> -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rainman > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Export file directory to Excel? > > Is there a way to export or copy a file directory listing to Excel, > or a database or other spreadsheet? > > I'd like to keep an offline sortable, searchable listing of my files, > but I don't know how to do it.
Buried in this Windows XP Admin tool pack: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=49ae8576-9bb9-4126- 9761-ba8011fabf38&DisplayLang=en is the Visual File Information (vfi.exe) tool, briefly discussed here among other places: http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?siteid=8§iontypeid=7&su bsectionid=607&pagetypeid=2&articleid=19548&page=2 Here's what the help screen says: Visual File Information Visual File Information retrieves and generates file information. You can use this information for testing purposes to detect what files have changed in different versions of applications, or what the differences are between two seemingly identical machines. This information is also valuable to track different versions of resources that normally don't store version information. You can copy this information to the clipboard, or save it out to a tab-delimited text file. What is a CRC: A CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Checking) Key is a Checksum based on published standards (RFC and ISO). Basically, for a stream of bytes, the CRC algorithm computes a distinct 32-bit key. If the bytes in the stream change, the key changes. This makes it very easy to detect changes in files. You generate the CRCs and compare them, if they have changed the file has changed. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
