How to Add “Copy to” and “Move to” into Context Menu of Windows 10 – Guide

Microsoft Windows 10 still has some quirks that some of us, especially power users, would like to change. Annoyingly, fixing many of these quirks, adding new and improved features often requires editing the Windows registry file and more than a little esoteric knowledge. The Copy To and Move To functions, which are among the most used options in Windows, are not yet present. The surprising thing is that there is a hack to enable these functions, and this has been known since the release of Windows XP.

Please follow each step very carefully. Below you will find instructions on how to add “Move to” and “Copy to” functions to the Windows 10 context menu.

How to add ‘Move to’ and ‘Copy to’ context menu options in Windows 10

Add ‘Move to’ to the context menu

To open the Run box, press the Win+R keyboard shortcut. ..

In the Run box, type ‘regedit’ and hit Enter.

There you will see a key called “ShellEx” with a value of “{00020424-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}”. Right click on this key and select New > DWORD (32 bit) Value. Name the new value “ContextMenuHandlers” and set its value to 1. To enable the context menu for files and folders in Windows Explorer, go to the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAllFilesystemObjectsShellExContextMenuHandlers and set the ContextMenuHandlers value to 1. ..

New>Key allows you to create custom key bindings for the context menu handlers.

The key “Move to” is “Moving to a new city.”

The default value for the Move To key is “C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming”. ..

Double-click the default value and enter the following. C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13

Add ‘Copy to’ to context menu

To open the Run dialog box, press the Win+R keyboard shortcut. ..

In the Run box that opens, type ‘regedit’ and tap the Enter key.

The key is “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAllFilesystemObjects\shelllexContextMenuHandlers”. This key contains a list of all the context menu handlers for the Shell object.

Right-click the ContextMenuHandlers key and select New>Key from the context menu. In the New Key dialog box, type ContextMenuHandlers and click OK. ..

Copy to:

  1. Your email address
  2. The recipient’s email address
  3. A message or note you want to send To send a copy of a message or note to multiple recipients, use the “Copy to” field in your email program’s “Message” window. ..

Copy to: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu This will copy the current contents of the “Start Menu” folder to the “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming" folder.

To change the default browser, double-click the value and enter the following in the value data box. {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} ..

The registry editor is a tool that helps you create and manage your computer’s registry. By closing it, you will be able to finish the process of creating a new registry.

Final note

Adding “Copy to” and “Move to” commands to the context menu of Windows 10 can help you easily copy and move files around. ..