Resolution
This happens if the Mail Recipient (Mail
Recipient.MAPIMail) file is deleted from the SendTo folder
of your user profile. A copy of the file is present in each user profile, and
also in the Default user profile. Follow one of the methods
below to restore the file and the Mail Recipient entry to the Send To menu.
Method 1
- Login
to a user account with administrative privileges.
- Download fixmailrecipient.zip and
save the file to Desktop.
- Extract
the Zip file contents (FixMailRecipient.exe and Readme.txt)
to a folder.
- Double-click
the file FixMailRecipient.exe to run it.
- The
Mail Recipient entry should now be restored to the Send To menu.
Method 2
- Click Start, type
the following and press Enter:
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
- Right-click
the Mail Recipient icon and choose Copy (Keyboard: CTRL+C)
- Click
Start, type the following and press Enter:
shell:sendto
- Right-click
an empty area in the folder, and choose Paste (CTRL+V)
Method 3
- Click
Start, type control folders and press ENTER
- Select
the View tab, and uncheck the following option:
Hide extensions for known file types
- Click
OK
- Click
Start, type shell:sendto and press ENTER
- Create
a new text document (Right-click - New - Text document)
- Rename
the text file to Mail Recipient.MAPIMail
- Click
Yes when you see the following message:
If you
change a file name extension, the file may become unusable.
Are you
sure you want to change it?
Note that after renaming the file, the .MAPIMail extension
hides automatically. The Mail Recipient entry should now be restored to the
Send To menu.
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