toolkit/bin/sendto

SendTo Recomposed

A modern, Unicode-only re-implementation of the classic SendTo+ helper for Windows.
Compared with the original project, this version is faster, 64-bit clean and shows custom folder icons in the popup.
Licensed under GPL v3.

Key Ingredients

• Unicode-only no ANSI/TCHAR branches – predictable builds
• Dark mode ready Native dark-theme support
• Custom folder icons honours desktop.ini for nicer menu visuals
• Icon cache a single SHGetImageList call – speedy painting
• Secure recursion hidden/system items skipped, depth capped to 4
• Robust drag-and-drop real IDataObject, always calls DragLeave
• Clean shutdown no GDI, COM or image-list leaks
• High-DPI aware PerMonitorV2 scaling on Windows 10+
• Custom SendTo directory Override default via /D <directory> switch
• Native 64-bit Compiled and tested for x86_64 with no WOW64 redirection issues

Building

MSVC

rc /r sendto.rc

cl /O2 /MD /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE ^
   sendto.c ^
   ole32.lib shell32.lib shlwapi.lib comctl32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib uuid.lib

mt -nologo -manifest sendto.manifest -outputresource:sendto.exe;#1

The output sendto.exe is fully 64-bit.

Usage

1. Copy the executable anywhere on disk.
2. Run it – a Send To style popup appears under the cursor with every item (and sub-folder) from the sendto folder located next to the executable.
   • Use sendto.exe /D <directory> to point to a custom directory.
   • Use sendto.exe /? to display this help message.
3. Either click an entry to launch it, or drag files onto the menu and drop them on a target to perform the same action Explorer would.

Context-Menu Integration

To register SendTo Recomposed in the Windows right-click menu for files and folders, create this .reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; ── Add "Send To+" for all files
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\SendToRecomposed]
@="Send To+"
"Icon"="\"%ProgramFiles%\\SendTo Recomposed\\sendto.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\SendToRecomposed\command]
@="\"%ProgramFiles%\\SendTo Recomposed\\sendto.exe\" \"%1\""

; ── Add "Send To+" for folders
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\SendToRecomposed]
@="Send To+"
"Icon"="\"%ProgramFiles%\\SendTo Recomposed\\sendto.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\SendToRecomposed\command]
@="\"%ProgramFiles%\\SendTo Recomposed\\sendto.exe\" \"%1\""

Usage

1. Copy sendto.exe into C:\Program Files\SendTo Recomposed\.
2. Save the above as add-context-menu.reg and double-click to merge into your registry.
3. Right-click any file or folder and select Send To+.

To unregister, create a .reg with these deletions:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\SendToRecomposed]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\SendToRecomposed]

License

This code is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for full text.

Credits

• Original concept & code © 2017 lifenjoiner
• Complete refactor & modernisation © 2025 DSR! - xchwarze@gmail.com