Printing the contents or a CD or a file folder

[Darky]

Trying to clean up my CD-Rs, none of which have any labels or tables of contents.

Is there any way to print, or save in document format, a list of the files on a CD-R or a file folder, (so that when I put in a disc with mp3's stored on it, I can get a print-out of the names of the 80 or 100 songs on it)?

 

[jim boy]

You could try piping a directory listing into a file.

For example, from a command prompt (just type cmd in the run box after clicking on start) go to the root of the cd drive and type 'dir /s>c:\cdname.txt'. The 'dir /s' will list all files in that directory and all subdirectories and the '>c:\cdname.txt' tells you to put the output from the previous commmand into a file called 'cdname.txt' in the root of the c drive.

 

[Darky]

Thanks Jim Boy, exactly what I was looking for. I've just tried it with three different CD-Rs and it's very easy.

There WAS a thread on this board a while back, but I searched through about 8 months' worth of topics and couldn't find it.

.txt is such an easy format for documents, very easy to edit out what I don't need, and print out without much fuss.

 

[Desredandwhite]

alternatively, you might want to search for a freeware program called PrintFolder. You right click on a folder and select printfolder, and it pops up a text window with the list of files - you can select how many characters to show, whther you want dates, filesizes, subfolders etc.