How can I add Paint to the Windows Vista ‘Send To’ menu?

First, copy the following and paste it into Start/Search.

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

Then, click the Send To folder link, opening the folder.

Then, without closing this folder, return to Search and find Paint (All Programs>Accessories). Or, you can just type the word Paint into search. Either way, right-click on Paint and select Copy from the menu.

Return to the already open Send To folder and select Paste from the right-click context menu.

And there it is.

Find an image file you’d like to send to Paint, right-click, and choose Paint from the menu.

The image will now open in Paint.

In XP, bring up Run with the keyboard shortcut Win+R (holding the Windows key and the R key). In Run, type sendtoand tap the Enter key or click OK. That will open the Send To folder. From that point, the copy/paste instructions above should lead to the same outcome.

By the way, for opening image files, Paint should be included by default in the Open With option of the right-click context menu in all 3 operating systems.

---- Nishad S S