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Add notepad.exe To Your SendTo Menu In Microsoft Windows Vista

Add notepad.exe to the SendTo menu for easier checking of unknown files.  notepad.exe will not execute a virus in any file so if you are unsure of a file just pop it into notepad.exe to verify.  This can also be used to easily view or edit text files with file extensions besides the standard .TXT extension.

 

• Double left-click on Computer from your Start menu or Desktop.
  • The desktop Computer icon is shown above.
  • In the Start menu Computer is just a word listed, you would simply single left-click on the word Computer from the list of locations on the right of the Vista's Start menu.

• Double left-click Local Disk (C:).

• Double left-click the Windows folder.

• Scroll through & find notepad.exe.
• Single right-click on notepad.exe.
• Single left-click on Copy from the context menu shown above.
  • This Copy procedure copies the notepad.exe file to the Windows clipboard for a temporary holding place.

• Press Backspace on the keyboard once to go back a folder & return to Local Disk (C:).
  • Local Disk (C:) is also known as the "root of the c drive".

• Double left-click the folder containing your user profile.
  • If unsure go to Start then Accessories & then Command Prompt.  You can find your profile name there.

• Double left-click the AppData folder.

• Double left-click the Roaming folder.

• Double left-click the Microsoft folder.

• Double left-click the Windows folder.

• Single right-click on the SendTo folder.

• Single left-click Paste in the context menu that pops-up as shown here to Paste notepad.exe & add it to the SendTo menu.

• Single left-click the red X in the top right corner to close any leftover Windows.

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Now when you single right-click on an object that shows SendTo in it's context menu, notepad.exe will be an option under SendTo's pop-up menu.