Adding CopyTo and Move To commands to a Right Click Context menu

I spend a lot of time researching for useful tools and hacks on the Internet. One of my favourite web sites is “How to Geek“. Their website is www.howtogeek.com  

You can register with this website and once you subscribe you will receive regular e-mails on a whole range of topics. This site has a lot of useful information on Windows 7 and of course, Vista and Windows XP.  

One practical article I came across was entitled “Add Copy to/Move to on Windows 7 or Vista Right Click Menu“. It described how you can change the registry to include these two commands – Copy to and Move to which are then added to any right-click Context menu. 

There was advice how to do this manually hack the Register. Personally, I am always reluctant in going into the Registry and making changes. I prefer to take the easier route and download their registry tweaks such as the one mentioned below as these will do the job for you trouble-free. I have included it below.  

Download Copy To / Move To Registry Tweak   

Unzipping the Registry Hack

Once you download the Registry file, it comes as a Zip file; you’ll need to unzip it.  

1. Select Open with.
2. Click Ok.

Downloaded Files

Once you unzip the downloaded file, inside it there are two files – copyto.reg and moveto.reg.  

Installing Copyto.reg

1. Double- click copyto.reg.
2. Windows opens a Caution dialog box.
3. Click the Ok button.
4. The User Account Control intervenes. Click the Yes button.
5. The Registry Editor cautions you. Click Yes to continue.
6. Finally, the Registry Editor advises you that you have succeeded!
7. Click the Ok button.

Once you install these useful commands on your right-click menus it is a simple matter to move or copy a file to another location such as a drive or folder without having to open it first.  After all that you’ve added “Copy To” to the right-click Context menu. This is what you should see when you right-click on a file or folder on your Desktop. 

Copy To working!

 Note: Now you have to repeat the process again to install Move To. 

  Using Move To or Copy To

Now it’s time to put the new Context menu commands to the test.  

Move To and Copy To at Work!

Was it worth the effort! 

I’ve used these two hacks right back in Vista and found them very useful, so I’d have to say an emphatic, “Yes!”