send to desktop as shortcut missing

Anonymous
2010-04-07T18:58:45+00:00

When I right click a file or folder and select "Send To" the option of "Desktop (Create a Shortcut)" is missing. Windows 7 upgrade from Vista

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Anonymous
2010-04-08T14:30:32+00:00

Hey driver1275,

Here’s how you can restore the missing item.

To restore the item, follow these steps:

1.     Click Start , type the following path and press Enter :

C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

2.     Copy the file Desktop (create shortcut) from the Default user folder and place a copy in your user profile SendTo folder.

3.     The SendTo folder of your user profile can be accessed by typing shell:sendto in the Start-search box.

That should do the trick.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-09-09T00:08:24+00:00

    i have the same problem. i cannot find a send to folder. where is the user profile located?

    thanks.

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  2. Ramesh 181.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2010-09-09T05:48:19+00:00

    i have the same problem. i cannot find a send to folder. where is the user profile located?

    thanks.

    Click Start, type shell:sendto and press ENTER.

    This takes you to the Send To folder of your user account, which is the following location:

    C:\Users{Username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

    Ramesh Srinivasan | The Winhelponline Blog

    Microsoft MVP, Windows Desktop Experience

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-08T14:18:17+00:00

    Hey driver1275,

     

    Here’s how you can restore the missing item.

     

    To restore the item, follow these steps:

     

    1.     Click Start , type the following path and press Enter :

    C:\Users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

    2.     Copy the file Desktop (create shortcut) from the Default user folder and place a copy in your user profile SendTo folder.

    3.     The SendTo folder of your user profile can be accessed by typing shell:sendto in the Start-search box.

     

     

    That should do the trick.

    Regards,

    Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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    I think you meant to click Start-->Run (Start-Search will not work as described)

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-01-16T13:14:10+00:00

    I have done the sugested fixes to noavail. do I need to reinstall windows 7?

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