Vista - Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drive Letters

Information

This will show you how to have all available drive letters to be removed or displayed in the Send To context menu.

NOTE

Having drive letters in the Send To menu can sometimes cause it to open slowly or hang for a bit while it is reading from the drives when the Send To menu opens.

Tip

If you would like to add or remove other menu items from the Send To context menu, then see: How to Customize the Send To Context Menu in Vista

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1. To Remove All Send To Drive Letters -

A) Click on the download button below to download the
Remove_SendTo_Drives.reg file.

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Show All Send To Drive Letters -

A) Click on the download button below to download the
Show_SendTo_Drives.reg file.

3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.

4. Right click on the .reg file (on Desktop) and click on Merge.

5. Click on the Run button in the Security Warning pop-up.

6. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted.

7. When done, you can delete the .reg file (on Desktop).

8. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.

3. Click on the Continue button in the UAC prompt.

4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

5. To Remove All Send To Drive Letters -

A) In the right pane, right click on a empty area and click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value. (See screenshot above)

B) Type NoDrivesInSendToMenu and press Enter.

C) Right click on NoDrivesInSendToMenu and click on Modify. (See screenshot below)

D) Type 1 and click on OK. (See screenshot below)

E) The registry will now look like this. (See screenshot below)

F) Go to step 7.

6. To Show All Send To Drive Letters -

A) In the right pane, right click on NoDrivesInSendToMenu and click on Delete. (See screenshot above)

B) Click on Yes to confirm deletion.

7. Close regedit.

8. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.