Tweak Library – Add option “Copy To Folder” in the context menu of a file or folder.

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Add option “Copy To Folder” in the context menu of a file or folder.

This setting enables you to add “Copy To Folder” option in the context menu of a file or folder.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

Context menu is a very useful tool to make your working quite easy. You have many choices for working on a file or folder. This tweak can make you add an additional option “Copy To Folder” in the context menu list.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Then, create a new key “Copy To” under “ContextMenuHandlers” sub key. Now, right-click and modify the value data of “Default” string value to “{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}” which can add the option in context menu.

However, if you want to remove the newly added option, delete the subkey “Copy To”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Add option 'copy to folder' in context menu of a file or folder.reg

The ".reg" file can add an option in the context-menu of a file or a folder.

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Delete option in context menu of a file or folder (default).reg

The ".reg" file can delete an option from the context-menu of a file or a folder.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Copy To

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

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

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "Copy To Folder" context menu option is visible after the changes have been made in the registry.

The "Copy To Folder" context menu option is not visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\] key, right-click and click on 'New > Key' to create a new key with the name 'Copy To'.

Third, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Fourth, enter the value "{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}" in the text box and click on 'OK'.