Quickly creating a list of files in a folder

This tip explains how to create a list of files that are in a folder.

[@thejekill9907]

8 years later and your video just saved my day. Struggling with a solution fot this a week now! Thank you

[@johnvukelic1602]

Six years later and this still works. Bravo! Helped me a lot.

[@marcborgan5702]

This is the easiest of all the solutions (many very convoluted!) on KZbin. Thanks, Matt!

[@StephenHarristnt]

I have been trying several methods noted online to do this and I must say that this is by FAR the best way and the best-explained way I've found - EXCELLENT! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@JennyDinVa]

This is THE best tutorial I ever saw. I can't thank you enough! I had thousands of files I needed to list and this way was the easiest, the fastest, and the best I've ever tried. A million Thanks!

[@deb6156]

I watched other videos before I found yours. Yours was short and sweet! I totally understood everything and was able to use it right away. Thanks SO much!

[@Astreving]

You have no idea for how long I have been looking for something like that! :D Thanks!

[@pirajacinto4]

Still is literally the best tutorial ever. SO easy, so quick to figure out. And changes everything. Thanks for making this video :)

[@mnrd34]

I am absolutely thrilled that you made this tut ... appreciate it to the end and back!

[@maddien193]

Thank you so much, Matt, for solving my problem of printing genealogy file names (most are photo's or scans.) I couldn't figure out how to print the list without the images. This is by far the easiest answer I have found.....and it works!! Thank you again!!

[@leevc4631]

This is the best solution to this problem I've ever seen. Thank you.

[@gosia30]

YOU HAVE SAVED ME MORE THAN ONCE WITH THIS VIDEO MAN, MASSIVE THANK YOU!!!

[@michaelwalker6907]

Thank you very much! I have already created lists for two 250 item folders. This has saved me so much time!

[@garymills6806]

Thanks Matt, for taking the time to make this video. It was very helpful.

[@tonytawa9065]

Thank you Matt - tried following instructions in other videos; yours was the only one that was useful and informative, and most importantly understandable - extremely helpful. You did a great job.

[@elixirmedicalsltd7243]

Great tip Matt, Just some additions Quick tip-1: Instead splitting the data into columns, copy the filepath from the Windows Explorer and use replace in Excel for the list of file paths and simply replace using Ctrl+H (replace) and you will save a little more time sorting the data. Quick tip-2: You may as well use simply Shift + right click on your mouse to access "Copy as path" option. Quick tip-3: you can create a renamer.xls excel file for yourselves with REN Dos script Or can create a DOS script batch file that can change file names as it has been run each time. Scripts are available on internet for better automation. I often rename 100+ files weekly during my research and work Thank you so much

[@sharathnarayanan]

How to use ren dos command?

[@magdageor7898]

God bless you! I was trying for so long to find a way to do that. You made two people me and my friend happy today.Thank you!!

[@wheredidileavemycell]

instead of going to data, you could just copy everything on the path except the file name, select the column ctrl+f to replace the path with nothing & it will erase the extra stuff in the column except the file name. may be faster for you.

[@kevintate5769]

Thank you both. The ctrl+f idea was must faster for larger separate folders.

[@Keith9534]

How can you copy everything on the path except the filename for multiple files? Have I missed something?

[@Keith9534]

Thanks...I worked it out

[@TotalRookie_LV]

Thank you! Really needed this, as I had an Excel list of 104 positions, yet only 102 files to cut out detail layouts. So I could either go through the list checking each position to find those two missing numbers or... Worked perfectly!

[@Deb.-on9ep]

Awesome Matt. You made it quick and simple. Don't get that too often!!!! Thanks....

[@MotiviqueStudio]

Thanks for this. So many videos going into the command prompt, this is so much simpler.

[@lindadunn2031]

Great been looking for this for years. Crazy it took so long to find.

[@13Danb13]

Matt, that is awesome. I have tried several instructions, some quite complex without the results I was shooting for. THANKS

[@worcestersorcerer]

Great, many thanks! I have a lot of folder names to organise, this makes my day a lot easier!

