{"id":95885,"date":"2017-04-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=95885"},"modified":"2019-03-13T01:09:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T08:09:05","slug":"20170403-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20170403-00\/?p=95885","title":{"rendered":"How do I create a shortcut in the Send To menu that runs a program with a command line option?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To add an item to your Send To<\/i> menu, create a shortcut in the Send To<\/i> folder. The easy way to do this is to open an Explorer window and type shell:sendto<\/code> in the address bar. This will take you straight to the Send To<\/i> folder. From there, you can right-click an empty space and select New<\/i>… Shortcut<\/i>, and then fill in the information about the program you want to send to. <\/p>\n

The default behavior is to run the shortcut target with the file on the command line. But what if you want the program to run with a special command line option? <\/p>\n

When you fill in the information about the shortcut, include the command line options when you say what you want to be a shortcut to: <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n
What item would you like to create a shortcut for? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This wizard helps you to create shortcuts to local or network programs, files, folders, computers, or Internet addresses. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type the location of the item: <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n
notepad \/a <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Browse… <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Here, I’m creating a shortcut to Notepad with the command line option \/a<\/code> which forces a file to be opened in the ANSI code page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If you right-click a file and send it to this shortcut, it will run Notepad with the \/a<\/code> command line option. <\/p>\n

Bonus<\/b>: Send To<\/i> simulates a drop on the shortcut, and this technique applies generally to drag\/drop operations on shortcuts: Create a shortcut anywhere using this technique, then drop a file on the shortcut. It will open Notepad with the \/a<\/code> command line option. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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