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Is the ‘Send To’ Menu opening up too slow in Windows?

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Everytime you right click and select the ‘Send To’ menu it takes ages to load. If the Send To menu is opening up slow when you right click on icons or files, it’s time you fix things right.

Here’s how you can make a slow-loading Send To menu load fast in Windows.

  • First, open the Run command by going to Start >> Run
  • Type sendto and hit Enter
  • A new window should open up listing the items that appear in your slow Send To menu
  • Delete all the unwanted items present there, they’re the cause for the slow loading Send To menu
  • If this doesn’t solve the problem, you’ll have to open Windows Explorer, go to Tools >> Folder Options >> and under the ‘View’ Tab, uncheck ‘Automatically search for network folders and printers’

That’s how you fix the slow loading ‘Send To’ menu in Windows. If you still find your computer running slowly, you can try these programs to fix your computer.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

January 21st, 2008 at 7:50 am

Posted in problems and solutions

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15 Responses to 'Is the ‘Send To’ Menu opening up too slow in Windows?'

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  1. Thanks for sharing that information. Didn’t know it before.
    :-)

    Rakshit

    21 Jan 08 at 8:49 am

  2. Interesting stuff, but would really appreciate it if you can share the full feed than the summary :)

    TheAnand

    21 Jan 08 at 10:56 am

  3. Thats nice tip buddy

    ram

    21 Jan 08 at 1:12 pm

  4. Nice tip Shankar, will definitely help to get rid of that lag now.

    Keith Dsouza

    21 Jan 08 at 7:18 pm

  5. Nice tip! My right click menu is also super slow. Any way to fix that by chance? Thanks

    Aseem Kishore

    21 Jan 08 at 9:52 pm

  6. I’m glad you guys liked the tip.

    @TheAnand: Uh oh! I’m aware of the partial feed issue, and I’m trying hard to find what’s causing it. You’ll be getting full feeds soon :)
    @Aseem: You can try these software: http://blog.shankarganesh.com/2007/06/07/clean-up-customize-delete-windows-explorer-shell-context-menu/

    Shankar Ganesh

    22 Jan 08 at 3:24 am

  7. Simple, yet powerful information. I have tried this one before.

    Nirmal

    22 Jan 08 at 4:44 am

  8. Thanks for the link buddy. Will check it out !
    Appreciate it.

    Aseem Kishore

    22 Jan 08 at 4:25 pm

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    Add items to the 'Send To' menu

    23 Jan 08 at 4:15 am

  10. I thought it was somewhere in the registry…

    Really cool tip !!

    Thanks

    Rajavanya

    23 Jan 08 at 5:51 am

  11. i noticed it right now. Thanks for the tip.

    Madhur Kapoor

    23 Jan 08 at 9:20 am

  12. Thanks for the tip :)

    Myo Kyaw Htun

    24 Jan 08 at 12:36 am

  13. The tip does not work on Vista.

    I need the things in SendTo, and running “sendto” command fails, because it is looking for the english folder-name, and my Vista is in Danish.

    Also, there is no “Automatically search…” item under folder options in Vista.

    Peter Bruun

    18 Apr 08 at 2:02 pm

  14. Thanks! I deleted Mail Recipient, Documents and something else, and it’s a breeze now!

    wes

    22 Jun 10 at 9:09 pm

  15. Please download the utiltity ShellExView from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html and disable the corrupted/problem giving shell extensions. I am sure this will solve the slow send to menu issue.

    Ravi

    Ravi

    1 Sep 10 at 11:00 am

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