[@lynnrichardson4698]

This was absolutely the BEST! Thanks for all the help.

[@flotationisgroovy]

Nicely done and you don't waste any time getting to the information. Thanks!

[@almoore8132]

Great tip Matt! Exactly what I wanted too do.

[@larryhawkins2764]

I want to thank you so much for your help and direction on this project. I really appreciate it.

[@CHARCHICHI]

You just made my job easy! Tutorial after tutorial, command prompt after command prompt! This was so simple! Thanks!

[@pamelawile8738]

Thank you so much. All the other instructions were complicated and I couldn't get the paths right. This one worked like a charm.

[@colinjenkins8825]

Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much Matt

[@squirtmph]

thank you very much for clean explanation how to do these, I have being looking for these tutorial for hours in the web! Thank you

[@gsau3000]

Great tip. Easier than other tutorials that show how to use cmd. Holding shift on its own works too.

[@quackedup4969]

Great tip. Thank you for posting it. You totally saved me some frustration!

[@evanchurch3549]

I appreciate this! I tried for a while using command prompts but could never figure it out. This way worked perfectly for me.

[@johnbarsby8382]

Just brilliant. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@francinelopacinski6705]

Exactly what I needed and quickly. Super easy! Thank you!

[@bucket009]

Thank you Matt! I’ve been struggling to do this for a long time. Your explanation was perfect 👌🏾

[@harryrayeroux2345]

You are a Gem, best tip i have come across on this subject. Thank you

[@3bearsgayming]

thanks so much for this, it's such a specific thing to need but a huge time saver!

[@amityjones8100]

Thank you for the easy to follow tutorial😊 I can now make my recipe book a nice table of contents. Keep up the great work!

[@Allen75000]

Straight to the point, thanks Matt!

[@conanliquid]

Nice one man. You saved me a day of typing up a list of Wav and MP3 files.

[@petejameson3735]

Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much! I've been trying to figure out a way to do this for a loooooooong time. Excellent!!!

[@daveemery12]

Love the Alt-Shift-Rt Click tip. Thank you.

[@indivdiff]

Wow, thank you for this. Massively appreciated

[@ipassnotes]

I had almost 500 file names to copy......Dude, I owe you a solid !!!!

[@Tuggadgurka]

Wow....just wow. This is so great, thanks a million for showing this tip!!!

[@dermontbud2798]

Amazing! I was desperate trying to do that. Matt Lanham, you saved my week. 👏 👏 👏

[@scotthooper8104]

Awesome! Great tip Matt! Thanks!

[@avantgarde7956]

Excellent tip! Saved me hours! Thanks!

[@NicksNKnacks]

OH MY GOD!! THANK YOU!!! Life saver. I was worried I would spend half of my day either copying or deleting text.

[@krystalgilliam6441]

This was EXTREMELY helpful! I didn't know about the secret menu... TYSM

[@anthonymiles2302]

This is a great tip. Just what I was looking for.

[@MandyFoxMathsTutor]

Thank you so much for this video! You have saved me HOURS of work!

[@michaelzhuhovitsky3889]

Seriously. Bless you. just saved me about 5 hours of work.

[@jgparmele]

Thanks so much for this! Exactly what I needed.

[@derekjaydjchinatown]

I've been looking for something like this for ages, thanks for the assistance

[@kevinmoore8780]

Thank you. This was much faster and easier than other options and even some software that I downloaded.

[@michaeldenton2096]

This was an awesome video of a lesson. Well done.

[@hkn1982]

Dear Matt, a very useful method and thank you...

[@lindaclarkson9679]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was so easy to follow and you've saved me hours of work.

[@thomreynolds5651]

YOU THE MAAAAAAAAN!!!! SAVED ME A BUNCH OF WORK!!!!

[@discipleswrath05]

Thanks for the tip Matt, you saved me hours of typing.

[@devonmccauley5332]

You just blew my mind!! Thanks!!

[@briantully9171]

Cheers Matt. Worked a treat

[@radhakrishnamurthygummadi4713]

Thank you.... Very Much Matt Lanham.... This tip was useful to me work. Once again thank you Matt.

