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Writing directory contents to a file?

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  • 24-08-2003 12:16pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭


    Can anyone reccomend a program that can examine the contents of a directory in windows and then write all the filenames etc to a txt file?

    I know how to perform this operation in dos using the 'directory > file.txt' etc command and have made this somewhat easier by creating batch files but what I would like is a gui based program where you can just point and click the directory whose files you would like listed to a word/txt file.

    Thanks!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Lukin Black


    This will work under Windows XP & 2000

    Save the text below as a .reg file and run it. It'll add a context menu item for folders, so when you right-click on the directory, select "Create directory listing" and it'll create a listing in the directory. Chop and change as you see fit :) You can add any modifiers to the dir command that you want.

    Here's the contents:

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\DirList]
    @="Create directory listing"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\DirList\Command]
    @="cmd.exe /c \"dir \"%1\" > \"%1\"\\dirlist.txt\""


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