Customise your Send To menu

TITLE: Customise your Send To menu CONTACT: admin@firstwebbuilder.co.uk COPYRIGHT: �2002 by Dianne Reuby. All rights reserved WORD COUNT: 415 including resource box FORMAT: This article is formatted to 60cpl. *********************************************************** Customise your Send To menu by Dianne Reuby  Question : How can I open my file in a different program - easily? Answer : Customise enemies glitter|envelope glitter|glitter bath bomb|glitter bath bombs|glitter bomb|glitter bomb cambuslang|glitter bomb card|glitter bomb cocktail|glitter bomb cupcakes|glitter bomb drink|glitter bomb enemies|glitter bomb envelope|glitter bomb gif|glitter bomb jewelry|glitter bomb letter|glitter bomb order|glitter bomb package|glitter bomb prank|glitter bomb send|glitter bomb shot|glitter bomb uk|glitter bomb video|glitter bomb wallpaper|glitter bomb your enemy|glitter bomb youtube|glitter by mail|glitter envelope|glitter for enemies|glitter for your enemies|glitter in envelope|glitter my enemies|glitter send|glitter ship|glitter to enemies|how to send a glitter bomb|mail a glitter bomb|mail someone glitter|mail your enemies glitter|neon glitter bomb|order glitter bomb|rimmel glitter bomb|send enemies glitter|send glitter|send glitter bomb|send glitter mail|send glitter to|send glitter to enemies|send glitter to my enemies|send glitter to someone|send glitter to your|send my enemies glitter|send some glitter|spring loaded glitter tube "Send To" menu Windows "associates" files with programs according to the file extension and the software installed on the computer. So "myfile.doc" will be associated with your default word processor, "any.gif" will be associated with your default picture viewer or editor. Great - just one click on the filename, and it loads the program. What a time saver! But what if you don't want the file to load in its' associated program? For example: my PC has quite a few .html files (web pages) stored on it. Some I've saved when surfing, some I've created. Windows associates these with my browser - after all, where else would you want to view a web page? Quite often, in my web page editor! Or if I just want to make a small change to one of my pages, in my text editor. So, load the program, choose File, then Open, search for my directory and file, and ... what was I going to do? Can't quite remember, now! You don't have to go this route. In Windows 98, if you right-click on a file, you get a pop-up menu. One of the choices is "Send To". You can easily add items to this menu, so that you can load in a file in the program of your choice rather than the default program. Here's how: Open Windows Explorer, and find the Windows directory. In this directory you'll find the Send To directory. Click on this to open it. On the menu bar, choose File, New, and Shortcut. You'll get a dialog box asking for the path or location of your program - click the browse button and find it on your hard drive, then choose OK. Click the "Next" button, and give it a name. If you want it to be the first item on your Send To list, you can use an underscore, like this : "_MyProg". Click "Finish" and you're done. Now, when you want to open a file in a program other than its' default, just right- click, choose Send To, and the program you want. Happy site building! *********************************************************** Dianne Reuby is co-author of the e-book "First Website Builder". Dianne created and runs the First Web Builder site, dedicated to providing ebooks and tips for new webmasters. Visit FWB at website AOL ***********************************************************