How to create a list of all files and folders under a path
Sometimes, you may want to create a list of files/folders under a certain path, but you need some DOS skills in order to do so. If you don’t want to type those commands, you can try a free tool JR Directory Printer, which will help you to create a text files that contains list of files and folders under a path.
There are a lot of options for you to choose from. Screenshots below show the General and Display settings:
As you can see, the General page allow you to choose your folder path, recurse sub-directories or not, lowercase and dos style filename. If you choose recurse sub-directories, you will get a very long list. The Display tab will let you choose to display the properties of the file, such as size, date time, and attributes.
This application is very useful especially when you want to create a list for your mp3 or movies. You can create a list for your files/folders before burn them into CD/DVD so that you can easily know the contents of the files at future, without browsing them.
JR Directory Printer website | download
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That’s actually really handy. I’ve wanted to do this before, but I didn’t realize it was that simple.