The Mad Rants of a Raving Genius

So, you just got Windows Vista and you’re looking to trick it out as much as you can. If you’re a power user like me, this includes putting some shortcuts in the SendTo folder. In XP, this was easy. You went to Documents and Settings, your user profile folder, and the SendTo folder was right in there. Alas, it’s nowhere as easy as that in Vista. Yes, the folder exists, but it’s deeper in your User folder. Much deeper. But have no fear! I’ve got the perfect solution for you.

1. Make a shortcut by right-clicking on the program you want a shortcut to and selecting Create Shortcut. Rename it as you see fit.

2. Click the Start orb and click in the quick search box. Type in “shell:sendto” (without the quotes). Press enter.

3. Copy the shortcut made in step 1 to the folder that popped up in step 2 and you’re all done.

Now, if you want to send a file to this program (the program I did this for is Emacs), right click on the file, go to Send To, and select your program. How easy was that? (Don’t answer.)