Creating File Lists

skindoggi · 11-30-2005, 09:32 AM

im not very advanced when it comes to computers, and i would like to find how you can get a list of files from a folder into a document as a list. i have found a site which tells me how to do this, but i cannot figure out how to actually do it. can somebody please simplify this for me - i figured out pieces of it but it jumps ahead to quickly for me (somewhere between step one and two i think). whenever i try to select my command from the context menu, it says "(the file) is not a valid Win32 application" which suggests to me that i have somewere missed a step with creating the batch file

gamerman4 · 11-30-2005, 04:10 PM

That is easy. All you ahve to do it paste the string dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelisting.txt into notepad. The Save As... it and name it (nameoffile).bat just name it whatever, make sure it is a .bat file though, to make it a bat file just type .bat after the filename when you save it. This will turn the txt document into a command. Put the .bat file into your WINDOWS folder then just follow the rest of the tutorial. I don't think the tutorial ever states to actually save it as a BAT file. Did this clear things up?

skindoggi · 11-30-2005, 09:23 PM

thanks for that! i had done it completely wrong before and had been trying to do it without the string in the file and instead in the file name or something

. now it works fine and should save me heaps of time. before i was copying and pasting the name of each file and i knew there must be a better way

11-30-2005, 09:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
skindoggi New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12	Creating File Lists im not very advanced when it comes to computers, and i would like to find how you can get a list of files from a folder into a document as a list. i have found a site which tells me how to do this, but i cannot figure out how to actually do it. can somebody please simplify this for me - i figured out pieces of it but it jumps ahead to quickly for me (somewhere between step one and two i think). whenever i try to select my command from the context menu, it says "(the file) is not a valid Win32 application" which suggests to me that i have somewere missed a step with creating the batch file

11-30-2005, 04:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
gamerman4 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 1,624	That is easy. All you ahve to do it paste the string dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelisting.txt into notepad. The Save As... it and name it (nameoffile).bat just name it whatever, make sure it is a .bat file though, to make it a bat file just type .bat after the filename when you save it. This will turn the txt document into a command. Put the .bat file into your WINDOWS folder then just follow the rest of the tutorial. I don't think the tutorial ever states to actually save it as a BAT file. Did this clear things up? __________________ NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R P965 HDDs: 2 x 80GB 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 1x 750GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

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11-30-2005, 09:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
skindoggi New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12	thanks for that! i had done it completely wrong before and had been trying to do it without the string in the file and instead in the file name or something . now it works fine and should save me heaps of time. before i was copying and pasting the name of each file and i knew there must be a better way