One of the visitor , Garry contacted me asking a simple but very nice question.

Garry : How do I get all the folders and files names (in my C drive)  into a text file. I do it manually but its very tiring. I need a quick solution . Any Idea ?

Hi Garry, Thanks for the mail and here is your answer.

He told that he is using windows . I had a very quick and easy solution for this. Here are the steps:

• Open the run dialog box by hitting WIN KEY + R
• Type CMD and enter. This opens the dos window.
• Now type cd c:\ . This way you will move to C directory ( where all your files are present)
• Now Type dir /b > alldata.txt .
• Open the alldata.txt file which is in your C: drive and you will be able to see all data.

Here is the image with a brief explanation of how it works at the end.

Brief explanation :

DIR gives you list of all files and folders ( except hidden ) . /B is an option for DIR so that you just get the list of files and no other details. . > Is a way where the out put of DIR is given into another , which here in our case is a file “alldata.txt”