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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Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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  1. Ramesh 181.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-01-12T05:13:54+00:00

    What? this is not clear and doesn't work. very hard for me to work around.

    Tell us which part is not clear, and needs more explanation?

    Ramesh Srinivasan | The Winhelponline Blog

    Microsoft MVP, Windows Desktop Experience

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2011-01-21T20:03:47+00:00

    In this version of windows I do not see an option to type these commands. I only see a search box.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-01-21T20:18:45+00:00

    Click the start button,

    If you type it will show up in the explorer search box.

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