Vista - Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drives

   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 and Windows 7

1. To Remove All Drives from "Send To" Context Menu

A) Click on the download button below to download the file below.
NOTE: This will only be applied to the current user only.

Remove_SendTo_Drives.reg

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Show All Drives in "Send To" Context Menu

A) Click on the download button below to download the file below.
NOTE: This will only be applied to the current user only.

Show_SendTo_Drives.reg

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

4. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

5. Click on Run, Continue (UAC-Vista) or Yes (UAC-Windows 7), Yes, and then OK when prompted.

6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

7. 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. If prompted by UAC, then click on the Continue (Vista) or Yes (Windows 7).

4. In regedit, navigate to the location below that you want this applied to. (See screenshot below)

For Current User Only:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

For All User Accounts on Computer:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

5. To Remove All Drives from "Send To" Context Menu

A) In the right pane of Explorer, right click on a empty area and click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value. (See screenshot above)
NOTE: If the Explorer key is not there, then right click on Policies (left pane) and click on New and Key. Type Explorer and press enter.

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 Drives in "Send To" Context Menu

A) In the right pane of Explorer, 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.