21-02-2009, 22:42
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Windows listing tool
I have a Video folder on a USB HDD that has 3,126 files (44.4GB)
Is there a program that can list all the folders/files to a office suite application (Word Excel, Access).
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21-02-2009, 23:04
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Re: Windows listing tool
Not sure if this would be any use, you can send to screen or a text file.
I used to use it ages ago for printing out lists of folders and contents
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp
Hope this helps 
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21-02-2009, 23:14
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Re: Windows listing tool
open a command prompt ( start > run > cmd.exe). navigate (you'll need to type to the location - eg, F:\videos - if the location has spaces in it, type the location within quote marks - eg, "F:\my videos") to the folder you want to list and type (or copy and paste!!) the following;
dir /B > c:\files.csv
once complete (signified by the command prompt reappearing ready for your next command), open My Computer, go to your C drive and open Files.CSV
job done. No need for 3rd party installations. 
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21-02-2009, 23:29
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Re: Windows listing tool
That only does the files in the top level folder.
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21-02-2009, 23:35
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Re: Windows listing tool
add /S next to /B (either side) - make sure there is a space between them though
---------- Post added at 22:35 ---------- Previous post was at 22:33 ----------
this means your command should look like this;
DIR /S /B > C:\files.CSV
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21-02-2009, 23:45
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Re: Windows listing tool
Thanks, its been years since I used DOS
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21-02-2009, 23:50
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Re: Windows listing tool
no worries. very under-rated tool. keep it close!!
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22-02-2009, 01:14
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Re: Windows listing tool
You would have thought that MS would have added it to Windows
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22-02-2009, 01:22
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Re: Windows listing tool
they did! it's all in the DOS emulator!!!
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22-02-2009, 03:31
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Re: Windows listing tool
DOS rocks man! Still use it today and can do things much quicker in many instances rather than through Windows. You can also use wildcards too so for example if I want to create a file list of all files with the extension .avi I would use the command dir c:\ *.avi/s >c:\list.txt
I can then either edit c:\list.txt and open in dos editor or use windows notepad. You can use several combinations of wildcards and paths. I frequently make use of both xcopy and attrib to perform functions so much more quickly tham I can with windows.
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22-02-2009, 11:09
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Re: Windows listing tool
Being simple and even the most basic Dos makes me swear I tend to stick with THIS does it just right and I can copy and paste the info to whatever format I need it in..
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