help with some files

[aboveandbeyond]

hi . i have lots of mp3s on my 250gb hdd and i would like to print a list off of them so i can see what i have . i would like to do it as a word doc . is there any softwear out there i could use . i have tryed win catalog but will not let me print thanks richard

[-=Victor-Oscar-Nicodemus=-]

Hi,

Nasty problem.
Try if this will help.

-=Von=-

[Private Parts]

hi . i have lots of mp3s on my 250gb hdd and i would like to print a list off of them so i can see what i have . i would like to do it as a word doc . is there any softwear out there i could use . i have tryed win catalog but will not let me print thanks richard


Open a command prompt (Start | Run | cmd -> Return)

Type the following:

dir C:\*.mp3 /S /B /O:N > C:\temp\output.doc

C: can be replaced by your drive letter, e.g. F:

/S causes all subdirectories of C: to be searched
/B strips information like the timestamps and things you probably don't want.
/O:N sorts the results alphabetically
> redirects it to the file output.doc which you can find in C:\temp

When you open it in Word, it might prompt you to install a filter, just click no - it will still open. If it does give you problems, redirect to a text file instead and then cut and paste it into Word.

[-=Victor-Oscar-Nicodemus=-]

Hi again,

All functionality like being outpointed by Private Parts are available in Win Commander.

1. Point and select a directory with your to be processed files.
2. Print the file list, select the Microsoft Office Image Writer.
3. Open the generated file and select the text containing the file names.
4. Copy the selected text in excel or whatever to further edit your selections.

No Command prompt or slashes with options, just windows stuff.
You ought to give Win Commander a try, its a handy program.

-=Von=-

[aboveandbeyond]

thanks all i have found a program called print file pro . it scans file then you copy and paste in to word . it looks like it will take me a long time to do got 1299 mp3 singles and 460 albums . that just one box i have 3 to do :?

[Private Parts]

thanks all i have found a program called print file pro . it scans file then you copy and paste in to word . it looks like it will take me a long time to do got 1299 mp3 singles and 460 albums . that just one box i have 3 to do :?


I just tested my method with pictures as I've got more of them than mp3s and using DIR it took less than 20 secs to output all the paths and filename (4818) to a word document. The final document was 80 pages long. Total files on the drive is 26GB. So assuming it takes you 10 times longer to do 250GB, you're looking at just over 2 minutes.

[Dai_Nasty]

Have you considered using Excel?
That would give you a much more manageable result as you could easily define columns, widths etc and even sort by Artist or Title.

Found this which looks good..

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip103.htm