Solve : DIR verbose in WinXP as in Win98??

1.	Solve : DIR verbose in WinXP as in Win98??
Answer» Back in good old Windows 98 SE (MS-DOS 7.1) I used to backup file lists with the command: dir/v/oe/s > filelist19991231.txt that generated a NICE LIST with the columns: DOS filename, Size, Disk space, Last modified, Last accessed, Attribute, Long filename and then a summary at the end. Now I’m missing this feature from Windows XP. Though command dir has the /n SWITCH for “new long list format with filenames on the right” that is less detailed. Does anyone know a command line solution? Or is there a simple downloadable exe for this purpose?A to Z The whole ball o' wax...Quote from: mn1995 on November 14, 2007, 12:50:25 PM ... Or is there a simple downloadable exe for this purpose? Maybe. At least it is free, so you can check it out to see if it does everything you need. There is a for-pay version, but I've never even looked into whatever advantages it claims. See: http://www.no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/ Look for PrintFolder It is great. I use it on Win98SE. I've been told by a reliable source that it works fine on WinXP systems too. Since it is free and simple to use, your best BET is to simply grab a copy, install it, and play around with it to see if you like it. For me, it is one of the standard things I want to have handy on any computer I mess with for very long. Let us know if it fulfills your need. Of course when I had found out this change in Windows XP I searched the available switches for command dir both in its help and on various sites. Well, Microsoft's Command-line reference A-Z has nothing new to dir/?. I have found a few useful utils at Slovak Antivirus Center most of them single exe files not requiring installation but none of those seemed to be the right one. Quote from: WillyW on November 14, 2007, 04:37:51 PM Look for PrintFolder Let us know if it fulfills your need. With the advanced options I could create a list containing all the required columns. Because of the different file sizes in space aligned plain text mode the column width is not the same for each subdirectory so the format output has to be set to delimited list to make it ready to be imported in Excel. Yes, it fulfills my needs. Quote from: mn1995 on November 24, 2007, 01:49:24 PM Quote from: WillyW on November 14, 2007, 04:37:51 PM Look for PrintFolder Let us know if it fulfills your need. With the advanced options I could create a list containing all the required columns. Because of the different file sizes in space aligned plain text mode the column width is not the same for each subdirectory so the format output has to be set to delimited list to make it ready to be imported in Excel. Yes, it fulfills my needs. Excellent! Thanks for POSTING back the good news.

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Back in good old Windows 98 SE (MS-DOS 7.1) I used to backup file lists with the command:
dir/v/oe/s > filelist19991231.txt
that generated a NICE LIST with the columns:
DOS filename, Size, Disk space, Last modified, Last accessed, Attribute, Long filename
and then a summary at the end.

Now I’m missing this feature from Windows XP. Though command dir has the /n SWITCH for “new long list format with filenames on the right” that is less detailed.
Does anyone know a command line solution? Or is there a simple downloadable exe for this purpose?A to Z

The whole ball o' wax...Quote from: mn1995 on November 14, 2007, 12:50:25 PM

... Or is there a simple downloadable exe for this purpose?

Maybe.
At least it is free, so you can check it out to see if it does everything you need.
There is a for-pay version, but I've never even looked into whatever advantages it claims.

See:
http://www.no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/
Look for PrintFolder

It is great. I use it on Win98SE.
I've been told by a reliable source that it works fine on WinXP systems too.

Since it is free and simple to use, your best BET is to simply grab a copy, install it, and play around with it to see if you like it.
For me, it is one of the standard things I want to have handy on any computer I mess with for very long.

Let us know if it fulfills your need.

Of course when I had found out this change in Windows XP I searched the available switches for command dir both in its help and on various sites. Well, Microsoft's Command-line reference A-Z has nothing new to dir/?.

I have found a few useful utils at Slovak Antivirus Center most of them single exe files not requiring installation but none of those seemed to be the right one.

Quote from: WillyW on November 14, 2007, 04:37:51 PM

Look for PrintFolder
Let us know if it fulfills your need.

With the advanced options I could create a list containing all the required columns. Because of the different file sizes in space aligned plain text mode the column width is not the same for each subdirectory so the format output has to be set to delimited list to make it ready to be imported in Excel.
Yes, it fulfills my needs. Quote from: mn1995 on November 24, 2007, 01:49:24 PM

Quote from: WillyW on November 14, 2007, 04:37:51 PM
Look for PrintFolder
Let us know if it fulfills your need.
With the advanced options I could create a list containing all the required columns. Because of the different file sizes in space aligned plain text mode the column width is not the same for each subdirectory so the format output has to be set to delimited list to make it ready to be imported in Excel.
Yes, it fulfills my needs.

Excellent!
Thanks for POSTING back the good news.

Solve : DIR verbose in WinXP as in Win98??

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