Add Copy To and Move To in the context menu of File Explorer

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In Windows 10, you can add the commands Copy To and Move To to the context menu of File Explorer. While these commands are available on the Ribbon, it is useful to have them directly in the right click menu for faster access. Let's see how it can be done.

The Copy To context menu command is designed to copy selected files and folders to a destination folder which the user can choose.

The context menu command Move To has a similar behavior but it moves selected items from one location to another.

 

As noted earlier, these commands are accessible from the Ribbon in Windows 10's File Explorer:

 

 

Having them in the context menu can speed up your daily file management tasks. They are especially useful for users who prefer to disable the Ribbon interface of Windows 10's File Explorer. Here is what you have to do to add these commands to the context menu.

 

Add Copy To and Move To in the context menu of File Explorer

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Go to the following key:

   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

    

3. Here, create a new subkey using the following names:

 

 

- for the Move To command, create a new subkey named {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}.

 

 

- for the Copy To context menu command, create a new subkey named {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}.

 

 

 

Now, you can select one or more files and folders in File Explorer and right click them. The commands will be accessible right in the context menu, as shown above.

 

To save your time, I prepared ready to use Registry files which you can download from here:

Download Registry Files

Watch the following video to see everything mentioned above in action:

 

Note: This trick also works in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

 

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