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

January 21, 2008 · Posted in problems and solutions 

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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13 Responses to “Is the ‘Send To’ Menu opening up too slow in Windows?”

  1. Rakshit on January 21st, 2008 8:49 am

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

  2. TheAnand on January 21st, 2008 10:56 am

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

  3. ram on January 21st, 2008 1:12 pm

    Thats nice tip buddy

  4. Keith Dsouza on January 21st, 2008 7:18 pm

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

  5. Aseem Kishore on January 21st, 2008 9:52 pm

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

  6. Shankar Ganesh on January 22nd, 2008 3:24 am

    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/

  7. Nirmal on January 22nd, 2008 4:44 am

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

  8. Aseem Kishore on January 22nd, 2008 4:25 pm

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

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  10. Rajavanya on January 23rd, 2008 5:51 am

    I thought it was somewhere in the registry…

    Really cool tip !!

    Thanks

  11. Madhur Kapoor on January 23rd, 2008 9:20 am

    i noticed it right now. Thanks for the tip.

  12. Myo Kyaw Htun on January 24th, 2008 12:36 am

    Thanks for the tip :)

  13. Peter Bruun on April 18th, 2008 2:02 pm

    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.

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