Sounds like a job for DOS! You can use redirection to send the output of the DIR command to a text file which you can then import into Word.
Open a command prompt window by going to Start, Run, and type in command and hit enter. Now you're at the DOS prompt. You will now need to use the CD command to change to the folder where your mp3s are kept. If you have more than one mp3 folder you will have to change to each of them individually while doing the following,. When you are in the first mp3 folder issue the following command - DIR > c:\pathname\filelist.txt Change pathname to the path you want to save to, and filelist.txt to the filename you want to collect the names in. Note the single > in the above command, it redirects the output of the DIR command into the text file and initially creates the file. If a previous file existed with that filename it would get overwritten. Now change into the next folder where you have mp3s and issue the following command - DIR >> c:\pathname\filelist.txt Note the two >> which causes the redirected output to be appended to the previously created file. This creates a file with all of the output of the DIR command in it, which includes the filenames, their sizes, etc... There are command line switches which will influence what information the DIR command outputs if you would like only the filenames collected in the file. I'm booted into Ubuntu right now so I can't check the switches for you, but maybe someone else can provide that info. Here is a link to a page which has another method to do this from DOS with a batch file, it's advantage is that it will inventory all of the subfolders of the folder you run it on so you don't have to keep using CD. http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v27/vic27.htm Here is a link to a program which will do the grunt work for you and provide a file listing. PrintFolder 1.3 http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/ There is a link to the paid version of Print Folder as well, but the freeware version should do what you want. Later, Ray Parrish Rick wrote: > > Hey I've got about 3000 mp3's and want to list them on a word or excel > doc and was hoping theres a way to drag/drop them all but so far I > haven't figgered out a way. I sure don't want to type them all by hand! > Any help is much appreciated.. > > -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
