Barb Nelson
January 7th 04, 12:20 PM
Hi Group,
I was trying to create a Print Directory Lising option in
XP using the following steps:
1. Open Notepad
2. Copy the following text and paste it into Notepad:
----
@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing" exit
----
3. In the File/Save As dialog box, type the following:
%windir%\Printdir.bat Save to the Windows folder.
Then..
To add the ability to print a folder's contents to the
right-click menu..
1. Open the Control Panel and then click Folder Options.
2. On the File Types tab, click File Folder.
3. Click Advanced, and then New. In the Action box, type
Print Directory Listing.
4. In the Application used to perform action box, type
printdir.bat, and click OK. Click OK, OK, and then Close.
_____________________________
I followed everything correctly except for one not-so-
small detail, which I realized as soon as I did it..
Instead of clicking on "File Folder" in the Control
Panel/Folder Options/File Types, I clicked on "Folder",
which added an option to print a list of Directories and
Files if you right click on the directory icon on the
left in Explorer, but not the ability to right-
click/print just the files within a folder listed on the
right.
My question is this: How do I undo what I've done so I
can correct the problem?
If I try to assign the association to the "File Folder"
now, I get the error: "The action 'Print Directory
Listing' is already registered for this file type. Please
enter a different name and try again." I guess I need to
un-assign the association I created.
I've tried to edit the registry
HKey_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\Print_Directory_ Listing\
default
(Edit/Modify) by changing the Value Data from "Print
Directory Listing" to "none" - and
under ..\command\default (Edit/Modify) Value data from
"printdir.bat "%1"" to "none". This didn't work. I've
even deleted the printdir.bat file I created and tried to
start over.
Can anyone advise me what to do?
TIA,
Barb
I was trying to create a Print Directory Lising option in
XP using the following steps:
1. Open Notepad
2. Copy the following text and paste it into Notepad:
----
@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing" exit
----
3. In the File/Save As dialog box, type the following:
%windir%\Printdir.bat Save to the Windows folder.
Then..
To add the ability to print a folder's contents to the
right-click menu..
1. Open the Control Panel and then click Folder Options.
2. On the File Types tab, click File Folder.
3. Click Advanced, and then New. In the Action box, type
Print Directory Listing.
4. In the Application used to perform action box, type
printdir.bat, and click OK. Click OK, OK, and then Close.
_____________________________
I followed everything correctly except for one not-so-
small detail, which I realized as soon as I did it..
Instead of clicking on "File Folder" in the Control
Panel/Folder Options/File Types, I clicked on "Folder",
which added an option to print a list of Directories and
Files if you right click on the directory icon on the
left in Explorer, but not the ability to right-
click/print just the files within a folder listed on the
right.
My question is this: How do I undo what I've done so I
can correct the problem?
If I try to assign the association to the "File Folder"
now, I get the error: "The action 'Print Directory
Listing' is already registered for this file type. Please
enter a different name and try again." I guess I need to
un-assign the association I created.
I've tried to edit the registry
HKey_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\Print_Directory_ Listing\
default
(Edit/Modify) by changing the Value Data from "Print
Directory Listing" to "none" - and
under ..\command\default (Edit/Modify) Value data from
"printdir.bat "%1"" to "none". This didn't work. I've
even deleted the printdir.bat file I created and tried to
start over.
Can anyone advise me what to do?
TIA,
Barb