Add Dropbox to the Windows 7 Context Menu

Last Updated on December 22, 2011

Adding Dropbox to the Windows 7 Send To context menu makes adding files to Dropbox easier.

Click Start and type: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo in the Search box and hit Enter.

Now right click the Dropbox folder under Favorites and hold down the mouse button.

Release the folder then select Create Shortcuts Here. If you don’t have Dropbox listed under Favorites, drag the Dropbox icon from where it’s located.

This puts a shortcut to Dropbox in the Send To directory. Close out of the Explorer window.

To help identify the folder locations, rename the shortcuts.

Now when you right click a file or folder, Dropbox appears on the Context Menu.

If you have several folders in Dropbox, use the same steps to drill down to specific folders in Dropbox. Here’s an example of a few different folders from my Dropbox directory.

8 Comments

rob
that was awesome, thanks
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alice
Didn’t know I needed it.until.I added it. Thnx groovy!
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Chaitanya
Dropbox is a built in installation in Windows 7 or we need to install it separately? and then we need to follow above steps?
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- Steve Krause
  Dropbox is a seperate but FREE application. Here’s our article that talks about what it does and how to set it up – http://gpo.st/1t0
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  - Chaitanya
    Thanks Steve.
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Mike
Followed the steps and also tried this different ways but isn’t working. The link is created. The problem is when I try the send to command, only the dropbox folder location opens. The file is not sent or copied there.
I can only copy files and paste them in dropbox. Any ideas?
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pfftwhatev
Perfect! Don’t know why Dropbox doesn’t include this as a part of their standard install. Thanks dude!
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- Steve Krause
  Yeah no kidding. Makes things much easier.
  Sent from my Mobile
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