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List all *.jpg files in computer
The Windows Command Prompt, shows:
C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) |
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Gary,
why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? Maybe you are, as a standard user, not allowed to write into C:\ (the root folder) ? Try this : echo Test listjpg.txt If it also returns that error you do not have the rights. In that case write to your own personal temp-files folder. Like this: dir /s *.jpg %temp%\listjpg.txt By the way: also check out the "/b" option: dir /s /b *.jpg %temp%\listjpg.txt It outputs the full path of the found file. Hope that helps. Regards, Rudy Wieser -- Origional message: GARYWC schreef in berichtnieuws ... The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) |
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R.Wieser wrote:
Gary, why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? Maybe you are, as a standard user, not allowed to write into C:\ (the root folder) ? Try this : echo Test listjpg.txt If it also returns that error you do not have the rights. In that case write to your own personal temp-files folder. Like this: dir /s *.jpg %temp%\listjpg.txt By the way: also check out the "/b" option: dir /s /b *.jpg %temp%\listjpg.txt It outputs the full path of the found file. Hope that helps. Regards, Rudy Wieser There are a couple places for output dir /s *.jpg %temp%\listjpg.txt dir /s *.jpg %userprofile%\Downloads\listjpg.txt And if a person wants to understand those locations, they can click in the bar at the top of the File Explorer window and enter %temp% %userprofile% and get the File Explorer to "expand" the variables. That way, it makes it easier to locate the output later. And if you look at "shortcut" icons on your system, you do "Properties" on them and look at their construction, some use double-quotes to prevent a space character in the path name from screwing up. It may not happen in this case, but if the file ends up in the wrong place, you could try something like this. dir /s *.jpg "%userprofile%\Downloads\listjpg.txt" The most likely place for that to screw up, is if I write my own C program, and it receives a path specification, and improperly treats it as two separate text strings. So if you get a "rotten surprise", you can try to use the double-quote characters as an insulation mechanism on a future invocation. My %userprofile% has a space between my first name and my last name. Paul |
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[Default] On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:25:50 -0800 (PST), in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general GARYWC wrote: The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? Because you're a punk and you don't deserve any access at all. Well, I tried exactly what you have above in Vista Business and it took quite a while with nothing happening on the screen, but it did write a 340K file with 6400 lines, including summary lines every time the directory changed. I guess I'm more of a man than you are. (I'm running Windows 7) |
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List all *.jpg files in computer
On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:25:50 -0000, GARYWC wrote:
The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) you don't have read access to some subfolders, or (more likely) you don't have write access to the current folder. -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug |
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:53:04 -0000, "Kerr Mudd-John"
wrote: On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:25:50 -0000, GARYWC wrote: The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) you don't have read access to some subfolders, or (more likely) you don't have write access to the current folder. You can break that tie by trying it without piping the results to a file. See if you can just list them. On my old XP machine you also may have to go into tools/folder options and uncheck "hide system files" and check "show hidden files" This does point out the advantage of only keeping programs and system files in the C: partition and putting your "data" on D: or some other drive. |
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On 2/3/2016 3:53 AM, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:
On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:25:50 -0000, GARYWC wrote: The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) you don't have read access to some subfolders, or (more likely) you don't have write access to the current folder. home or pro? Are you an administrator? Did you open the command prompt with "run as administrator"? Remove the redirect and write to the display. That will tell you if it's a read or write issue. If the display is correct, change the redirect to a place to which you do have write permission. I can't test the read issue for you because I take ownership of the whole damn drive on my systems. Your command works fine on mine. |
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mike wrote:
On 2/3/2016 3:53 AM, Kerr Mudd-John wrote: On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:25:50 -0000, GARYWC wrote: The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) you don't have read access to some subfolders, or (more likely) you don't have write access to the current folder. home or pro? Are you an administrator? Did you open the command prompt with "run as administrator"? Remove the redirect and write to the display. That will tell you if it's a read or write issue. If the display is correct, change the redirect to a place to which you do have write permission. I can't test the read issue for you because I take ownership of the whole damn drive on my systems. Your command works fine on mine. Did you actually do that on C: ? I'm interested. Does Windows Update still work ? Can you install a program in Program Files as normal ? Paul |
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On 2/4/2016 1:09 AM, Paul wrote:
mike wrote: On 2/3/2016 3:53 AM, Kerr Mudd-John wrote: On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:25:50 -0000, GARYWC wrote: The Windows Command Prompt, shows: C:\ when I type: dir /s *.jpg listjpg.txt why am I'm getting an ACCESS DENIED message? (I'm running Windows 7) you don't have read access to some subfolders, or (more likely) you don't have write access to the current folder. home or pro? Are you an administrator? Did you open the command prompt with "run as administrator"? Remove the redirect and write to the display. That will tell you if it's a read or write issue. If the display is correct, change the redirect to a place to which you do have write permission. I can't test the read issue for you because I take ownership of the whole damn drive on my systems. Your command works fine on mine. Did you actually do that on C: ? I'm interested. If I look at permissions for c:, all the checkboxes in effective permissions are checked. The drive is still owned by trustedinstaller. I think I actually took ownership in only those places where it wouldn't let me change permissions. On this system, I am the owner of Program Files. I didn't change anything that should reduce the ability of the system to do its thing. Seems to work. Does Windows Update still work ? Windows update has been disabled since day one via the standard MS GUI interface. Can you install a program in Program Files as normal ? Most installers put programs in Program Files. Problem I had was that sometimes you needed to put additional .dlls in the program directory to enable additional functionality. Taking ownership (and permissions) allowed that. When it comes to forcing the OS out of my way, I tend to use the chainsaw rather than the scalpel. That's one of my pet peeves with linux. It's always asking me for a password. I have not yet discovered the inner chainsaw. ;-) Paul |
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