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piaqt
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64
"piaqt" wrote:
Quote:
> Don't know if this helps, but on the general tab of the property sheet for
> all the shortcuts that DO work, under "open with" it says "unknown
> application".
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> piaqt
> http://www.techzonez.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64
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>
> "piaqt" wrote:
> Quote:
> > I have the same problem, but in Vista Ultimate. Also an admin account.
> > Possible guess: one or more of the latest MS updates. If I figure this out,
> > I'll post.
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> > piaqt
> > http://www.techzonez.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64
> >
> >
> > "misc5" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > hi group
> > > this should be a relatively simple one, but I can't seem to find any vista
> > > related information about it anywhere on the interweb so your help would be
> > > appreciated
> > >
> > > here's the problem: any shortcuts placed into the SendTo folder don't show
> > > up in the context menu
> > >
> > > adding a new shortcut to the send to context menu is easy enough:
> > > run: shell:sendto
> > > - then create the shortcuts you need in the folder that opens, and all being
> > > well the shortucts are shown in the context menu next time you click there
> > >
> > > this worked fine for me until all the various shortcuts disappeared leaving
> > > me with only the default "Compressed", "Desktop", "Documents", "Mail
> > > recipients", and DVD-RW drive options left showing
> > >
> > > deleting and re-creating the affected shortcuts doesn't help, although
> > > dropping a copy of notepad.exe (for example) into the folder does result in
> > > notepad showing up in the menu
> > >
> > > this is occuring under vista home premium and an administrator account - any
> > > ideas anyone?
> > >
> > > TAI