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I have many "send to" destinations. I would like to create sub-folders in the "Send to" folder. Is this possible? When I try, it will only create a real folder in the SendTo folder.
I want selecting an item from the "Send to" context menu to expand out into a list of SendTo destinations for that group.
I know this is an old thread, but since there wasn't much on google for this topic.... I wanted to add a little more... Mostly this is just tacking onto what harrymc mentioned, but maybe this will help those less comfortable with registry editing...
First, there are actually tons of API methods available from the System object mentioned above. For example, instead of ItemName you could also check System.FileName (which worked better for me) or System.ItemFolderPathDisplay ...
Second, the search syntax is somewhat involved but actually gives you a lot of options. You can use the standard DOS wildcards in the AppliesTo test (e.g. "?" for exactly 1 character, "*" for 0 or more characters). You can use a variety of operators against the name... such as equal, not equal, contains, starts with, ends with, etc. You can string together multiple conditions with "AND" or "OR" keywords (or use "NOT").. It seems like you can even do some SQL-ish sort of search syntax, but I haven't been able to get these to work natively via the registry (I could just have the syntax wrong... not sure).
3) While I haven't found the solution to the question asked, the following registry scripts shows how you can show or hide context menu items based on folder name and location. I just have it poppin g up a command prompt but you could easily change to whatever else.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\# Ends With '_mydata']
"AppliesTo"="System.FileName:\"*_mydata\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\# Ends With '_mydata'\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe /k cd /d \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\# Starts with 'C:-slash-[Videos]']
"AppliesTo"="System.ItemFolderPathDisplay:~< \"C:\\[VIDEOS]\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\# Starts with 'C:-slash-[Videos]'\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe /k cd /d \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\# Starts with 'C:-slash-[Videos]' AND ends with '_mydata']
"AppliesTo"="System.FileName:\"*_mydata\" AND System.ItemFolderPathDisplay:~<\"C:\\\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\# Starts with 'C:-slash-[Videos]' AND ends with '_mydata'\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe /k cd /d \"%1\""
Open regedit.exe and find the key that you created for the custom menu item.
Now create a new String value in it and name it Icon. Double-click it and enter the path to your custom icon file:
c:\folder\icon.ico
Optionally you could use the Windows shell32.dll file like in my example:
The result:
Just an additional note - looks like this method works on Windows 7 (and probably Vista) but the icon did not appear when I tested on Windows XP.
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An alternative approach for your reference:
Save followings as
*.regand import to registry (adapted from Sully@Wilders Security)References
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Directory Opus Resource Centre
Addendum: Pseudo-Folder menu
Save as
C:\copy.jsfunction fnCopyHereJ(src, dest) { var objShell = new ActiveXObject("shell.application"); var objFolder = objShell.NameSpace(dest); if (objFolder) { objFolder.CopyHere(src); } else { WScript.echo("Invalid Folder: "+dest); } } args = WScript.Arguments; fnCopyHereJ(args(0), args(1));Import to registry
References
Invoke Windows copy from PowerShell
Folder.CopyHere method (Windows)
Cascading context menus via static registry entries and ExtendedSubCommandsKey