[@addipoom]

Thanks, mate, for a solution, for not selling us some software, for being a good person

[@papalegba4449]

Bruh... no registry or cmd rubbish, this was so easy. Thank you!

[@ryzeonline]

Absolutely brilliant. I don't even know what to say. Thank you.

[@reubenha1]

SUPER COOL! This is soooo useful! Million thanks!

[@ez_does_it]

Thanks! Very helpful. Wished I had searched for it sooner!

[@missycj99]

Thank you so very much. I have been trying to do this for years.

[@sejembalm]

This works with Notepad as well. Sort files (by name, type, size, etc.), select file, hit Ctrl A to select all files, hold Alt + Shift & right-click file, click copy as path, open Notepad, paste, then click Edit then Replace and tidy up the list by replacing the file location data (such as C:\Videos\) with a blank replacement.

[@gerryohara8497]

Yes, exactly what I did but in Word. I imagine this technique would work in almost all word processing programs available.

[@OutsidersJourney]

thanks

[@TheOnibar]

Thanks dude...

[@adelhunt3499]

"Copy as path" was the tip I needed. My only suggestion for improvement would be to use "Replace" afterwards to simple remove the extra folder location details. It's much faster if you're just wanting the file names and can be done in Excel or Word.

[@666cowboy69]

same copy as path is what i needed i dont have excel or word installed.

[@michaelstrom6981]

was going to write the same. find/replace to blank is much easier then messing with text to columns.

[@splashdoggy]

Thank you! Easy to follow, clear instructions.

[@Jaota82]

Thank you sir. This save me many hours of work!

[@vipulagarwal7320]

Super Amazing! Thanks for explaining the process. I had a requirement like this just today and Voila!

[@harpersneil]

Massively useful video - thank you!

[@dawynn9362]

Top result in Google searches for "copy name of file to excel" is a video of how to do it using CMD, which worked. But this is a LOT quicker; Ctrl+a then alt+shift then copy. Your video was auto played after the last one. Thanks!

[@Deut3327]

This was so easy to understand, and really helpful! Thank you!

[@cesarvargas.5493]

You rock man! sometimes the best solution is so simple!

[@gillianshaw1711]

Thanks Heaps! Saved me so much time!

[@SchnaizenTNT]

This is better. (This mode save folders and subfolders) 1. Open CMD 2. Go to the folder you want to save. 3. write dir /a /s /b > File_Name.CSV /a Show all files /s Include all subfolders. /b Bare format

[@brendasexton6038]

This is awesome! So easy to follow - thank you!

[@matthewsjc1]

Thank you!!! This will be incredibly helpful at work!

[@gringomalo33]

You saved me hours of work. Thank you!!!

[@RobVaughan1984]

i have been trying to do this for years, trying to find a program to do it... thank you so much!!

[@mattschoular8844]

Use power query. It's built into excel. Worth learning. See excelisfun on youtube. Mike girvin is a guru

[@harrywiersum5875]

Great, this is where I was searching for

[@mikeprivate2003]

Thank you, Matt!

[@ameervip2003]

Thanks for this. Helped me today.

[@mailtovikas]

THANKS MAN ,THAT'S MORE EASY WAY THAN USING COMMAND PROMPT, YOU SAVED MY TIME .

[@thumpingbasscreation4339]

Wow really wow. I don't have words. Thank you very much sir.

[@annethompson6021]

Brilliant tip, been trying to do that for ages, Matt taaught me how in 3 minutes

[@emac3628]

just open cmd pointed at the directory (just type cmd into the bar that has the path at top of explorer) then type the below expression, changing list.txt to whichever name and format you want. type this---> dir /b >list.txt

[@eiggjohn]

This was great! He's a good teacher.

[@mrm2689]

Dear Matt Many thanks for this video. It was very helpful.

[@LaLa85B]

Excellent tip! Thanks a lot!

[@barrypage9165]

Fantastic video. Thank you so much.

[@nurulasyiqin7202]

Thanks! This tip is super helpful ❤

[@emilybockrath1410]

This was so helpful! Thanks for the video!