print file directories

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In Windows 2000, How do I print a list of files say on a
zip drive, or a file folder so I can keep track of my
archives?
 
You can use a little trick that i found to be easy and
quick.

1. Go to start -> run -> cmd -> <enter>
2. d:\ (or whatever your zip drive is)
3. dir > dirlist.txt
4. open up the file d:\dirlist.txt and print it off

i'm sure there are other ways, but that's probably the
easiest way that i've found.. dir /? will give you a list
of all it's functions
 
I am also having trouble figuring out a way to print a list
of files/folders in a given folder or disk. I tried the
method shown below, but it didn't work. I have Windows
2000 and am trying to print just the files that have been
burned to a CD. The CD cover template doesn't serve my
needs. Isn't there an easy print screen command? Why does
Microsoft make this so difficult?

Patti
 
Patti Borneman said:
I am also having trouble figuring out a way to print a list
of files/folders in a given folder or disk. I tried the
method shown below, but it didn't work. I have Windows
2000 and am trying to print just the files that have been
burned to a CD. The CD cover template doesn't serve my
needs. Isn't there an easy print screen command? Why does
Microsoft make this so difficult?

Patti
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Patti,
Microsoft makes many things easier than if you had no software.
Are you sure that it's not a case of you not being willing to adapt?

Instead of
where c:\ is a drive and/or folder you can write to.

you can specify different folders with:
dir E:\somefolder\subfolder > c:\dirlists\dirlist.txt
this removes the need for step 2 below

if you want to append to the end of an existing dirlist.txt file, use
dir E:\anotherfolder >> c:\dirlists\dirlist.txt

If you have a printer plugged into the parallel port on the back of your
computer, you can try going direct with:
dir E:\somefolder > LPT1
or
dir E:\somefolder > PRN

more dir options (including the useful /s switch) are shown if you type dir /?
at the command prompt

also check out the pretty 'tree' command
tree > prn
What could be simpler?

if that doesn't work you will need to elaborate on which bit doesn't work,
providing more clues than you did this time.

Hope this helps

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If the below suggestion doesn't work then you've overlooked
something. Can you navigate to the correct folder at the
command prompt? If so, the command "dir > dirlist.txt" (or
whatever you want to call the output file) will create an editable
text file of the directory listing. "dir /b /o > dirlist.txt" might be
better since it creates a listing of only file names in
alpha/numeric order. Just open it in Notepad or Wordpad
and print.

Jordon
 
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