Thread: Add Two Convenient Menu Command to Windows Vista

VISTA STILL HAS the hassles of the older OS like Windows XP, One of these is that by default, to move or copy a file between folders on \,J\,J your PC, you have to open both folders and drag the file between them, But you can create a couple of shortcuts for a more convenient solution, There is a simple registry hack that will allow you to right-click any file and choose Copy To Folder ... or Move To Folder", to do the job.



If you're not afraid of a little Registry hacking, it's easy to add useful commands to Vista's right-click context menu. Here's how,

To open the Registry, click Start, type regedit in the search field, and press <Enter>, In the left pane of the Registry window, expand the folder labeled HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Scroll way down the list to find ALLFilesystemObjects and expand it; then expand shellex to reveal ContextMenuHandlers, Right-click ContextMenuHandlers and click New-Key. A Registry key named New Key #1 will appear under ContextMenuHandlers. Rename this key as {C2FBB630-2971-11Dl-A1BC-OOC04FD75D13} (in¬cluding the brackets) to create the Copy To Folder:" command.

Next, create the Move To Folder". command by again right¬clicking ContextMenuHandlers, selecting New- Key, and renaming the new key to {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A1BC-OOC04FD75D13},

Once you've done that, simply close up the Registry and right-click any file to access the newly added commands. That's all to it, but remember to back up the registry before tinkering with it in any way. That will help you from being burnt if something goes wrong,