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Organizing those digital files

I recently found a feature for windows that will allow you to print out a directory of your windows folders. Thought it might be helpful for organizing those digital files.

How to add the Print Directory feature for folders in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321379

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Here is a handy way...

Here is a handy way to log the contents of a folder (including sub folders)

I found this a while back, it is very handy and free.

http://yandlfiles.home.comcast.net/LeftIndex.htm

Listing Folder Contents

It?s quite easy to use Windows Explorer to see files and subfolders inside any particular folder but Explorer doesn?t provide an easy way to print a list if you want a text record of what you discover. You can use the ?dir? command in a console window but that takes a bit of time and the output is not real easy to read. Both these scripts put items in the Windows Explorer shortcut (?context?) menu for when you right click a folder. The items will appear in the ?SendTo>? fly out menu from the context menu. Choosing ?Log Folder Contents? will provide a list of files, subfolders, and files within subfolders. ?Log Shortcuts? will provide a list of shortcuts (lnk files) found in the folder, reveal the target for each and confirm that the target file or folder is still present. Both of the installation scripts look for the folder ?Yandl_Scripts? in the Windows folder and create it if it isn?t present; this is the location where the actual working script is placed. Then shortcuts to this working script are placed in the ?SendTo? folder.

Tom

 
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