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Adding Copy to folder etc to windows Context Menu

One of the disadvantages of windows is in the file management tools. In so much there is no option to copy a file or folder directly from the right click context menu. Neither is there an option to move a file or folder from the right click context menu. You have a time consuming task of copying/cutting and then pasting, this when you have considerable images, documents, files to move to different directories. Would not it be nice to have an option of Copy File, Move File in the same widow as cut and copy?

Then you could Right click a file and choose the two entries and simply choose the target directory and you are done copying or moving the file to the specific directory.

Well below is how. But first a caveat Make w backup of your Registry first as described in these tips ( No deviations or shortcuts for you will be sorry), the process is exactly same for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows7: To refresh your memory it involves REGEDIT .

2. This will open the Registry Editor Window, click the File menu and choose the Export option as shown below:

3. This will open the Export Registry File dialog window. Enter a name of the registry backup and click Save.

4. Now that you have a backup of the Windows registry, it's time to add the Copy to Folder and Move to Folder entries.

Adding the Copy to Folder and Move to Folder Entries To Windows Registry

1. Open the Registry Editor window, as discussed in the above section.

2. Click the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT dropdown arrow.

3. Scroll down and you will find an entry named AllFilesystemObjects

4. Under AllFilesystemObjects - you will see a sub entry named shellex. Under shellex, you will see two sub entries: – Contextmenuhandlers and Propertysheethandlers.

Double click the Contextmenuhandlers entry to expand it.

5. Right click on the Contextmenuhandlers entry and select New > Key as shown below:

6. This will create a new entry, name it the following:- (The brackets are important so do not leave them of)

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Now you will see an additional entry just as you typed it

7. The next step is to click the Entry key, and the Copy to Folder entry will be added to Windows right click context menu. To test it, right click a file and you will see the new options.

8. Next we have to add the Move to Folder entry in Windows registry. Switch back to the Registry editor window and right click ContextMenuHandlers key, as shown below:

9. Here we implement as above and once again Ensure you type in the brackets {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} Now you will see a further new entry

10. Next press the Entry key. And you have completed the task To test it, right click any file on Windows Explorer and you will see two new options - Copy to Folder and Move to Folder.

To remove the options you do the same but in reverse and Delete Or Double click the registry file backed up earlier. This will restore the earlier settings to Windows registry and thus the options will be automatically removed.

Now it is much easier to move or copy files to different Windows folders using the right click options. 