How to add a shortcut to SendTo menu

One of the first things I do on a fresh Windows install is to add Notepad to the SendTo context menu. As a developer, it is sometimes convenient to open a code file, XML file or a config file quickly in Notepad for quick edits without opening it up on Visual Studio or launching its associated program.

So how do you add Notepad (or any other shortcut, for that matter) to the SendTo context menu?

In Windows XP, by default, the SendTo shortcuts are saved in C:\Documents and Settings\[UserID]\SendTo folder. But this folder is hidden by default, so it was a pain to access this folder if you have Do not show hidden files and folders option set in Explorer Folder Options.

In Windows Vista accessing this folder is a much bigger pain. Now this SendTo folder is located at C:\Users\[UserID]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\

But wait, you don't need to use Explorer to navigate to this folder. There's a much easier way in both XP and Vista!

In XP's Run menu or in Vista's Search menu (hey, I luuv this Vista search!), just type   shell:sendto and hit enter to open the SendTo folder.

Simple. How simpler can it get?