Copy folder file list to text

[Francois Bergeron]

I need to copy a list of archived files on a DVD to an
excel or word document. I tried cut and paste, paste
special and nothing will do. Any ideas?

[Taurarian]

For a listing of CDs



In Notepad create this string:-



E:

DIR/ON/S>"%userprofile%\MY DOCUMENTS\CDLIST.TXT"



NB: E: represents the CD Drive





Save the file as printdir.bat (anywhere, even on desktop)



Now double click on this .bat file and it will send a text list to My
documents called CDLIST.TXT



This will send a listing.txt file to your "my documents folder" which
you can edit and print. - It works for me.





Or if you want something more sophisticated


How to create a context menu item that when clicked will generate an
editable text file listing of the selected directory.

To create the entry in the context menu it's necessary to first
create a .bat file. The format for the .bat file is:

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelisting.txt

The name of the .txt file can be whatever you'd like it called. In
the example above it's filelisting.

Create the file in Notepad and save the file in your Windows folder.
Make sure that the file extension is .bat (if necessary rename the
file and change the extension from .txt to bat).

Once the .bat file has been created the next step is to make it
functional and easily accessible by integrating it into the context
menu that opens when a right click is executed.

To do this:

Open Windows Explorer, click Tools, then click Folder Options.
Click the File Types tab, and then click Folder.
Click the Advanced button and then click New.

In the Action box, type the name that you want to appear in the
context menu. For example, Create File Listing.

Browse to the location where the .bat file you created is located,
select it and let it be the Application Used to Perform Actions.

Click OK, Apply and OK again to close all the open windows.

That's it !

To test, open up Windows Explorer, navigate to whatever folder you
want to use as the basis for the file list and right click to open
the context menu. Click on the Create File Listing item and the list
will be generated and displayed at the bottom of the open window as
filelisting.txt. Since it is a text file it can be fully edited,
copied, pasted, printed, etc for any purpose.

Note: If for any reason you want to remove the Create File Listing
entry from the context menu it will be necessary to edit the
registry. This can be accomplished by navigating to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Create_File_Listing using regedit and
deleting the Create_File_Listing key in the left pane. Close regedit
and reboot to complete removal.



"Francois Bergeron" > wrote in
message ...
> I need to copy a list of archived files on a DVD to an
> excel or word document. I tried cut and paste, paste
> special and nothing will do. Any ideas?