Writing directory contents to a file?

Pigman II · 24-08-2003 11:16AM #1

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!

Lukin Black · 24-08-2003 01:18PM

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\""

Writing directory contents to a file?

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