Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drives

How to Remove or Show Drives in "Send To" Context Menu in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

information   Information
This tutorial will show you how to have all available drive letters to be removed or displayed in the "Send To" context menu in Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8.

Note   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.

Especially if you have Windows set to turn off idle hard drives while it waits for them to spin back up.


EXAMPLE: Send To Context Menu Before and After Driver Letters Removed
SendTo_Before.jpgSendTo_After.jpg



OPTION ONE
Add or Remove Drives in Send To Context Menu using REG File

1. To Remove All Drives from "Send To" Context Menu
A) Click/tap 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
download

B) Go to step 3.​

2. To Show All Drives in "Send To" Context Menu
NOTE: This is the default setting.​
A) Click/tap 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
download

3. Save the .reg file to your Desktop.​
4. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.​
5. Click/tap on Run, Continue (UAC-Vista) or Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8), Yes, and then OK when prompted.​
6. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.​
7. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.​



OPTION TWO
Add or Remove Drives in Send To Context Menu in Registry Editor

1. Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and press Enter.​
2. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Continue (Vista) or Yes (Windows 7/8).​
3. 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
Reg1.jpg

4. Do step 5 or 6 below for what you would like to do.​
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/tap 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/tap on New and Key. Type Explorer and press enter.
B) Type NoDrivesInSendToMenu and press Enter.​
C) Double click/tap on NoDrivesInSendToMenu to modify it. (See screenshot below)​
Reg2.jpg

D) Type 1,and click/tap on OK. (See screenshot below)​
Modify.jpg

E) The registry will now look like this. (See screenshot below)​
Reg3.jpg

F) Go to step 7 below.​

6. To Show All Drives in "Send To" Context Menu
NOTE: This is the default setting.​
A) In the right pane of Explorer, right click on NoDrivesInSendToMenu, and click/tap on Delete. (See screenshot above)​
B) Click/tap on Yes to confirm deletion, and go to step 7 below.​

7. Close regedit.​
8. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.​
That's it,
Shawn


 

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Re: Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drive Letters

Your welcome Xlakra, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn
 

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Re: Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drive Letters

Thanks Shawn. That has been nagging me for 3 years, just never quite enough to look for a way to fix it. Fortunately, I just stumbled over a related tutorial, and then the link to this. Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then.
 

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Re: Send To Context Menu - Remove or Show Drive Letters

LOL, you're most welcome Peri. :)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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