Re: W2K 'send to' menu doesn't allow additional apps added.

John wrote:
Hello all,

I posted this to a new W2K user group but it looks dead, so ...

I skipped over W2K and went directly from NT4 to XP and so find myself a newbie on W2K which I now need to use at work (a W2K Pro work station). I am having difficulty adding items to the 'send to' context menu. I have copied the apps' shortcuts that I want to send something to into *all* of the different Document & Settings' send to folders (yea I was desperate) yet nothing new ever shows up when right clicking and selecting 'send to' in W2K? This was never a problem in NT4 and certainly isn't currently in XP, both of which I have used for quite some time. Is there some sort of registry key limiting how many or what kind of items are displayed on the send to menu in W2K or am I just overlooking something simple?

Thanks for any input,

John

I solved the 'send to' problem and found that the install on that comp is unusual to say the least. I was using an administrator level account to try and add items to my own and (in desperation) to literally anyones 'send to' folder and it didn't work. So I logged in as 'the' administrator account and that did work with some caveats. The 'all users' category flat out doesn't work for anyone, send to, start menu, etc., nada. I had to go through the procedure of adding items on each individual account on the comp instead. I also found that 'the' admin account can't change the account type or password on the user account with administrative privileges that I had been using. All access in that department is grayed out - strange to say the least! I was going to remove that user account and create a new lower level one for every day use but now that is a problem as well.

It may be that I am just used to the ease of administrating XP and not seeing the forest for the trees so I'll keep plugging along and see what happens. The biggest problem is I am so busy at work I don't have the time to explore possibilities and must tread carefully as I need the comp all day every day.

Thank you all for your input,
John
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