Printing The Contents Of A Folder Containing MP3 Files

[Guest]

Can anyone tell me how to print a list of files within a folder containing
mp3 files. I read other posts and it was mentioned that Outlook was needed
but I do not have this program installed. Can someone please inform me of a
simple way to do this without having to download any programs?? And without
having to copy a paste them individually? I have almost 1800 files in this
folder and to copy and paste them would be to much.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Can anyone tell me how to print a list of files within a folder containing
mp3 files. I read other posts and it was mentioned that Outlook was needed
but I do not have this program installed. Can someone please inform me of a
simple way to do this without having to download any programs?? And without
having to copy a paste them individually? I have almost 1800 files in this
folder and to copy and paste them would be to much.

This link describes such a method in detail:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Melinda,

No idea why you would need Outlook for this. But, here is the answer I just
sent in the .basics group:

Open a command prompt (start/run cmd), go to the folder of choice.

Run "dir> file.txt". This will create a text file of the contents of the
folder that you can open in notepad for printing or saving.

If you wish to add the contents of the subdirectories, run "dir
<drive><folder> /s> file.txt".

You may find this useful:

HOW TO: Add "Print Directory" Feature for Folders in Windows XP [Q321379]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379

If you head to google.com and search on "free directory printer", you will
also find many other useful tools.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Here we go again . . . similar message, same time!

Hi Melinda,

No idea why you would need Outlook for this. But, here is the answer I just
sent in the .basics group:

Open a command prompt (start/run cmd), go to the folder of choice.

Run "dir> file.txt". This will create a text file of the contents of the
folder that you can open in notepad for printing or saving.

If you wish to add the contents of the subdirectories, run "dir
<drive><folder> /s> file.txt".

You may find this useful:

HOW TO: Add "Print Directory" Feature for Folders in Windows XP [Q321379]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379

If you head to google.com and search on "free directory printer", you will
also find many other useful tools.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can anyone tell me how to print a list of files within a folder containing
mp3 files. I read other posts and it was mentioned that Outlook was needed
but I do not have this program installed. Can someone please inform me of
a
simple way to do this without having to download any programs?? And
without
having to copy a paste them individually? I have almost 1800 files in this
folder and to copy and paste them would be to much.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

<smile>

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Here we go again . . . similar message, same time!

Hi Melinda,

No idea why you would need Outlook for this. But, here is the answer I just
sent in the .basics group:

Open a command prompt (start/run cmd), go to the folder of choice.

Run "dir> file.txt". This will create a text file of the contents of the
folder that you can open in notepad for printing or saving.

If you wish to add the contents of the subdirectories, run "dir
<drive><folder> /s> file.txt".

You may find this useful:

HOW TO: Add "Print Directory" Feature for Folders in Windows XP [Q321379]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379

If you head to google.com and search on "free directory printer", you
will
also find many other useful tools.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can anyone tell me how to print a list of files within a folder containing
mp3 files. I read other posts and it was mentioned that Outlook was needed
but I do not have this program installed. Can someone please inform me of
a
simple way to do this without having to download any programs?? And
without
having to copy a paste them individually? I have almost 1800 files in this
folder and to copy and paste them would be to much.

 

[David Candy]

From memory Outlook does this sort of stuff (but it's been 1998 since I last used it).

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<smile>

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Here we go again . . . similar message, same time!

Hi Melinda,

No idea why you would need Outlook for this. But, here is the answer I just
sent in the .basics group:

Open a command prompt (start/run cmd), go to the folder of choice.

Run "dir> file.txt". This will create a text file of the contents of the
folder that you can open in notepad for printing or saving.

If you wish to add the contents of the subdirectories, run "dir
<drive><folder> /s> file.txt".

You may find this useful:

HOW TO: Add "Print Directory" Feature for Folders in Windows XP [Q321379]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379

If you head to google.com and search on "free directory printer", you
will
also find many other useful tools.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can anyone tell me how to print a list of files within a folder containing
mp3 files. I read other posts and it was mentioned that Outlook was needed
but I do not have this program installed. Can someone please inform me of
a
simple way to do this without having to download any programs?? And
without
having to copy a paste them individually? I have almost 1800 files in this
folder and to copy and paste them would be to much.

 

[David Candy]

1/
You can drag a folder from (say explorer) on to the file. You can put it in
Sendto, type sendto in Start Run, copy the file into the sendto folder, then
right click the folder you want to list, Send To, PrintDetailsAppend.
Sending To simulates a drag and drop.

Then import the file into excel, delete the columns you don't want (as most
are blank for any individual type of file, eg MP3 don't have a Date Picture
Taken and JPEGs don't have a Genre property), sort it on description and
delete the files you don't want. That will leave just the properties and
files you want. This is the most general purpose way I can think of to meet
everyones needs.

A drive is the same as a folder for these purposes.

Attached is a VBScript that generate the shell properties (what you see or
could see in Explorer). It is a 51 column csv. There is about 40 properties
on a standard XP and I've allowed about 10 columns for custom properties
that applications may add. Those whove seen it before this one automatically
finds the desktop rather than editing the script. To use, drop a folder on
it or place in Sendto and send a folder to it. If using the for command
(below) you must run it once whereever you put it so it can be found.

To do sub folders type in a command prompt in the folder that you want to
start in (It also does the parent folder - a quirk of For)
for /r %A in (.) do start "" /w "PrintDetailsAppend" "%~dpA"

It creates a file on the desktop called Folder Property List.txt

Copy the following line into a text document and rename it to
PrintDetailsAppend.vbs

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set Ag=Wscript.Arguments
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\" & Wscript.ScriptName & "\", Chr(34) & Wscript.ScriptFullName &
Chr(34)
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\" & Left(Wscript.ScriptName, Len(Wscript.ScriptName)-3) & "exe" & "\",
Chr(34) & Wscript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34)

Set Fldr=objShell.NameSpace(Ag(0))

Set FldrItems=Fldr.Items
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")


Set DeskFldr=objShell.Namespace(16)
FName=fso.buildpath(DeskFldr.self.path, "Folder Property List.txt")


Set ts = fso.OpenTextFile(FName, 8, vbtrue)



For x = 0 to 50
t1 = t1 & Fldr.GetDetailsOf(vbnull, x) & " (Shell)" & vbtab
Next
ts.write FLDR.self.path &vbcrlf
ts.Write T1 & vbcrlf
T1=""


For Each FldrItem in FldrItems
For x = 0 to 50
t1 = t1 & Fldr.GetDetailsOf(FldrItem, x) & vbtab
Next
t1=t1 & vbcrlf
ts.Write T1
T1=""
Next