How to create a text file list?

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Hello, How to create a text file list of the contents of a
cd or a local drive in Windows XP Pro?
 
Hi this is what I use and works for me.
For the local drive I use this little bat:-

In Notepad create this string:-

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

Save the file as printdir.bat

Now copy the file to where you want to make a listing of files (including
subfolders) and then double click on it.

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



For a listing of data CDs

Create this littel file in Notepad and save it as say printcdir.bat
Once created, just double click on the little bat file.

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


Note: E: represents the CD Drive

Hope this assists you, like I say it works for me.



How to add a Print Directory to Windows XP:-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q321379
 
medic said:
Hello, How to create a text file list of the contents of a
cd or a local drive in Windows XP Pro?
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I saw some suggestions here - allowing you to PRINT a directory.. But you
seem to want a text file.

Open a command prompt, cd into the root of the directory you want to get a
listing of and type:

dir > filename.txt

You have a lot of options with dir - just type:

dir /?

at a command prompt and you will see you can do things like:

dir /b /s > c:\filename.txt

Which would get just the file and directory names without all the sizes, etc
in the current and all sub directories and put them in c:\filename.txt.

Good Luck!
 
Hello all, The trick DIR/ON/S>"%userprofile%\MY
DOCUMENTS\LISTING.TXT" worked well to text file list the
folders/files of the local disk.

The trick E:
DIR/ON/S>"%userprofile%\MY DOCUMENTS\CDLIST.TXT" worked
too but the text file is empty :(

The trick dir /b /s > c:\filename.txt worked well to text
file list the folders/file of the CD

Thank you very much to the 3 of you :-)
 
this is one of the many very basic things windows xp
(which microsoft released to punish the US for the
justice department lawsuit) cannot do.

a cheap program that can is "file and mp3 renamer"
available at http://lcen.com/. use the file list and file
edit functions. the main purpose of the program is to
rename large bunches of files.
 
LIndsay Daniels said:
this is one of the many very basic things windows xp
(which microsoft released to punish the US for the
justice department lawsuit) cannot do.
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That is incorrect. ANY version of Windows can do that very easily.
All it takes is a very basic understanding of computers by the operator,
that they should have before being allowed to use one in the first place.
Also, a 5 second Google search would give literally hundreds of
answers to this question.
 
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