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Thread #122063   Message #2672123
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
05-Jul-09 - 01:32 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Windoze folder question
Subject: RE: Tech: Windoze folder question
michaelr

The Command Prompt is the DOS command window available through Windows. Usually you can access it from the Start Menus with the sequence: Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt.

It will open a window showing the DOS prompt (C:\> - if it's not showing C\>, type the command cd .. until it does).

Type in the command (followed by Enter/Return):

  cd /songfolder

where songfolder is the name of the folder, this will change the current directory to be your songfolder directory, and the prompt will probably change to something like:

  C:\songfolder>

Now type the command:

  dir /b >files.txt

this will make a list of the names of files in the folder, 1 per line, without any extra information and put the list in a file called files.txt (you can use any name you like for this).

You can then open the file (from Windows now) in Word/Notepad/Wordpad/Excel or whatever you want to read it in.

Type the command:

  exit

to close the Command Prompt window, or just click the close X at the top right of the window.

Mick