How to make list of files in a folder?

ignatzatsonic said:

dir f:\Music /b /s > c:\textfile.txt

The above command will make a list of all files in the Music folder of the F drive, including subdirectories. The list will be found in the root of the C drive under the name "textfile.txt".

Adapt it to your needs.

Don't try to write a file to the OS drive's root folder c:\. You'll get Access denied because that location is protected.

Denis

Hello @Takeshi18,

Direct the output to the Desktop . . .

Code:

 > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\<filename>.txt"

I hope this helps!

Then, borrowing (swiping ) from all above, the final version would be:

dir f:\Music /b /s > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\filelist.txt"



(My choice of "filelist")

Actually that would be: Get-ChildItem -Path F:\Music -r | tee-object $env:userprofile\desktop\filelist.txt

If the user Desktop folder might have been relocated then the PS would need to be

Code:

$path = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"
$UserDesktop = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "Desktop").Desktop
Get-ChildItem -Path "F:\Music or whatever" -r | tee-object "$UserDesktop\FileList.txt"

- Put the folder of interest in place of 'F:\Music or whatever' and ensure you keep the quotation marks if the path has any spaces in it.
- Put whatever file name.extension you want in place of 'FileList.txt 'and ensure you keep the quotation marks if the filename, the Desktop path or the UserName have [or might have] any spaces in them.

Denis