Capturing Filenames from a folder on clipboard

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Mark Mesarch

HI,
I want to do an inventory of the files that I have in a
folder and annotate this inventory with should
descriptions of what are in each file. Is there a simple
why to capture the names of all the files in a folder to
the clipboard so that I can paste this into a Word
document? I do not want an image of all the files names
that I could get with a Shift-Print Scrn since I want to
make comments by each file name.
Thanks.
Mark
 
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Mark Mesarch said:
I want to do an inventory of the files that I have in a
folder and annotate this inventory with should
descriptions of what are in each file. Is there a simple
why to capture the names of all the files in a folder to
the clipboard so that I can paste this into a Word
document?
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Go to Start | Run and type CMD to open a command prompt window.
In that window type

dir \foldername>filename

where "foldername" is the folder you want to annotate, and
"filename" is any name for a temporary file to store this in.

Then open filename in Word and annotate as desired.
 
1) yes this does it ..
http://www.bykeyword.com/pages/detail9/download-9548.html

folderviewer
i have just downloaded it and did try it on windows xp home
does export to txt xls html
find the export button behind tabbed page "search"

preview list of files also as thumbnails (jpg)

I think a hughe powefull program but for the first user too much buttons
behind tabbed pages. But I did it without RTFM.

Installation download page says 10 day free, but after been installed and
I got "30 days free".

ps Installation Couldn't install cabinet.dll ( in use by other program )

other google hits on folder listings see
http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/134237.html

http://www.gertau.ch/links/prnfld12.htm

2) and because i have to prepare a cd-rom with jpg's of several friends

and all cd-roms of kodak-photo-development have the same filenames ..
AAAAHhh

today i also found other fantastic tools ( but have to test them further )

http://www.foryoursoft.com

"BatchRename" is for you to rename files freely with all kinds of rules you
defined as many as you like.

"FileTimeEdit 2" is for you to batch edit all the file attributes freely.
You may select a group of files and change their createtime, modifytime,
accesstime and other file attributes in batch. And the undo function allow
you to rollback the operation easily.


3) other time editor I used before
http://www.mikasalonen.com/filetime/
ok but my trialtime is up
 
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From the command prompt (Start > Run > Cmd.exe), simply change to
the desired directory and type "dir > filelist.txt" or "dir > lpt1,"
just as you used to do in DOS. Any of the switches for the DIR
command (type "dir /?") will work with this command, if you wish to
modify the output. You can then subsequently edit the resulting text
file using Word.

Alternatively:

HOW TO Add a Print Directory Feature for Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379


Bruce Chambers

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