{"id":4000,"date":"2016-09-03T19:45:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:53:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:53:49","slug":"add-copy-move-options-right-click-menu-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/add-copy-move-options-right-click-menu-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Copy To and Move To Options to the Right-Click Menu in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Copy To and Move To buttons are actually meant to use in the toolbar\/ribbon, but with a small registry edit you can use them from the context menu.<\/p>\n

Add Copy To and Move To in the Right-Click Menu<\/h2>\n

Start Regedit.exe and navigate to:<\/p>\n

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AllFilesystemObjects\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers<\/pre>\n
Create the following subkeys under the above registry key:<\/p>\n
{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}<\/pre>\n
\"add<\/p>\n
{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} is Microsoft MoveTo Service.<\/p>\n
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} is Microsoft CopyTo Service.<\/p>\n
Select a file or folder (or multiple items) in your Desktop or folder window. You should see the “Copy To Folder” and “Move To Folder” options in the right-click menu.<\/p>\n
\"add<\/p>\n
Automate the setting using REG file<\/h2>\n
Download add_copyto_moveto_context_menu.zip<\/a>, unzip and run the enclosed REG file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Copy To and Move To buttons are actually meant to use in the toolbar\/ribbon, but with a small registry edit you can use them from the context menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":279,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/add-copy-to-move-to-right-click-menu-windows-7-vista\/","url_meta":{"origin":4000,"position":0},"title":"Add Copy To and Move To to the right-click menu in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Copy To Folder and Move To Folder options found in Explorer menu bar or ribbon helps you move or copy a file or folder easily to a different location. 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