Win 7, How to print list of folders and subdirectories

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Win 7, How to print list of folders and subdirectories

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Would like to print a list of folders, subdirectories and files. See a suggestion to use the command line and some old DOS method. Couldn't get that to work. If nothing within Win 7 is there a free or paid for third party program that will accomplish what I need. Can't believe there is nothing better within Win 7 than some old DOS option.

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Answer 1

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:09:07 +0000, berol wrote:

Would like to print a list of folders, subdirectories and files. See a suggestion to use the command line and some old DOS method. Couldn't get that to work. If nothing within Win 7 is there a free or paid for third party program that will accomplish what I need. Can't believe there is nothing better within Win 7 than some old DOS option.

Here are five ways:

Select all the files, press and hold the shift key, then
right-click and select Copy as path. This copies the list of file
names to the clipboard.

Paste the results into any document such as a txt or doc file & print
that.

Go to a command prompt and issue the command
dir [drive:folder] > c:\tempfilename (you can use any name and put it
in any folder you want) Then open notepad, open tempfilename, and
print it from there.
Write (for example in Notepad) a 1-line text file:
DIR %1 /O >LPT1:

Save it as "printdir.bat" in the "Send To" folder.

Then, to print list of files in any folder, right-click that folder
and select Send to | printdir.bat

To include subfolders, change the command to DIR %1 /O/S >LPT1:

Go to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q321379 and
follow the instructions there.
Download and use any of the several freeware/shareware utilities
that can do this, such as the popular
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

Answer 2

Hi,

These should help :

How to Save and Print a Directory List for a File and Folder in Vista (Windows 7 is the

same)

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/114593-file-folder-directory-list-print-save.html

How to Add View and Print File Directory to the Context Menu in Vista and Windows 7

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/146031-context-menu-add-view-print-file-directory.html

Use this free program which is excellent :

KarenWare - Directory Printer - Free

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

How to add the Print Directory feature for folders in Windows XP, in Windows Vista, or in Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/321379

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP <- profile - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle <- Mark Twain said it right.

Answer 3

Start menu,
In the search box, type CMD and enter
Navigate to the location where you want to get a list of folders and sub directories using cd, c:, cd "Folder name"
Type in "tree > tree.txt"
Open Excel
Open the "tree.txt" file that you created in step 4 which is located in the location where you want a list of folders and sub folders.
You'll notice a bunch of annoying characters e.g. "Ä"and "³" , to get rid of them, ctrl f and select replace, put in "Ä" for find and nothing in replace and then select "Replace all". For "³" characters, I replaced them with ">".

This gives a list of all folders and sub folders.

Answer 4

I found a SIMPLE way that is similar to cut and paste.

First, if you do not already have Snipping Tool on your start menu, simply do the following:

Click "Start Button"

Click "All Programs"

Click "Accessories"

Right Click on "Snipping Tool" (It is a picture of scissors)

Click on "Pin to Start Menu"

This should give you the snipping tool icon on lower start menu bar.

Go to your list of folders you want to copy.

In the upper right hand corner, there is a "change your view" icon, click the down arrow and select "List". This will enable your folders to show on one page.

Click on your Snipping Tool icon on bottom start up bar.

Drag your cursor around the list of your folders (much like a crop tool).

At the top of your snipping tool bar, click "Copy".

Paste this into a new word document.

Voila.

Answer 5

"You'll notice a bunch of annoying characters e.g. "Ä"and "³" , to get rid of them, ctrl f and select replace, put in "Ä" for find and nothing in replace and then select "Replace all". For "³" characters, I replaced them with ">".

This gives a list of all folders and sub folders.

Excellent suggestion and the one I'm saving for future reference, works great for what I'm trying to do at the moment.

But to add to Kurt's excellent suggestion, you could add the following switches to the "tree" command to print more user friendly characters:

tree /a > tree.txt

/a - Specifies that TREE is to use text characters instead of graphic characters, great if you just want to open this in your favorite text editor without the funky characters.

To get subdirectories and filenames:

tree /a /f > tree.txt

/f - Displays the names of the files in each directory.

Hope this helps someone else :)

Deuces,

Big Dave

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