John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Sun Mar 6 20:42:16 CST 2005
Rocky, Rats. I guess I should've asked this first. Do you have the "Send to - Mail Recipient" in the shortcut menu and it doesn't work or do you not have it in the menu? John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:19 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Send To Stopped Working John: New user had all the same stuff as my account. Same stuff as the laptop on which 'Send To' is working. So I don't think it's in the Sent To Folder. Any other ideas? TIA, Rocky ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Send To Stopped Working > Rocky, > Its sounds as if something messed up your registry or personal folder > settings. (I'm assuming you have Windows XP/2000. Windows 9X keeps this > info > under Windows\Profile\UserName.) > > I'd say the easiest way to get this back would be to create another user > (control panel - user accounts). I'll call it "NewUser". > Then go into Windows Explorer and do Tools | Folder Options [View] - under > Advanced Settings make sure view hidden files and folders is checked then > click OK. > > Now navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\NewUser\SendTo and you will see > all of the shortcut menu icons on NewUser's shortcut menu. > > Select the items you want on yours and copy them to the C:\Documents and > Settings\Rocky\SendTo folder. > > By default XP sets up Mail Recipient, Compressed (zipped) Folder, My > Documents, Desktop(create shortcut) shortcuts for each user. If your > NewUser > does not have the necessary items in it let me know because there is > something rotten in SendTo land. > > HTH > John B. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:16 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Send To Stopped Working > > John: > > Well I'm back to this problem and it turns out it's not unique to WinZip. > It's the send to mail recipient that's broken. Any ideas? > > TIA > > Rocky > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> > To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 11:05 AM > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Send To Stopped Working > > >> Rocky, >> Does Send to WinZip and Email still appear on the shortcut menu? >> >> If so go into WinZip | Options | Configuration >> System Tab: >> Ensure Associate WinZip with Archives is checked >> Explorer Enhancements Tab: >> -Top 3 checkboxes (Under title "General") should be checked. If they are >> checked, then: >> uncheck them-click-OK >> open the same dialog again-recheck them and click OK. >> (It really does work that quickly on my machine.) >> >> HTH >> John B. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky >> Smolin - >> Beach Access Software >> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:37 AM >> To: dba-tech >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Send To Stopped Working >> >> Dear List: >> >> I use the 'Send To' and 'WinZip and Email' options in the context menu >> that >> pops up when you right click a file. Use it a LOT. >> >> A few days ago it stopped working. I don't know where the file goes but >> it >> doesn't appear in an email like it used to. >> >> About the same time I installed something call winRAR and thinking that >> it >> might have hosed this feature I uninstalled it but it made no difference. >> >> Anybody have any speculation as to why it may have stopped? >> >> (I'll bet a dollar there's a registry key involved.) >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky Smolin >> Beach Access Software >> http://www.e-z-mrp.com >> 858-259-4334 >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com