how to copy folder/file names and list it in wordpad/notepad?

[mystvearn]

Is there a way for me to copy the folder/file names from a specific hard drive and list it in wordpad/not pad? I don't want to print screen the screen and make it into a picture file. Thank you.

[EzyStvy]

There are tons of freeware that will do this...But you can go to a CMD prompt and change to the folder in question. type:

Dir *.* >filename.txt
You cna then open the text file in all sorts of different apps.

[Statica]

Open a command prompt (Start > run > cmd)
For example if the drive is X:\ then the command you type would be:
dir X: /On /s > list.txt
Open up list.txt in your notepad or wordpad

Basically what you've done is run the command 'dir' and sent the output to the text file list.txt
I used the following switches on the dir command.
/On : sort Order - by name (alphabetically)
/s : means show subdirectories
You can add more switches depending on the output you want .. to see all the options type dir /? and you can change the output to suit your needs .. like dir X: /s /w > list.txt .. or maybe dir X: /b /s > list.txt etc etc.

[mystvearn]

Thanks, but is there a way to remove the dates at the beginning of the file/folder names and the ? The I can remove using word delete command. Thank you

[EzyStvy]

Type: dir /?
to see the list of available options.