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by goodwinteam

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Hi iam looking for some help i have a drive with a few thousand cds in it and i would like to list them from A-Z are they some way that i can copy the text from the folders rather than typing out all the names of the folders .
i dont want to rename folders or a-z them just get all the titles from each file then a-z them thank you for you help

Bob

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by captbilly1eye

I use this tool to easily create a list of a folders contents as an Excel spreadsheet, and then I can copy it to Word or some other word processor.

Directory File Listing Utility for Microsoft? Excel?

http://www.finrepinc.com/prod02.htm

Let me know if that works for you.

by goodwinteam

thanks guys for you replys but i have never used dos and i tried the other one seems to stop when i enable macros iam using exel 2007
any more help please

by captbilly1eye

I use Excel 2002 and 2003 so I am unsure if you can get the previous utility to work in 2007.

To print a list in any version of Word,
try the steps outlined here:
http://tinyurl.com/539tdy

Here's another free utility that should work as well. It is a stand-alone program (no install needed) that quickly and easily creates a text file list of any folder's contents:
JR Directory Printer
http://tinyurl.com/3eclhp
note: be sure to adjust the character limit on the 'Display' tab so that names are not truncated.

Let me know what works for you.

by mark

are you sure you want paper evidence of what you have illegally copied to your computer? Just kidding, i'm sure its perfectly legit.

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