send to desktop as shortcut missing

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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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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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Anonymous

2017-11-02T08:51:21+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

Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

what if the entire thing is missing from all profiles on the machine.   'then we cannot just simply copy and paste.
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