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[blackjack]

I have a large number of files (well over 500) in a few folders and i would like to copy the file names into a word or text document, how can you select a number of files and just copy their name? I only need their name.

I have tried google, cnet (found a couple but they didn't work very well).

Going one by one will take me days

Cheers

[blackjack]

I should have said a free way

[IlIlNine]

You have to know the name (path) of the directory containing the files. What's the structure? Is it one root directory with many sub-directories or are they all random. To do it one directory at a time, try this:

Stert --> Run --> type in CMD (press enter)
cd "\<directoryname>" (press enter)
dir /b > filelist.txt (press enter)

Where <directoryname> is the full path of the directory (for example: cd "\Documents and Settings\My Documents\" )

When your're finished, the file "filelist.txt" will contain the list of all the files in the directory and you can open up that file in word.

I don't know what your level of proficiency is, so if you have any other questions, ask!

[blackjack]

Okay i think i kinda understand however (this sounds stupid) i don't have a foward slash key so i can't do this step
cd "\<directoryname>" i have a cheap english / korean keyboard

also if i can over come the no foward slash problem where would the txt file be saved.

[jay-shi]

[IlIlNine]

Ah! Right ...

That's easy --

The forward slash \ is actually the key that looks like the symbol for Won (Korean currency) Should be above your enter key.

[mnhnhyouh]

Is there some kind of -R recursive directory search for this, or is it default?

h

[IlIlNine]

dir /s is recursive. dir /b outputs the 'bare' listing with just the filenames. dir /s /b > filelist.txt will do what the OP wanted for all subdirectories within the current directory.

[blackjack]

Okay i tried cutting and pasting the back slash but it comes up as ^v and my won key comes up as #

shift numbers are (from 1 to backspace)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = #
! " � $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + ~

if i am in us language the won does become a backslash but it will not allow me to change when the run window is on

will i have to change my unicode language setting?

and why can't they just make it so you can paste special---paste file names?

thanks for your help

Cheers