Weekend Scripter: Create a SendTo Notepad Shortcut

re: Weekend Scripter: Create a SendTo Notepad Shortcut

Nick — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:57 GMT

Genuine question .... what is wrong with the "open with" command ? same number of clicks ? re launching an old thread I know

re: Weekend Scripter: Create a SendTo Notepad Shortcut

IamMred — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:39:46 GMT

@Phillip Malone --- hmmm that is a great idea. Had never thought of that before. Cool!!!

@Bryan Price When I right click on sendTo in the figure above, nothing shows up for the Target. When I attempt to double click it, I get access denied. It may be UAC keeping it from working for me. Obviously writing a script to do something that takes 3 seconds to do is not efficient -- however, if I decide that I want to add sendto to notepad for 500 workstations or a 1000 workstations via the logon script, then I have a great ROI story (as opposed to answering 500 or 1000 help desk calls). There is great value in knowing the GUI, and the Scripting Wife is MUCH better with the GUI than I am. Thanks for sharing (and for the record, I would NEVER call you a button monkey).

re: Weekend Scripter: Create a SendTo Notepad Shortcut

Bryan Price — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:24:52 GMT

I would have just right clicked the SendTo (an obvious shortcut itself) and looked at the Link Properties in the SendTo Properties, which even has a nice little "Explore Target" button to push and open the link up.

Yes, that's not programmaticly the way to do so, but it works for me. :p

OK, you can call me a button monkey (but I can show you such command line treasures in my \BIN32 directory... but nevermind the now obsolete \BIN directory now that I'm 64-bit...)

re: Weekend Scripter: Create a SendTo Notepad Shortcut

phillip malone — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:05:49 GMT

Better trick is to put a shortcut into the sendto folder that is a shortcut to the sendto folder. That way anything you want in the sendto folder you just use the shortcut in the sendto options to do so!