[at-l] Minor computer help...

[Mark Hudson]

Thanks all! I managed to screen capture the list to a Microsoft Works
document (as an image I think), Anyways, I sent it off in an e-mail, and if
it doesn;t work on the receiving end I now have a few good back-up
options...

2008/10/4 Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com>
>
> Hey, I'm working on editing a DVD (for my parents 50th anniversary), and I
> need to collaborate with my siblings on which pics to edit out.
> We all have copies of the pics, so is there an easy way to copy a list of
> pics simply as the title of each pic?
> (ie, I want to copy the XXXX.jpg tiltle, not have the computer think I'm
> trying to copy the picture itself)
>
> skeeter
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Open a command prompt, navigate to the directory where the pictures are,
> type "dir /b *.jpg > picslist.txt" (without the quotes, duh), hit enter.
> You've got a text list of the pics, one per line.
> dir means to make a directory list. /b means use bare format. *.jpg is the
> filter of the files you want listed. > picslist.txt means that you're
> sending the list to a file called picslist.txt. The file will be in the same
> directory as the pics.
>
> There are two ways to get the command prompt to the directory where you
> want it to go.
> 1. click the start button, click run, type cmd in the run box, type cd \
> and hit enter in cmd.exe once it opens, then type cd , a double quote (")
> the directory where you want to go, another double quote, hit enter. That's
> the hard way.
>
> 2. Go HERE<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx>for Win XP and download the power toy called "command prompt here." Once you
> install it, you can right-click on any directory and select "command prompt
> here." That's what I do. For Vista, you already have it installed. Just hold
> down the shift key while right clicking on any directory and select "command
> prompt here."
>
> This all sounds complicated. It isn't if you just do it one thing at a
> time!
>
> FrankenGeeker the NightHacker
>
>
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