Tip #3031 - Print Your XP Folders
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Your XP Folders
Since showing you
all how to stay more organized by using the Notepad program, it seems
that some of you are interested in learning some more tricks you can do
with Notepad. So, that's what I'm here for today! Let's learn some more!
You all probably know
how to print a document in XP, but what about a folder? Have you ever
had the need to print a whole folder? Well, if we have a folder containing
10 word documents, we will select each and every document and print it.
But, what if the folder contains 100 documents? You can only guess how
much time that would take. Do you have that much time? I surely don't!
So, if you had the
option to select a folder and print the whole thing all at once, wouldn't
you take up the offer? How nice would that be?!
Well, it's possible,
so here we go!
Though Windows XP
does not have the option of selecting a folder and printing it, we can
make our own by writing a small batch file and placing it in the right
location.
How do you
do that?
First, open Notepad
(Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Notepad) and type the following contents carefully and
in order, each on a separate line.
@echo off
dir%1/-P/O:gin>
"%temp%\listing"
Start/wnotepad/P"%temp%\listing"
del"%temp%%\listing"
exit
Now, save that as
Printdir.bat and store it in the location of C:\Windows\
(get here by double clicking the My Computer icon on
your desktop, select the C: drive and find the Windows
folder).
Note: You
can give any name to the file, but it should have the .bat
extension.
You now have successfully
created a batch file and saved it! Now, let's see how we are going to
bring up the option to print the folder by using this.
1.) Double click and
open the My Computer icon from your desktop.
2.) From the Tools
menu, select Folder Options.
3.) Click on the
File Types tab, which is on top of the screen.
4.) Under "Registered
File Types," you will find a File Type called Folder.
5.) Select that and
click on Advanced.
6.) The
Edit File Type box will open, where you will see a button called
New. Click on it.
7.) The New
Action dialogue box will open.
8.) Under the Action
option, type Print Directory.
9.) Under the "Application
used to perform action" option, select C:\Windows\Printdir.bat
(the path where your Notepad file is located) with the help of the
Browse button.
10.) Click on OK
to close the dialogue boxes.
Now, right click on
any folder and you will find the Print Directory option,
where all the files in that folder will be printed, if you select them.
There you have it!
So, from now on, you can print any number of documents that reside in
a folder, without wasting any of your time!
~ M. Nagarajan
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