Computer & Internet Newbie Guide

Edit The Send To Menu

The Send To Menu is a handy tool for sure, but sometimes it does get filled with unnecessary extra software programs. You’ll find the Send To Menu by right clicking on a file and you can use this option to send files to your A: (to copy onto a disk), or email the file, etc.

Here’s how you can clean out that menu:

• Open Windows Explorer (right click on the Start button on your bottom taskbar and click Explore)
• Find the Windows folder
• Select Send To folder
• Delete items you no longer want or drag and drop items into this folder that you want added

Note: You may not find the Send To folder within your Windows folder. If this is the case, the folder is hidden. While you’re in Windows Explorer, click ‘Tools’ on the top menu, click Folder Options, click the View tab, and click ‘Show Hidden Files and Folders’ button. Click ‘Apply’ then ‘OK’. You should now see the Send To folder with your Windows folder.

That’s all you need to do to add or remove items to your Send To menu. Simple!

If you have important emails you need to keep copies of, here is how you can make backups of your emails (in case anything happens to your computer).

Saving Copies Of Emails In Outlook Express

• Open Outlook Express
• Find your mail folder by clicking ‘Tools’ then ‘Options’
• You will be presented with the ‘Options’ dialog box
• Click on the ‘Maintenance’ tab

• Select the ‘Store Folder’ button
• You will now see the ‘Store Location’ dialog box - highlight the entire content in that box by right clicking, select all, then right click, then copy

• After copying the location, click ‘Cancel’
• Paste the location to Notepad (or any text editor)

Look at the location of the mail and then right click on your ‘Start’ button for your Windows operating system Start Menu and click ‘Explore’ to access Windows Explorer. For example: If your location begins with - C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\ - you would double click the Local Disk (C):, then find the ‘Windows’ Folder, click that to open the contents, then click the ‘Application Data’ folder to open the contents, then click the ‘Identities’ folder to reveal the contents, you should then see the alpha/numeric file folder that was indicated in your mail location. Keep clicking the folders within that folder til you reach the ‘Outlook Express’ folder. Open that folder up and you should see a bunch of .dbx files - these are all the files you need to backup.

Right click on the Outlook Express folder and send to ‘A:’ to copy to a floppy or right click and copy to paste into a backup folder on your computer. It is recommended that you keep copies of all important documents and files on a floppy disk - just in case your computer crashes.

This may seem somewhat complicated, but it really isn’t. It’s just a matter of finding where your emails are stored on your computer, going to that location then copying the emails to a floppy or another location.

If anything happens to your computer or if you want a copy of your address book on another computer, saving your address book to a floppy is a snap.

Saving A Copy Of Your Address Book

• Open Outlook Express
• Click ‘File’
• Choose ‘Export Address Book’
• Choose ‘Text File’
• Click ‘Export’
• Enter a filename you choose to save copy as (ie. addresses)
• Click ‘Browse’ to select the location you would like to save the copy to
• Click ‘Next’
• Select the fields you wish to save by ticking the boxes
• Now click ‘Finish’
• Click ‘OK’
• Click ‘Close’

Check the location you saved the file to and ensure the copy was made (it will be a .csv file). Keep a copy of this file on a floppy disk that you can use to transfer your address book to another computer (and to restore in case your computer crashes), as well as a copy in a master backup folder you keep on your computer (recommended) to easily reload your address book in case of mistaken deletions.