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~ Free Spirit ~
January 21st 04, 04:21 AM
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"Lorne Smith" > wrote in message
...
> 1) Click START, then click RUN
> 2) Type in CMD in the window which opens and click OK, a black window
will
> appear. This is the windows Command Prompt
> 3) You now need to access the directory where your midi files are. For
> example: If the were located in the folder "c:\music\midi", then you
would
> type "CD C:\music\midi" and press the enter key. Do not include the
> quotation marks.
> I would guess that your midi files are located in your "My Documents"
> folder? These seems to be what you are saying. To access this folder,
you
> would need something like "CD C:\Documents & Settings\FreeSpirit\My
> Documents". Note that may not be the exact path, as I cannot know your
user
> name (where I have put FreeSpirit). You can find the correct path
easily
> enough by right clicking on one of your midi files and choosing
PROPERTIES
> from the popup menu, then look for a field like LOCATION, this will tell
you
> the exact path.
> 4) Once in the correct folder, type "DIR *.MID > midifiles.txt" and
press
> enter. This will create a text file MIDIFILES.TXT holding a list of all
the
> midi files in the folder.
> 5) In Explorer, browse to your midi files folder, locate the
MIDIFILES.TXT
> file and double click it to open it in notepad, then click the File ->
Print
> menu option...
======================
OK I did that,.... and this is what I get with W-XP-Home addition:

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 5C03-2A89

Directory of C:\CAROLS STUFF\WAV

---------THAT WAS ALL!!!!---- and the second time I got this:

All Users

-------------------------------------
There was "NO LIST" of the over 200 wav files in the folder. Just 2
useless txt files as seen above.
My Dummies book lacks these DOS commands or they're not listed in the 4
different index pages.
--
FS.....
My webpages:
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/indexpage.html
"Go for younger men. You might as well, they never mature anyway."
~~~~<~~~~<~~~{@ ~~~~<~~~~<~~~{@ ~~~~<~~~{@ ~~~<~~{@

Lorne Smith
January 21st 04, 04:01 PM
"~ Free Spirit ~" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Lorne Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 1) Click START, then click RUN
> > 2) Type in CMD in the window which opens and click OK, a black window
> will
> > appear. This is the windows Command Prompt
> > 3) You now need to access the directory where your midi files are. For
> > example: If the were located in the folder "c:\music\midi", then you
> would
> > type "CD C:\music\midi" and press the enter key. Do not include the
> > quotation marks.
> > I would guess that your midi files are located in your "My Documents"
> > folder? These seems to be what you are saying. To access this folder,
> you
> > would need something like "CD C:\Documents & Settings\FreeSpirit\My
> > Documents". Note that may not be the exact path, as I cannot know your
> user
> > name (where I have put FreeSpirit). You can find the correct path
> easily
> > enough by right clicking on one of your midi files and choosing
> PROPERTIES
> > from the popup menu, then look for a field like LOCATION, this will tell
> you
> > the exact path.
> > 4) Once in the correct folder, type "DIR *.MID > midifiles.txt" and
> press
> > enter. This will create a text file MIDIFILES.TXT holding a list of all
> the
> > midi files in the folder.
> > 5) In Explorer, browse to your midi files folder, locate the
> MIDIFILES.TXT
> > file and double click it to open it in notepad, then click the File ->
> Print
> > menu option...
> ======================
> OK I did that,.... and this is what I get with W-XP-Home addition:
>
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 5C03-2A89
>
> Directory of C:\CAROLS STUFF\WAV
>
> ---------THAT WAS ALL!!!!---- and the second time I got this:
>
> All Users
>
> -------------------------------------
> There was "NO LIST" of the over 200 wav files in the folder. Just 2
> useless txt files as seen above.
> My Dummies book lacks these DOS commands or they're not listed in the 4
> different index pages.
> --
> FS.....
> My webpages:
> http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/indexpage.html
> "Go for younger men. You might as well, they never mature anyway."
> ~~~~<~~~~<~~~{@ ~~~~<~~~~<~~~{@ ~~~~<~~~{@ ~~~<~~{@
>
>

For MIDI files, you want dir *.mid > midifiles.txt
For WAV files, you would want dir *.wav > wavfiles.txt

The '*' character is a wildcard. Basically you are asking the computer for
a listing of all files where the 3 letters after the DOT extension are MID
or WAV...

Lorne

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