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Frank Martin

When I archive photos downloaded material to
DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.

Is there any way to copy and paste the
exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
printer so as to print this on a DVD?

This would save a lot of labelling.

Please help, Frank

Dan

The only thing I can think of is to copy the text in the explorer address
bar, but that will only show you the path where you currently are.

eg: C:\Documents\Pictures\2008\Archive one

This, however, won't show what folders are in Pictures, for example. Not
sure how else to do it, unless you archive your pictures in folders marked
sequentially...Pictures 1 folder, Pictures 2 folder, and so on.

"Frank Martin" wrote:

> When I archive photos downloaded material to
> DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
> Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>
> Is there any way to copy and paste the
> exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
> printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>
> This would save a lot of labelling.
>
> Please help, Frank
>
>
>

Frank Martin

Thanks, I can save the structure as an image
and print it that way, but what I need is
text so that it will wrap around the DVD.


"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
news:19ADA659-88A2-457B-8D54-18093BD038D6@microsoft.com...
> The only thing I can think of is to copy
> the text in the explorer address
> bar, but that will only show you the path
> where you currently are.
>
> eg: C:\Documents\Pictures\2008\Archive one
>
> This, however, won't show what folders are
> in Pictures, for example. Not
> sure how else to do it, unless you archive
> your pictures in folders marked
> sequentially...Pictures 1 folder, Pictures
> 2 folder, and so on.
>
> "Frank Martin" wrote:
>
>> When I archive photos downloaded material
>> to
>> DVD, I need the folder structure in
>> Windows
>> Explorer printed on the surface of the
>> DVD.
>>
>> Is there any way to copy and paste the
>> exploded folder structure from Explorer to
>> a
>> printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>>
>> This would save a lot of labelling.
>>
>> Please help, Frank
>>
>>
>>

dadiOH

Frank Martin wrote:
> When I archive photos downloaded material to
> DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
> Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>
> Is there any way to copy and paste the
> exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
> printer so as to print this on a DVD?

Sure. Take a screen shot, paste into a graphics editor, crop as desired,
print.
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Onsokumaru

"Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in message
news:upanWiYCJHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> When I archive photos downloaded material to DVD, I need the folder
> structure in Windows Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>
> Is there any way to copy and paste the exploded folder structure from
> Explorer to a printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>
> This would save a lot of labelling.
>
> Please help, Frank
>

You could try, from the command prompt, switch to the DVD drive, with the
drive in the disk

DIR /b /s > C:\DVDcontents.txt

This will output the list of directories and file to a file named
DVDcontents.txt in C:\.

You could also try the TREE command at the command prompt also.

">" redirects the output to a file you specify, insted of to the screen.

Use /? after either command to get more info on command.

Big_Al

Onsokumaru wrote:
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in message
> news:upanWiYCJHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> When I archive photos downloaded material to DVD, I need the folder
>> structure in Windows Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>>
>> Is there any way to copy and paste the exploded folder structure from
>> Explorer to a printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>>
>> This would save a lot of labelling.
>>
>> Please help, Frank
>>
>
> You could try, from the command prompt, switch to the DVD drive, with the
> drive in the disk
>
> DIR /b /s > C:\DVDcontents.txt
>
> This will output the list of directories and file to a file named
> DVDcontents.txt in C:\.
>
> You could also try the TREE command at the command prompt also.
>
> ">" redirects the output to a file you specify, insted of to the screen.
>
> Use /? after either command to get more info on command.
>
>

And if you did:

DIR /AD /B /S > C:\DVDcontents.txt

This would only print the directories. /AD skips the files.

Stephen Harris

Frank Martin wrote:
> When I archive photos downloaded material to
> DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
> Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>
> Is there any way to copy and paste the
> exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
> printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>
> This would save a lot of labelling.
>
> Please help, Frank
>
>

Frank Martin wrote:
> When I archive photos downloaded material to
> DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
> Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>
> Is there any way to copy and paste the
> exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
> printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>
> This would save a lot of labelling.
>
> Please help, Frank
>
>

Yes, use the tree command executed from the Dos prompt.
C:\photos>tree <enter>

I'll see if I can show you from one of my folders but
not not of Photos since I don't have a bunch of them.

C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree
Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is B0C1-8CE3
C:.
????Acronis Disk Director
????TrueImageHome

At the Dos prompt window, up at the top is says Command Prompt;
to the left of "Command Prompt" is a tiny Dos icon.
If you right-click that icon, a dropdown menu appears.
Choose Edit, -> Mark
Then you use your mouse to drag over the output that you
want to select, so that the what you want is selected.
Leave it selected and go back to the tiny dos icon and
right-click on it again. Go to Edit, this time choose "copy".

Now you "paste" the output of the tree command into a
program like Wordpad which won't destroy its structure.
If you paste it in to notepad, the output characters
become garbled. I think it should print out Ok from wordpad.
If not, do a screen capture of the Wordpad displayed tree
screen and print it out as an image file. Image files are
easy to crop and resize to make them dvd cover size, but
you will need to do a bit of scissor work most likely.

