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'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
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'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 5:19 pm
Posted by WHO
(56 messages posted)
Setting PrintDir option in Context menu (Win2000):
* Save the two-line Print.bat file into your c:\winnt\ folder (win2k).
* Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
* Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell.
* Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
* Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
* Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select
Key again.
* Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
* Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type
c:\winnt\PRINTDIR.BAT "%1" (NOTE THE QUOTES!) (assuming that c:\winnt\ is your Windows2000
folder).
Print.bat, save this file in c:\winnt\:
@echo off
dir %1 /o:ge /x>"%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing" exit
Nederfox.
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Sunday, May 4, 2003 at 6:10 am
Posted by Krystyna
(1 messages posted)
Thankyou for the instructions...I have been trying to get this working in Win2K,
and had forgotten to put "%1"
All is okay now.
On Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 5:19 pm, NFX wrote:
>Setting PrintDir option in Context menu (Win2000):
> * Save the two-line Print.bat file into your c:\winnt\ folder (win2k).
> * Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
> * Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell.
> * Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
> * Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select
>Key again.
> * Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type
>c:\winnt\PRINTDIR.BAT "%1" (NOTE THE QUOTES!) (assuming that c:\winnt\ is your
Windows2000
>folder).
>
>
>
>Print.bat, save this file in c:\winnt\:
>
>@echo off
>dir %1 /o:ge /x>"%temp%\Listing"
>start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
>del "%temp%\Listing" exit
>
>Nederfox.
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 10:36 am
Posted by Carl Osterwisch
(1 messages posted)
Here's my variation which does not require Registry editing:
Create "dirlisting.cmd":
@echo off
if EXIST %1 goto start
echo Drag and drop files onto this program to grab the directory listing.
pause
goto end
:start
echo "%~dp1"
dir "%~dp1" > dir.txt || pause
start dir.txt
:end
Put a shortcut to this file on your desktop (or wherever). Drag and drop any file
onto the shortcut and it will open a window with that file’s directory listing.
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 7:56 am
Posted by Erik Berg
(1 messages posted)
I'm unclear on how to do this; by "two-line Print.bat file" do you mean the four-line
listing at the bottom of the post? And shouldn't the value for the key then be PRINT.BAT
instead of PRINTDIR.BAT in the Registry key? How is the command then invoked? Right-clicking
while in the directory you want to print? Or from Windows Explorer? Sorry, but
I'm a registry newbie...Thanks.
On Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 5:19 pm, NFX wrote:
>Setting PrintDir option in Context menu (Win2000):
> * Save the two-line Print.bat file into your c:\winnt\ folder (win2k).
> * Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
> * Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell.
> * Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
> * Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select
>Key again.
> * Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type
>c:\winnt\PRINTDIR.BAT "%1" (NOTE THE QUOTES!) (assuming that c:\winnt\ is your
Windows2000
>folder).
>
>
>
>Print.bat, save this file in c:\winnt\:
>
>@echo off
>dir %1 /o:ge /x>"%temp%\Listing"
>start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
>del "%temp%\Listing" exit
>
>Nederfox.
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Sunday, April 4, 2004 at 10:26 am
Posted by Barrie
(3 messages posted)
I'm using XP, but as far as I know, XP & 2K are basically the same, so the following
should be the same for both OS's. I don't use 2K, so I can't check for differences.
My method is similar to those already posted, but a) doesn't involve editing the
registry and b) creates a text file rather than just outputting to printer. That
way you can alter the file in Notepad before printing if necessary...
1. Open Notepad, and then copy and paste the following three lines of text into it:
@echo off
dir %1 /-p /S /D /o:gn > C:\Temp.txt
exit
2. Save the file as Dir2Txt.bat in the root of the C:\Windows directory, and then
close Notepad.
3. Start Windows Explorer, click Tools, and then click Folder Options.
4. Click the File Types tab, and then scroll down the list of registered file types
until you find the Folder entry in the 'File Types' column. (You may find it easier
to find if you sort the entries alphabetically by clicking on
the grey bar at the top of the 'File Types' column).
5. Click on the Folder entry to highlight it.
6. Click on the Advanced button.
7. Click on the New button.
8. In the Action box, type Directory To Text File.
9. In the 'Application used to perform action' box, click browse and locate the Dir2Txt.bat
you saved in step 2. Then click OK.
10. In the Edit Filetype box, click on the Explore action and then on the Set Default
button. Explore will turn to bold.
11. Click on OK then on OK again.
12. Open Windows Explorer, right-click the folder that you would like to create a
text file of, and you should see a new entry - Directory To Text File. Click on it
and a text file called C:\Temp.txt will be created. This file can be opened with
Notepad and will contain a detailed listing of the directory's contents - including
sub-directories. This can be printed out if required after formatting.
Note: The required filename (C:\Temp.txt) can be changed in the bat file if required
and the existing text file is overwritten each time, so move or rename it if you
want to keep it.
If anything isn't 100% correct for Win2K in this post, perhaps someone can post an
amended version?
BC
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Friday, March 4, 2005 at 8:51 pm
Posted by Frank
(1 messages posted)
Very nice solution. There is a typo in your instructions. The name of the batch
file must be "printdir.bat" (not "print.bat"). Thanks very much for your instructions.
On Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 5:19 pm, WHO wrote:
>
>Setting PrintDir option in Context menu (Win2000):
> * Save the two-line Print.bat file into your c:\winnt\ folder (win2k).
> * Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
> * Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell.
> * Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
> * Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select
>Key again.
> * Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type
>c:\winnt\PRINTDIR.BAT "%1" (NOTE THE QUOTES!) (assuming that c:\winnt\ is your
Windows2000
>folder).
>
>
>
>Print.bat, save this file in c:\winnt\:
>
>@echo off
>dir %1 /o:ge /x>"%temp%\Listing"
>start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
>del "%temp%\Listing" exit
>
>Nederfox.
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Posted by Ben
(1 messages posted)
THANK YOU!!! You did this post two years ago, but I was sitting here going crazy
because I needed a directory listing to paste into Excel. You explaination was great.
I've seen similar solutions but I didn't understand them, and my computer has admin
restrictions. Thanks.
Only things I saw that had differences but didn't effect me were:
>2. Save the file as Dir2Txt.bat in the root of the C:\NTWIN, and then
close Notepad.
>11. Click on OK then on CLOSE again
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On Sunday, April 4, 2004 at 10:26 am, Barrie wrote:
>I'm using XP, but as far as I know, XP & 2K are basically the same, so the following
>should be the same for both OS's. I don't use 2K, so I can't check for differences.
>
>
>My method is similar to those already posted, but a) doesn't involve editing the
>registry and b) creates a text file rather than just outputting to printer. That
>way you can alter the file in Notepad before printing if necessary...
>
>1. Open Notepad, and then copy and paste the following three lines of text into
it:
>
>
>@echo off
>dir %1 /-p /S /D /o:gn > C:\Temp.txt
>exit
>
>2. Save the file as Dir2Txt.bat in the root of the C:\Windows directory, and then
>close Notepad.
>
>3. Start Windows Explorer, click Tools, and then click Folder Options.
>
>4. Click the File Types tab, and then scroll down the list of registered file types
>until you find the Folder entry in the 'File Types' column. (You may find it easier
>to find if you sort the entries alphabetically by clicking on
>the grey bar at the top of the 'File Types' column).
>
>5. Click on the Folder entry to highlight it.
>
>6. Click on the Advanced button.
>
>7. Click on the New button.
>
>8. In the Action box, type Directory To Text File.
>
>9. In the 'Application used to perform action' box, click browse and locate the
Dir2Txt.bat
>you saved in step 2. Then click OK.
>
>10. In the Edit Filetype box, click on the Explore action and then on the Set Default
>button. Explore will turn to bold.
>
>11. Click on OK then on OK again.
>
>12. Open Windows Explorer, right-click the folder that you would like to create
a
>text file of, and you should see a new entry - Directory To Text File. Click on
it
>and a text file called C:\Temp.txt will be created. This file can be opened with
>Notepad and will contain a detailed listing of the directory's contents - including
>sub-directories. This can be printed out if required after formatting.
>
>Note: The required filename (C:\Temp.txt) can be changed in the bat file if required
>and the existing text file is overwritten each time, so move or rename it if you
>want to keep it.
>
>If anything isn't 100% correct for Win2K in this post, perhaps someone can post
an
>amended version?
>
>BC
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Posted by norman
(2 messages posted)
well these are enchanting BUT
how can i hit a button or click a click and get
dir > lpt funcionality!
(i think that is how it went)
(to print a directory listing from a command line)
yooose guys all went crazy on making a file
i would like just to print the listing
On Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 5:19 pm, WHO wrote:
>
>Setting PrintDir option in Context menu (Win2000):
> * Save the two-line Print.bat file into your c:\winnt\ folder (win2k).
> * Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
> * Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell.
> * Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
> * Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select
>Key again.
> * Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type
>c:\winnt\PRINTDIR.BAT "%1" (NOTE THE QUOTES!) (assuming that c:\winnt\ is your
Windows2000
>folder).
>
>
>
>Print.bat, save this file in c:\winnt\:
>
>@echo off
>dir %1 /o:ge /x>"%temp%\Listing"
>start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
>del "%temp%\Listing" exit
>
>Nederfox.
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re: 'Print Out a Directory Listing' in Win2000
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Posted by norman
(2 messages posted)
freakn thing where did my response go?
i just want to have a listing print
NOT make a file then open notepad and print it ...
On Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 5:19 pm, WHO wrote:
>
>Setting PrintDir option in Context menu (Win2000):
> * Save the two-line Print.bat file into your c:\winnt\ folder (win2k).
> * Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
> * Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell.
> * Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
> * Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select
>Key again.
> * Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
> * Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type
>c:\winnt\PRINTDIR.BAT "%1" (NOTE THE QUOTES!) (assuming that c:\winnt\ is your
Windows2000
>folder).
>
>
>
>Print.bat, save this file in c:\winnt\:
>
>@echo off
>dir %1 /o:ge /x>"%temp%\Listing"
>start /w notepad "%temp%\Listing"
>del "%temp%\Listing" exit
>
>Nederfox.
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