How can I print a folder directory?

[DrDave]

This question has bugged me since I gave up DOS and got my first copy of Windows. From DOS you can print a list of all files in a folder (directory). Using all versions of Windows I only know how to use Alt-PrintScreen to copy a open window to the clipboard and paste it into some application that can print it.

Are Windows methods or utility programs available to print folder directories?

[Ya_know]

Dir printing has always worked for me...

http://www.majusoft.de/DirPrinting/index_en.htm

[TripleRLtd]

Also, there are ways to hack the registry to do this, but the best I have found is a free download http://www.v-com.com/product/pd_free_trial.html
After install go to File/Print/.

[silencio]

dos still works

c:\thefolder\dir > lpt1

adding a /b will drop all the addributes and give you only the filename with no extention

if you have no lpt1 (your printers attached by a share or usb) share the printer (in the case of usb, if it's already a share your golden)

net use lpt1: \\server\laser01

so,

dir > lpt1 /b

would print only the filenames (and other folder names) of a given folder to laser01

[Rellik]

Sometimes it's easier to dump to a text file first, especially if you are using a WinPrinter(which can be just as annoying as WinModems)

Just open cmd.exe, navigate to the folder andrun this
dir > dir.txt
which will create dir.txt and then you can open it and print it in notepad.

[DrDave]

Just open cmd.exe, navigate to the folder andrun this
dir > dir.txt
which will create dir.txt and then you can open it and print it in notepad.

Moving to a dumber question...or is it more dumb? Anyhow, I don't see cmd.exe on this Win98 machine. (My XP PC is at home) Can you tell me how to open and use cmd.exe? Thanks.

[TripleRLtd]

Moving to a dumber question...or is it more dumb? Anyhow, I don't see cmd.exe on this Win98 machine. (My XP PC is at home) Can you tell me how to open and use cmd.exe? Thanks.

Not dumb, just the ever changing world of Microsoft.
Alright, is it F8 or Ctl, folder or directory?
Anyway, Start-Programs-MSDOS Prompt for Win9x.

[Ya_know]

Moving to a dumber question...or is it more dumb? Anyhow, I don't see cmd.exe on this Win98 machine. (My XP PC is at home) Can you tell me how to open and use cmd.exe? Thanks.

CMD.exe is a part of NT OS's, not 9x. Command.com is what you need...

[delmer_1]

thanks..this is great. I just tried it and it took a few minutes to generate...i did it on the root of C: and used teh switches to display all subdirectories, and to remove the heading and summary, and it made a text file that was 7.6MB.

very handy

c:\>dir /s /b > dir.txt

[Rellik]

Moving to a dumber question...or is it more dumb? Anyhow, I don't see cmd.exe on this Win98 machine. (My XP PC is at home) Can you tell me how to open and use cmd.exe? Thanks.

Well, since this question was in the XP forum, I assumed that you meant XP, but anyway, command.com is for all win 9x versions and cmd.exe is for NT/2k/XP.

sometimes it's easiar to do a start>run>cmd.exe or command.com than it is to navigate all through the programs menu for the command prompt icon.

to make the command promt more accessable in XP for any folder, install the "open command window here" power toy

[DrDave]

Well, since this question was in the XP forum, I assumed that you meant XP, but anyway, command.com is for all win 9x versions and cmd.exe is for NT/2k/XP

Since I use Win98 at work and XP at home I was not sure where to post the question. You covered all the bases for me - thanks.