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Copy and Move Files in Windows Explorer More Efficiently with this Registry Hack

Normally, to copy or move selected files in Windows Explorer, you would select the files, then select Copy or Move from the context menu, move to the folder where you wanted to copy or move the files, then paste the files in the target folder. This hack creates 2 new entries in the context menu, Copy To Folder... and Move To Folder..., which brings up a 2nd dialog box that allows you to browse to the target folder to copy or move the files while leaving Windows Explorer in the current directory, as you can see below:

The dialog box can be resized, and the size will be retained until you change it again. It is best to increase the size so that there is less need to scroll, but don't make it too big—otherwise, you will frequently have to move the dialog box because the Copy or Move command buttons will be below the bottom of the screen, depending on the screen position of the right-clicked item.

To create the new context menu entries, open the Run dialog box by selecting Start ►Run or pressing Windows + R. Type in regedit, then click OK or press Enter.  Open the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex
 \ContextMenuHandlers. Right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers registry key and select New ► Key. Enter Copy To. Double-click the (default) entry in the right pane. This will present the following dialog box:

Enter {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} for the Value data.

Create another key using the same procedure as above, but name it Move To, double-click the (default) subkey in the right pane, and enter {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}. The 2 new key entries should look this this:

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