How to turn "Send to" menu to just "Send it to Desktop"

Hello @JFM,
Welcome to TenForums.

Are you talking about changing these Registry Keys ?

Code:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SendTo]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UserLibraryFolder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SendTo]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

What you want to do is a two-step operation.
1 Add Send it to Desktop to your context menu.
2 Remove SendTo from your context menu.

This is a manual alteration that will help you do step one.
add Move to a specific folder to the context menu - TenForums
and this addresses step two
Add or Remove Send to Context Menu - TenForumsTutorials


There are also various utilities to help you change the context menu
Winaero Tweaker - I get the impression from other members that this is a very highly regarded tool.
How to customize your Windows PC with Winaero Tweaker - PCWorld

See also
Context Menu Editors - WindowsClub
10 Best Context Menu Editors - SysTweak



Best of luck,
Denis

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It took me a while to find the correct link for step two. Did you possibly start your reply before I'd added it?

You can add the shortcut as described in those other threads.
If you're asking about how to create that shortcut itself then it's just a straightforward shortcut like any other.
- Right-click in any blank area of your Desktop or a File explorer folder,
- New, Shortcut
- For the location, enter the path to your Desktop. This is, by default, C:\Users\%UserName%\Desktop and you can just paste that in {funny symbols & all}.
- - If your username has any spaces or special characters such as & in it then enclose the path in quotes "C:\Users\%UserName%\Desktop"
- Then just give it a name like you proposed, Send it to Desktop

My notes about positioning within context menus are just some links without any indication that I'd tried their suggestions.
Order in the Windows Explorer context menu - Stack Overflow
How to Change the Order of Options in Context Menu TECHOTREAT
Perhaps you could search TenForums. I think the subject has been discussed before.
Advanced Search - TenForums


Denis

You may find Brink's reg files in post #5 and comments further on about selecting >15 items of interest.
How to add Move to a specific folder to the context menu?

Thank you for your reply. Good luck.

Your post said NOTHING about a shortcut so you have changed what you want. Bye!