Hi, again, Ken.
Aw, what the heck! Rather than read those other references, just do this:
1. Using Notepad (or any other plain text editor), create a short file
containing just this (just copy'n'paste):
@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing"
exit
2. Save that text file wherever you like where it will be easily
accessible, but out of your way. (My file is E:\regs\PrintDir.bat.)
3. Open the SendTo menu by pressing <Win>+R and typing (without the
quotes): shell:sendto
4. In the SendTo folder that pops up in an Explorer window, right-click in
a blank space on the right side and click New | Shortcut.
5. Browse to your PrintDir.bat file - or just type the full pathname into
the box - then click Next.
6. Either accept the default name (PrintDir.bat - the name of the file), or
type a better one (I called it "Print Directory"), then click Finish.
7. To use your new command to type a directory listing, just browse to the
folder you want to list, right-click on it, and click SendTo | Print
Directory. (Note that this will also print only the current folder, not the
entire tree. To get the full directory tree, just add "/s" (no quotes)
before the ">" in the first line of the text file. I've saved a second
version of PrintDir.bat, called PrintDirS.bat, and created a second SendTo
shortcut that calls that file.)
8. Get your printed listing from your printer. ;<)
All that is basically what KB 321379 and the "Views from the Coop" blog
said. Please report back with your experience if you use this so that we
all can benefit.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)