Send to

Updated: 10/07/2019 by Computer Hope
More Windows Send to options

The send to feature, introduced with Windows 95, is an option in the Windows context menu when you right-click a file or folder. It "sends" a file to a program of your choice, opening the file with the program.

For example, to open a text file in a program other than the default (e.g., Notepad), you could install a different text editor. Then, use the send to feature to utilize that program instead of Notepad.

Operating system terms, Send