Explore.exe Address Bar “Shell:” Command in Windows 7

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Question

With Windows 7 was just trying to navigate to 

c:\users\scott.cate\sendto

to modify the [send to] context menu and I was getting access denied. With a little search engine work I found this trick.

Open Windows Explorer (Win+E Shortcut) and type

Shell:sendto

into the addres bar and press enter. Windows Explorer opens up to 

C:\Users\scott.cate\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

which is what I was really looking for.

So my question is (which I couldn't find in the search engines) ...

Does anyone know of a master list of these "Shell:" shortcut commands and/or some documentation for Windows 7?

Was it helpful?

Solution

There is a bunch of them, try these ones for Vista:

http://www.nerdgrind.com/vista-shell-commands-list-and-how-to-use-them/

OTHER TIPS

The other link is now broken. Here's an explanation and comprehensive list for Windows 7:

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/john_paul_cook/archive/2013/02/13/windows-shell-commands.aspx

And here's the list, for posterity:

  • AddNewProgramsFolder
  • Administrative Tools
  • AppData
  • AppUpdatesFolder
  • Cache
  • CD Burning
  • ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder
  • Common Administrative Tools
  • Common AppData
  • Common Desktop
  • Common Documents
  • Common Programs
  • Common Start Menu
  • Common Startup
  • Common Templates
  • CommonDownloads
  • CommonMusic
  • CommonPictures
  • CommonRingtones
  • CommonVideo
  • ConflictFolder
  • ConnectionsFolder
  • Contacts
  • ControlPanelFolder
  • Cookies
  • CredentialManager
  • CryptoKeys
  • CSCFolder
  • Default Gadgets
  • Desktop
  • Device Metadata Store
  • DocumentsLibrary
  • Downloads
  • DpapiKeys
  • Favorites
  • Fonts
  • Gadgets
  • Games
  • GameTasks
  • History
  • HomeGroupFolder
  • ImplicitAppShortcuts
  • InternetFolder
  • Libraries
  • Links
  • Local AppData
  • LocalAppDataLow
  • LocalizedResourcesDir
  • MAPIFolder
  • MusicLibrary
  • My Music
  • My Pictures
  • My Video
  • MyComputerFolder
  • NetHood
  • NetworkPlacesFolder
  • OEM Links
  • Original Images
  • Personal
  • PhotoAlbums
  • PicturesLibrary
  • Playlists
  • PrintersFolder
  • PrintHood
  • Profile
  • ProgramFiles
  • ProgramFilesCommon
  • ProgramFilesCommonX64
  • ProgramFilesCommonX86
  • ProgramFilesX64
  • ProgramFilesX86
  • Programs
  • Public
  • PublicGameTasks
  • PublicLibraries
  • Quick Launch
  • Recent
  • RecordedTVLibrary
  • RecycleBinFolder
  • ResourceDir
  • Ringtones
  • SampleMusic
  • SamplePictures
  • SamplePlaylists
  • SampleVideos
  • SavedGames
  • Searches
  • SearchHomeFolder
  • SendTo
  • Start Menu
  • Startup
  • SyncCenterFolder
  • SyncResultsFolder
  • SyncSetupFolder
  • System
  • SystemCertificates
  • SystemX86
  • Templates
  • User Pinned
  • UserProfiles
  • UserProgramFiles
  • UserProgramFilesCommon
  • UsersFilesFolder
  • UsersLibrariesFolder
  • VideosLibrary
  • Virtual Machines
  • Windows
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