Windows XP computer geek question

[sbj405]

I'm trying to compile a list of all the music files that I have on my hard drive. They are all in the same folder. Is there an easy way to copy the names of the files into a text document (Word or whatever)? Copying and Pasting is taking forever.
Thanks.

[lastknowngood]

1. check your keyboard to see if the print screen key is an upper

or lower key. simply open a blank word document and then hit the shift key and print screen button. then paste it into the document and print it out.

[sbj405]

2. I have a lot of files, so that will only capture what's visible in the

window. Was hoping there was some secret export trick that someone knows. :shrug:

[dbonds]

3. open a command prompt

CD to the folder, enter the command dir >filename.txt

[Xithras]

4. It's easy.

Do you know how to use the command prompt?

To compile a list of all the MP3 files on your hard drive, open a command window (dos prompt) and type:

cd \
dir *.mp3 /s >> mp3.txt

It may take a few minutes to run, but it will scan your computer for MP3 files and put the directory information into a file called mp3.txt. You'll have to clean it up (it's the raw dir output spooled to the file), but your data will be there.

[sbj405]

7. ok dumb question

I've got the command prompt open, but my music is on my d: drive. How do I get there from the command prompt which only seems to want to let me move about the c drive?

[dbonds]

8. to change drives ...

type
D:

then either
dir /s *.mp3 >file.txt (assuming it is mp3 music)

or

CD \Music Folder Name\music
dir >file.txt

you replace file.txt with the name of the file you want to store things in

the info in the file will be of the format
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 501B-50E3

Directory of C:\

02/02/2005 11:46 AM 249 ADITest.htm
10/20/2004 09:47 AM <DIR> advantage
10/28/2004 09:43 AM <DIR> Documents and Settings
03/28/2005 05:15 PM 0 file.txt
07/27/2004 10:14 AM <DIR> MSDN
07/27/2004 10:16 AM <DIR> msdn2
07/27/2004 10:21 AM <DIR> msdn3
03/11/2005 04:45 PM <DIR> new
02/18/2005 05:11 PM 14,321,836 new.zip
07/01/2004 04:13 PM <DIR> NVIDIA Display Driver
03/11/2005 01:41 PM 18,940 pagingfuncts.cpp
03/02/2005 03:32 PM <DIR> Program Files
12/03/2004 05:43 PM <DIR> temp
11/15/2004 02:05 PM <DIR> test
07/30/2004 09:15 AM <DIR> vhd
03/14/2005 05:46 PM <DIR> WINDOWS
07/13/2004 08:41 AM <DIR> WUTemp
09/28/2004 02:21 PM 2,168 XML.xsl
8 File(s) 14,345,056 bytes
13 Dir(s) 63,548,772,352 bytes free


which you will need to edit to get only the info you want out of it.

[sbj405]

9. Thanks!

I seem to have forgotten all this stuff. Too much pointing and clicking these days.

[Xithras]

10. You should use >> instead iof >

> outputs the contents of the syscommand to a file, but only >> will create and overwrite the file if needed.

[dbonds]

11. Actually >> means append to the file.

> creates a new file every time
>> appends to the file if it exists
| pipes the output to another program that can receive data on stdin

[Xithras]

13. Look like I was wrong.

I haven't been a DOS user in years, so the memories getting a little rusty I guess :)

According to Technet, both > and >> will create the file if it doesn't exist. > replaces the contents of the file with new contents, and >> adds the new contents to the end of the file.

[Wilber_Stool]

5. Try this handy little app.

http://www.majusoft.de/

DirPrinting. You can print with it or copy to your clipboard. Works great. Small too.

[frylock]

6. treesize will export to text, html, or excel..

you can get a demo at their website.

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml

on edit: I forgot about TagScanner. It's freeware, and does just about the same as Treesize, but it is exclusively for MP3s.

http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

12. Use Directory Printer

Download at: http://www.galcott.com/dp.htm