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If you start getting into “Send to”—and you should—check

this out: If you press Shift while you right-click, you get a
much longer list of “Send to” options, including all the
essential folders (OneDrive, Downloads, Desktop, Favorites).
But if the folder you want isn’t there, it’s easy enough to make

the “Send to” command accommodate your own favorite
folders. In your personal folder (“Your Personal Folder”) sits a

folder called SendTo. Any shortcut icon you place here shows
up instantly in the “Send to” menus. Alas, this folder is among
those Microsoft considers inappropriate for novices. As a
result, it’s hidden.

You can still get to it, though. In the address bar of any
Explorer window, type shell:sendto, and then press Enter.
(That’s a quick way of getting to the (C:) Users [your

name] AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows SendTo
folder.)

Most people create shortcuts here for folders and disks. When

you highlight an icon and choose “Send to” → Backup Disk,
for example, Windows copies the icon to that disk. (Or, if you

simultaneously press Shift, you move the icon to the other disk
or folder.) You can even add shortcuts of applications to the
SendTo folder. By adding WinZip to this “Send to” menu, for
example, you can drop-kick a highlighted icon onto the

WinZip icon (for decompressing) just by choosing “Send to”
→ WinZip. Or add a web server to this menu, so you can

upload a file with a right-click. You can even create shortcuts
for a printer or fax modem so you can print or fax a document
just by highlighting its icon and choosing File → ”Send to” →

[device’s name].

Pressing Shift while dragging from one disk to another moves the
folder or file (without leaving a copy behind).