[SOLVED] copying file names to text

[anon125]

We have hundreds of files.
We need a text record of them. Say in word.
Rather than..rename file, copy and paste to word one by one...
Is there a faster way?
We have a scanner
Thanks all.

Ps the watch this thread thing works
The recieve email notification did not!

 

[rgd1101]

in command prompt

dir /b /a:-d > filenames.txt

 

[Grobe]

There is some ways this is easilly achieved:

• Holding down shift key while right-click on a file (works in W10, but not sure if it does for W7)
• In many other OS (e.g. Linux) this is a matter of course.
• Do Command prompt -> then copy the output. You may use tree or dir commands for this with appropriate options.

Or you can use some third party software, rather than the default file manager - those I tend to use:

• Q-dir file explorer. A handy one if you work with many projects simoultaneously.
• FileLocator Lite.

And probably many more

 

[anon125]

Wow! Thank you very much.

 

[anon125]

We have hundreds of files.
We need a text record of them. Say in word.
Rather than..rename file, copy and paste to word one by one...
Is there a faster way?
We have a scanner
Thanks all.
Tried dir/b/a:-d right arrow thing filenames.txt
Did not work

 

[anon125]

Top one did not work in win 10. Will try it on win7
Second one I do not know how to paste to command prompt.
Thanks guys

 

[rgd1101]

why it didn't work?
did you change to the directory before running that command?

did you have it exactly with the space?

dir/b/a:-d right arrow thing filenames.txt

no space

 

[Wolfshadw]

Agreed. No reason why the directory (DIR) command shouldn't work as it worked just fine when I tested it.

-Wolf sends

 

[anon125]

probably operator error
thanks

 

[rgd1101]

what is the 3rd command?

c:\users\m&r\desktop\archaeology

 

[Wolfshadw]

The ampersand in your folder name, "M&R" is being interpreted as a concatenation in DOS. Command Prompt is trying to run two commands: "C:\Users\M" and "R\Desktop\Archaeology". Try preceding the ampersand with carat (shift+ 6), so your command looks like the following:

c:\users\m^&r\desktop\archaeology

-Wolf sends

 

[anon125]

so what do i do now? rename the computer just to print out text?
sure hope not!
Thanks for your patience

 

[rgd1101]

not sure what this "archaeology" suppose to do.
if you get the filenames.txt
open it up in notepad, thru windows explorer

 

[anon125]

archaeology is the name of one of the files on the desktop it has several files in it
thanks

 

[anon125]

i went to control panel, user account, useraccount,manage account.
changed M&R to GYM.
restarted the win 10.
command line still says M&R

i would kick it but it is new!
what now?
thanks

 

[rgd1101]

where is this command line from?
what exact did you put in the command prompt? are you copy from a text file? type it in?

 

[rgd1101]

archaeology is the name of one of the files on the desktop it has several files in it
thanks

you mean a directory or folder? or zip file? a file don't have several files in it

 

[anon125]

you mean a directory or folder? or zip file? a file don't have several files in it

well on the desktop are several folders all with avi files.
I key in the the letters etc on the command line. dont know how to paste to it.
How do i change the user name away from M&R to GYM?
what i tried see above, did not work
thanks
M&R is not the computer name so i assume it is the user name? has admin privileges.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Given that it's under the Users folder, attempting to rename it might have some consequences.

It seems that placing a carat "^" just before the ampersand works, so try that.

-Wolf sends

 

[anon125]

thanks guys
text solution: snippet the lists of file names.
photoshop elements 5 convert enmasse to tif
microsoft office imaging convert tif to text in word 2002.
thanks

 

[rgd1101]

so instead of just 1 command and output text file

you create an image and covert it to text in word?