does anyone know if theres an app that will make a list of file that are in a folder, or am i gonna have to spend ther next year of my life typing them all up

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We old timers can do this stuff......

From your XP Start Menu select 'Run', then enter cmd.exe in to the box. Press Return, and a black 'Command Window' will appear on screen.

Now, you need the name of the folder. Let's assume it's C:\Files

Type in cd c:\files in to the command window.

Now press Return.

The prompt should change to read c:\files (or whatever)

Now type in dir *.* > filelist.txt

This will produce a file containing a list of the files and their sizes, etc. The file is called filelist.txt and you can open it up with Notepad or Word or whatever.

thanks:thumbsup:

Now type in dir *.* > filelist.txt.

That's the way i'd do it too. ;)

I'd be surprised if there wasn't some little app that could do this with a GUI now though...


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That's the way i'd do it too. ;)

I'd be surprised if there wasn't some little app that could do this with a GUI now though...


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Yes, I expect there is somewhere. Funnily enough I tried to find one some time ago and couldn't - maybe I should sit down and write one. Possible market! ;)

maybe I should sit down and write one. Possible market! ;)

Yeah, i was just thinking the same! :D


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If you type help dir while in dos it will give you a list of options. For instance dir /b will list just the file names without all the other information and dir /s will list the files in the current directory and all sub-directories.

Yes, I expect there is somewhere. Funnily enough I tried to find one some time ago and couldn't - maybe I should sit down and write one. Possible market! ;)

Yeah, i was just thinking the same! :D


If you are going to do one could you try and make it do the same to playlists? I have used the DOS feature many times but this doesn't work for playlists. What I would really like is a bit of software which puts all the files in a playlist in to a folder of their own if the need arises.

Is this the sort of thing you need? LS - File List Generator (http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/en) - it's a windows program instead of using the command line. I tried it & it worked ok for me, but I haven't tried all the possible ways of what you can have in the list.

I've used a free program called 'Cathy' for years.

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/File_Cataloging_Utilities/Cathy.html

Creates a searchable database of files on any media. Easy to copy lists from the catalogue to clipboard and paste into another application. Very fast and very useful.

Ah well, another market disappears!

Thanks guys - I'll take a look at these and add them to my own list of usefuls!

Print Folder - here you go;

http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware

Print Folder - here you go;

http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware

That is the one I was thinking of, the name of the program had completely slipped my mind...Thanks. :)

I've used Karen's Directory Printer for years

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp