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by maw3dan

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Have several CDR's that have data/files on them. How do I printout a copy of the file table for these CDs? Have been told to try the DOS prn command but that only recognizes the small file names, these use large file names. Unfortunately I am usingWin ME but would appreciate any help.

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by pahosler

one possible way might be using windows explorer. select view and details, then edit and select all, then choose a text editor and then select edit and paste, if this works you will have a file list in your editor. I couldn't test this out I am not currently running Windows, but it sounds good anyway.

Regards,
Paul

by dklippert

Type the following in the address box of Internet Explorer:

MSKB Q272623

This give instructions about how to add a clever Print Directory feature to Windows Explorer.

by mm212

Open a DOS window, CD to the appropriate directory and enter the following:
dir>filename.txt
or
dir /o>filename.txt
or
dir /s>filename.txt

You get the picture. Once you have the .txt file, print it out.

by stocktonjim

There are a couple of different solutions that I could suggest but would need to know more about the approx. number of files, if multiple folders, and the length of the filenames, plus if you needed them sorted or not. Then I would also need to know a few things about what skills you are comfortable with. You could e-mail me at stocktonjim@startrekmail.com, if you wish, and we could maybe figure out the best approach for you.

by mike (from canada)

Run Windows and run DOS within windows. When you type DIR, you see a list of files with the FULL NAME!. so what you do is type DIR D:\*.*/S>PRN and replace D with the letter of the drive you want the list of files from. In most cases, the CD-ROM drive letter is D or F.

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