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How to Add Copy To / Move To Option in Right Click Menu

How to Add Copy To / Move To

Option in Right Click Menu

A hidden functionality in Windows allows you to right click on a file, select Copy To Folder or Move To Folder, and the move to box will pop up and let you choose a location to either copy or move the file or folder to.

Here’s the quick registry hack to get this working. As usual, back up your registry just in case. You will want to browse down to this key:

Start – Run Type – Regedit.exe And Hit – Enter
Now  Open the Below Folder Directory.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAllFilesystemObjectsshellexContextMenuHandlers

Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:

Copy To Move To Send To Regedit.exe Settings

Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Click OK and continue.

copy To Regedit.exe Code

If you want to enable Move To, you will repeat the same steps, except creating a new key named Move To, and using this value:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the following options:

Copy to Folder & Move to Folder Menu

Let’s click Copy To Folder just to see what happens….

copy Items Screenshot

And that’s it. Useful!

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