List of Files

In Windows XP and I believe it worked in Vista there was a command line prompt to create a txt file listing all the subfolders and files for a directory.

DIR "I:\" /s > "C:\List.txt"

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This is the prompt I use in Win XP and it works and creates a txt file with a list on my C drive.


I have tried this in Windows 7 and it does not work.

Does anyone know how to tweak this prompt so that it works in Win 7?

Thanks

The command that you mention works perfectly on my system.

The possible problem for you could be the fact that you might not have permissions to write to C:\ - in my case I was testing your command on E:\ drive.

File Lister.zip from bamajim.com

1. Go HERE http://bamajim.com/Tools/FileLister.zip and download File Lister.
Save it to your Desktop
Rt Click ->> Extract all ->> And extract it to your Desktop
Open the File Lister Folder.
Note: Leave the FileLister.vbe file in the folder and run it from there.
Rt Click FileLister.vbe ->>Select Open Then Open to confirm.
As the program runs, it will appear that nothing is happening.
When the program is finished it will produce a log for you C:\Files.txt

Thanks of the responses.

The possible problem for you could be the fact that you might not have permissions to write to C:\

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That was the problem I guess. I changed where to create the List.txt file to D drive and it worked.

FileLister I gave a try but as far as I could tell it only listed things for C drive.

Thanks again

What you can also do is modify you command (I'm using your example) to:

DIR I:\ /s | CLIP

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This will all you to use the command line like you always have, but it redirects the output to the Windows Clipboard from which you can paste it into just about any document.

AND it eliminuates the need for you to install, learn, and use a third-party program...