Print Directory blues!

[Dianah]

I found the following after doing some searching, but they don't seem to
apply to my version of Windows 2000.

(1) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272623 (windows
server)
(2) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379 (windows xp)

I'm running Windows 2000 SP4 on my pc at work. I'm trying to add a "print
directory" feature. I did a search and found the above two MS articles
which explain how to do this, however, I don't seem to have the version of
Windows that they apply to. In (1) above, I don't have the option of "File
Folder" in my list of file types and therefore don't have the same choices.
Even if I force it to use File Folder, the options don't exist as explained
in the document After reading (2), it seems to require the same file type,
so it doesn't appear to be suitable for my OS.

Any ideas on how to do a print directory that doesn't requires days of
editing to arrive at a useful listing - easy to read. Back in the olden
days, WordPerfect had a feature where you could export the directories to a
table or a tabbed layout. Has MS come up with something like this, (it's
more than a decade later). I found a utility that creates a text file, but
the files isn't particular pleasant to read through. It's really more
useful useful as a text search tool, but certainly not good as an
organizational tool

Thanks so much if you can help or offer suggestions.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I found the following after doing some searching, but they don't seem to
apply to my version of Windows 2000.

(1) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272623 (windows
server)
(2) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379 (windows xp)

Hi

I would think that those articles applies to Win2k Pro as well, but
anyway, here is an alternative that might work better:

Karen's Directory Printer (free)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

 

[Dianah]

Torgeir,
I've used Karen's Directory Printer and it's not a bad utility, but it seems
to be more suited for short directory paths. The directory I'm referring to
has too many generations - the resulting printout truncates the filenames.
The text files (if I choose print to file) contains something that makes it
an onerous task to format.

Karen's directory for some of my "smaller directories" is otherwise a nice
tool.

I appreciate the suggestion. Perhaps there's another tool that will work a
tad better.
Thanks. Diana

 

[DanN]

| Any ideas on how to do a print directory that doesn't requires days of
| editing to arrive at a useful listing - easy to read.

Some of the file managers offer a directory listing option. E.g., I
started up an old copy of File Wrangler -
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/54266.shtml - which has an option under
File/Print Directory which prints out the directory with whatever
options you are using to view the file listing. Goes to printer or
text file. I know I have seen a similar feature in a couple of other
file managers also.




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