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Add Copy and Move Commands to Vista's Menus

Rick Broida | Date: 2009-01-20


At some point or another, every user needs to copy or move files from one folder to another. In most versions of Windows, Vista included, this means opening...


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    At some point or another, every user needs to copy or move files from one folder to another. In most versions of Windows, Vista included, this means opening a pair of windows and doing some dragging and dropping (or using a third-party file manager). However, there's a much easier way to move or copy files in Vista: Just use the corresponding commands in the right-click context menu. Wait, don't go looking for them yet: You'll need to do a quick Registry hack to add them. Here's how:
    1. Click Start, type regedit, and hit Enter.
    2. Expand the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder until you find ALLFilesystemObjects. Expand that.
    3. Expand shellex.
    4. Right-click ContextMenuHandlers, then click New, Key.
    5. Right-click the New Key #1 that appears, then rename it as follows: {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
    6. Right-click ContextMenuHandlers again and click New, Key.
    7. This time, rename the new key as follows: {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
    8. Close the Registry and you're done!
    Now, when you right-click any file, you'll see the newly added commands Copy To Folder and Move To Folder. Gotta give credit where credit is due: This tip came from PC World.

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