Vista - "Send to Desktop" not working properly

I found my "send to" folder empty, I think after using some junk cleaner app.
No problem I thought, just drop in shortcuts of the items I want sent to in
there, so I made a shortcut of the desktop folder and put in there. Problem
is, anything I send to it is not made into a shortcut, but the whole file or
folder is sent to the desktop. Any way to fix this?

Copy the file "Desktop (create shortcut)" from the Default user folder"

C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

Place a copy in your user profile SendTo folder (shell:sendto)

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"amenx" <amenx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41A2B627-5FB2-4DF8-91E5-64CFF21BC033@microsoft.com...
I found my "send to" folder empty, I think after using some junk cleaner app.
No problem I thought, just drop in shortcuts of the items I want sent to in
there, so I made a shortcut of the desktop folder and put in there. Problem
is, anything I send to it is not made into a shortcut, but the whole file or
folder is sent to the desktop. Any way to fix this?

Thanks, but it was missing from there
(C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo), but managed to
fix it anyhow by going to a Ghost backup and extracting it from there.

amenx


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Copy the file "Desktop (create shortcut)" from the Default user folder"
>
> C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
>
> Place a copy in your user profile SendTo folder (shell:sendto)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "amenx" <amenx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41A2B627-5FB2-4DF8-91E5-64CFF21BC033@microsoft.com...
> I found my "send to" folder empty, I think after using some junk cleaner app.
> No problem I thought, just drop in shortcuts of the items I want sent to in
> there, so I made a shortcut of the desktop folder and put in there. Problem
> is, anything I send to it is not made into a shortcut, but the whole file or
> folder is sent to the desktop. Any way to fix this?
>

Thanks for the update! Note that you'll find the "desktop" shortcut in the SendTo folder of each user account.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"amenx" <amenx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4733CC5F-A40F-486F-B796-543DE4AE42D5@microsoft.com...
Thanks, but it was missing from there
(C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo), but managed to
fix it anyhow by going to a Ghost backup and extracting it from there.

amenx


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Copy the file "Desktop (create shortcut)" from the Default user folder"
>
> C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
>
> Place a copy in your user profile SendTo folder (shell:sendto)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "amenx" <amenx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41A2B627-5FB2-4DF8-91E5-64CFF21BC033@microsoft.com...
> I found my "send to" folder empty, I think after using some junk cleaner app.
> No problem I thought, just drop in shortcuts of the items I want sent to in
> there, so I made a shortcut of the desktop folder and put in there. Problem
> is, anything I send to it is not made into a shortcut, but the whole file or
> folder is sent to the desktop. Any way to fix this?
>