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heretic:
i wanna get a list of just file names from a folder, so i can take it and apply it to an excel document.

i can't for the life of me figure out how to do this though, and you guys seemed where to turn.
i know i'll be kicking myself for not thinking of it, but your help would be greatly appreciated

5thWheel:
bring up a dos prompt (Choose Start, Programs (All Programs in XP), Accessories, Command Prompt to open such a window) and do
dir /b
in the folder you want a listing from.

(you use
cd C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
or whatever folder you want instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator" to change to to change the current dos folder - but you probably know this!)

you can do
dir /b >foo.txt
to put the directory listing into a file if you want

dir /? for other things that dir can do (like 8.3 filenames)

Hope I understood what you were asking and apologies if you already knew/ have tried this

jhocking:
When you say "wanna get a list," what do you mean?  Do you mean you want the onscreen display to be a list of filenames, or that you want the file list written to a text file or something?

heretic:
text file, please

5thWheel:
what i said then
(edit: oops, unless you want to get the list from within excel, i.e., using VB or something?)

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