The output looks good. I'm not sure my example is going
to look good because the Newsreader likes posting in text
format which will change the appearance. But this method
works great, so don't be discouraged if my example doesn't
work on Usenet, it will work well for your purposes.

Also if you want the files to be shown with files, perhaps
if you have photos categorized by folder and you want the
names of the photos (their filenames) also use the /f switch.

C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree /f |more <enter> produces

C:.
????Acronis Disk Director
? AutoPartNt.exe
? bootmenu_logo.png
? DiskDirector.exe
? diskdirector_full.config
? diskdirector_safe.config
? kernel.dat
? ossactiv.exe
? OSSelectorSetup.exe
? oss_activator.config
? oss_inst.exe
? oss_install.config
? parter.exe
? ramdisk.dat
? spawn.exe
? splash.run
?
????TrueImageHome
CleanUpTools.exe
de.cnt
de.hlp
-- More --

the |more command pauses between screens for captures, space bar onward.
So I provide a website for a reference that this method will work. One
more example, if you type C:\program files>tree <enter> a huge output.
C:.
????Acronis
? ????Acronis Disk Director
? ????TrueImageHome
????Adobe
? ????Adobe Bridge CS3
? ? ????AMT
? ? ? ????ar_AE
? ? ? ????cs_CZ
? ? ? ????da_DK
? ? ? ????de_DE
? ? ? ????el_GR
? ? ? ????en_GB
? ? ? ????en_US
? ? ? ????es_ES
? ? ? ????fi_FI
? ? ? ????fr_FR
? ? ? ????he_IL
? ? ? ????hu_HU
? ? ? ????it_IT
? ? ? ????ja_JP
? ? ? ????ko_KR
-- More --
which is just the directory also called folder listing.


http://www.smartcomputing.com/editor...%2Fpcn0507.asp

"You've seen drawings of family trees, with relatives connected by
lines. The TREE command displays DOS' version of a family tree,
graphically showing the connections between directories and the
system's structure.

To use TREE, type tree at the DOS prompt followed by the drive or path
you want displayed. If you don't specify a drive or path, the current
directory will be used. You can use the /f parameter, which would cause
the names of files in each directory to be listed as well. And if you
use ¦MORE after the parameter, the directories will be displayed one
screen at a time."

Regards,
Stephen

Stephen Harris

Onsokumaru wrote:
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in message
> news:upanWiYCJHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> When I archive photos downloaded material to DVD, I need the folder
>> structure in Windows Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
>>
>> Is there any way to copy and paste the exploded folder structure from
>> Explorer to a printer so as to print this on a DVD?
>>
>> This would save a lot of labelling.
>>
>> Please help, Frank
>>
>
> You could try, from the command prompt, switch to the DVD drive, with the
> drive in the disk
>
> DIR /b /s > C:\DVDcontents.txt
>
> This will output the list of directories and file to a file named
> DVDcontents.txt in C:\.
>
> You could also try the TREE command at the command prompt also.
>
> ">" redirects the output to a file you specify, insted of to the screen.
>
> Use /? after either command to get more info on command.
>
>

Oh, I saw this reply after I posted. I think "tree" is best.

Stephen Harris

Stephen Harris wrote:
> Frank Martin wrote:

>
> Yes, use the tree command executed from the Dos prompt.
> C:\photos>tree <enter>
>
> I'll see if I can show you from one of my folders but
> not not of Photos since I don't have a bunch of them.
>
> C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree
> Folder PATH listing
> Volume serial number is B0C1-8CE3
> C:.
> ????Acronis Disk Director
> ????TrueImageHome
>

This turned out ugly on Usenet. It will work
fine at home, providing a very tidy display.
I will try again to show this, choosing UTF.

C:.
├───Acronis Disk Director
└───TrueImageHome

Stephen Harris

Stephen Harris wrote:
> Stephen Harris wrote:
>> Frank Martin wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, use the tree command executed from the Dos prompt.
>> C:\photos>tree <enter>
>>
>> I'll see if I can show you from one of my folders but
>> not not of Photos since I don't have a bunch of them.
>>
>> C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree
>> Folder PATH listing
>> Volume serial number is B0C1-8CE3
>> C:.
>> ????Acronis Disk Director
>> ????TrueImageHome
>>
>
> This turned out ugly on Usenet. It will work
> fine at home, providing a very tidy display.
> I will try again to show this, choosing UTF.
>
> C:.
> ├───Acronis Disk Director
> └───TrueImageHome

C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree /f |more

C:.
├───Acronis Disk Director
│ AutoPartNt.exe
│ bootmenu_logo.png
│ DiskDirector.exe
│ diskdirector_full.config
│ diskdirector_safe.config
│ kernel.dat
│ ossactiv.exe
│ OSSelectorSetup.exe
│ oss_activator.config
│ oss_inst.exe
│ oss_install.config
│ parter.exe
│ ramdisk.dat
│ spawn.exe
│ splash.run
│
└───TrueImageHome
CleanUpTools.exe
de.cnt
de.hlp