I still do not trust some of the 95 power toys on XP.
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Will Pittenger
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I've already told you on how to install just target. Extract the files from
the archive and right click target.inf and choose Install. As you've already
installed the whole lot what you need to do is go Add/Remove Programs and
remove the ones you don't want (each toy is a seperate entry).
The major use of SendTo powertoys is to copy URL from Internet Shortcuts to
the clipboard. My computer is new and only XP and games are installed. When
I posted the link to the 95 powertoys I went to favourites, right clicked
the favourite, choose Properties, highlighted the URL, Ctrl + Insert (or r/c
copy), then pasted in the mail. If I had Sendto powertoys installed I would
have right clicked and gone Send To - Clipboard As Contents. Same when
working in Start - Run or a command prompt - I use Send To - Clipboard As
Name to paste file paths in.
General Send To Tips
a.. To create sub menus on the Send To menu type Sendto in the Start - Run
dialog box. Click a blank spot and choose New then Folder. Rename the folder
to the name you want on the Send To menu. Drag your shortcuts you want on
the menu into this folder.
b.. Put a shortcut to Sendto folder into the Sendto folder. Then when you
want to add a program or folder to the Send To menu right click it, choose
Send To then while holding Ctrl + Shift click Sendto.
c.. To get a list of files you can use the first tip on this page or
install the Win 95 Sendto Powertoys (described elsewhere on this page) and
send the selected files to the Clipboard As Name powertoy.
d.. To put the URL of a favourite on the clipboard rather than it's name
use Clipboard As Content.
Repairing Sendto
Type the following commands in Start - Run
Sending an item to an entry on the Send To menu is the same as dropping an
item on the icon in the sendto folder. Most problems with Send To are drag
and drop problems rather than Send To problems.
To reinstall all (most for XP - removable drive targets are different in XP)
of Send To registry entries and extract new shortcuts in the Sendto folder
type the following.
regsrv32 sendmail
To Reinstall the My Docs sendto target and repair My Docs, My Puics, My
Music and partially Sendto
rundll32 mydocs,PerUserInit
If Drag and Drop (Sendto is the same as dragging and dropping the file on
the target - move the targets onto your desktop and drag and drop to them if
you want) has stopped working system wide type the following (nothing in
sendto works)
regsrv32 ole32
If Drag and Drop has stopped working for executables files including
shortcuts to executables then type the following (can't send to programs)
regsrv32 /i shell32
To open the Sendto folder for editing type
Sendto
If you uninstalled TextBridge Pro 9.0 or upgraded to TextBridge Pro
Millennium.
See
http://www.nvdi.com/whertra/w950812.htm
Send To Key Modifiers
Key Description
File System Objects
Control Copies a file (default for where source and destination are
different drives)
Shift Moves a file (default for where source and destination are same
drives)
Control and Shift Creates a shortcut (default differs depending on
windows versions - in XP only programs with setup or install in the name
default to this)
Send To Powertoys (except Send To Clipboard as Contents)
Control Uses the short file name rather than the long file name
Send To Clipboard as Contents Powertoys
Control Displays a dialog box to select the clipboard data formats
Now typing regsvr32 sendmail installs the sendto section. Running reg files
aren't necessary and aren't a complete a fix (though it includes all the reg
file does) as the regsvr thinngy also fixes any files it finds missing,
specifically the targets in the sendto folder.
