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To: SE who wrote (16105)	2/10/2001 12:15:36 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

scott i'm not looking at the tip in that light, though it's written like that is a big advantage. i like it simply for the 'send to' function. do you ever use send to, scott? "Right now if you double click the item, it opens in the associated program." yes. but it doesn't send it anywhere. like if i have a floppy with a file from another pc. i put it in my floppy drive, view the files by clicking the A:drive in explorer, right-click the desired file on the floppy, and choose 'send to'. the resulting menu right now gives me 6 choices (destinations). none of them are of my making. i can now add items (destinations) to the 'send to' list. for instance, i want to add 'my documents' to the 'send to' list. make sense? :) mark

To: SE who wrote (16105)	2/10/2001 2:08:18 PM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110652

Send To ... I'm looking at expanding my Send To list. Currently, I anticipate adding NotePad, Printer, Fred, (another text editor) and WordPad to the list. Sending to a generic text printer may work as a convenient way of converting 'fancy' text to 'plain', if it works. Files containing initialization codes could be sent to my printer with a simple click. This may prove useful or wasteful. I'll need live with it a bit to know for sure. The same idea could be applied to my modem too. I'll use this feature as a quick way of over-riding default associations on one-time basis. I haven't finished experimenting, but currently anticipate being able to click on 'C' source files and having them compile. Once compiled, the executable will run normally. Again, I must emphasize that this is a work in progress and may lead down some blind alleys. If I discover any gems in the sand, I'll post about it. Cheers, PW.