Add a context menu option to list all files in a folder and save it as text file

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To Jack.
The dir command can’t solve your problem.
You can do it with wList, click my nick and get it.

wList can add backslash character to folder names as you wish.
Go: List Style – Customize – and set combo: Folder Item

Regards,
Piotr

Me
Use Windows Enabler at http://www.freewarefiles.com/Windows-Enabler_program_980.html

This is a great little program but use it CAREFULLY.

Great. see great shareware for doing that – wList
http://www.sharktime.com/us_wList.html

It works similar to dir command but in a window.
It automatically adds list option to right click menu.

sorry i messed up awhile back
cmd /c dir %1 /a /b >%1\list.txt

would not only be unable to list files in folders with long file names but also it would not be able to output the list.txt to a folder with a long file name in order for it to work with long folder names, u need to use quotes around the %1′s also, if you use >> instead of > it will append to any existing list.txt in the folder you are catalogging instead of replacing the text file with a new one

if you want to append to a pre-existing list.txt when one already exists in the output folder then use:

cmd /c dir “%1″ /a /b /s >>”%1″\list.txt

or if you want it to replace a possibly pre-existing list.txt in the same output folder every time

cmd /c dir %1 /a /b >%1\list.txt

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if you dont wanna screw around in regedit
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then copy the following to a notepad document and then save it (where you can find it to click on) as listfiles.reg (NOTE make sure when u are in the save as dialog box in notepad you must use quotes around “listfiles.reg” otherwise it will loose its .reg extension and be useless)

[Start copy below this line]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Make FileList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Make FileList\command]
@=”cmd /c dir \”%1\” /a /b /s >>\”%1\”\\list.txt”

[End copy above this line]

once the above is saved into a file called “listfiles.reg”
find the file in whatever folder you put it in
Right click on the file, left click on Merge
a box will ask are you sure? Yes/No click Yes

now you have a new command available “Make FileList”
when you right click any folder you will see this option

if you left click on the option it will then create a new file within that folder called list.txt which contains the contents of that folder as it was each time you told it to make a list

i realised awhile back i did not afford for long folder names but only now decided to correct it since i want to use almost the exact same thing to create a context deltree command (for quick erasure of files when i want it without using 1: shift+delete or 2: telling recycle bin to never be active keep files)

oops messed up its

cmd /c dir %1 /a /b >%1\list.txt