Program to copy list of files from Windows explorer as text into an application?

[Elgin Clock]

Does anybody know of a program that will copy the file names of a directory in Windows explorer, and then paste them as usable text into a program, such as word or excel.

What I want to do is copy the filenames and then print them as a list from Word or Excel so I can do some organization.

I have done stuff like this before with the print screen option in Windows and pasted the list on the screen as a image file.

Unfortunately, this comes to be no use to me now in this situation.

I am using Windows XP Home edition btw.

[Elgin Clock]

I don't want to delete this thread, in case anyone else wants to know a program that can do this, but instead....

LS - File List Generator
Generates list of all files in specified directory/subdirectory

http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/

It makes either a .txt file, an .html file, or a .csv file that MS Excel can open very nicely.

Thanks to my Fellow 237er John Boucher for finding this gem for me! w00t!

[Sully]

From a real old timer (DOS days).
If you go to your command prompt (DOS Command Prompt)
You can enter the following command;
'dir /s c: >c-files.txt'

dir - This will give you a listing of all files
/s - includes subdirectories (Folders)
c: - Tells it which drive letter and where to start
> - redirects the output to a file instead of a screen
c-files.txt - just a file name I made up for this example.

If this doesn't help or you are looking for something more specific I will gladly answer any question.
I use this method when trying to backup data to CD-Rs - mostly when trying to sort MP3s.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Sully177

From a real old timer (DOS days).
If you go to your command prompt (DOS Command Prompt)
You can enter the following command;
'dir /s c: >c-files.txt'

dir - This will give you a listing of all files
/s - includes subdirectories (Folders)
c: - Tells it which drive letter and where to start
> - redirects the output to a file instead of a screen
c-files.txt - just a file name I made up for this example.

If this doesn't help or you are looking for something more specific I will gladly answer any question.
I use this method when trying to backup data to CD-Rs - mostly when trying to sort MP3s.

Other DOS commands work also. Try 'TREE" to get an ASCII copy of the Explorer file display.

[petek]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

I don't want to delete this thread, in case anyone else wants to know a program that can do this, but instead....

LS - File List Generator
Generates list of all files in specified directory/subdirectory

http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/

It makes either a .txt file, an .html file, or a .csv file that MS Excel can open very nicely.

Thanks to my Fellow 237er John Boucher for finding this gem for me! w00t!

Elgin (& John): A big Thank You for pointing out this little gem! I'd used the DOS Dir route a couple of times when I absolutely had to, but these days, with so many files on network servers the path gets to be a real typo trap. The LS applet is very easy, flexible and quick.

Pete

[Kyle Fenton]

I believe most database programs like Filemaker Pro include a feature like this. I have seen it done before.

[Astronouth7303]

On a similar note: Anyone looking for a program that will print the filenames of all the files you drag to it? ie, select a bunch of files, drag them to the app, and drop 'em.

If you ask nicely, I'll write one for you.