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Generate a List of Files With ACDSee

By Sue Chastain, About.com

There's no simple way to generate a list of files within a directory under Windows without using DOS commands. However, if you own the popular ACDSee image viewing software, you can easily generate a list of files.

Note: This tutorial is for older versions of ACDSee. I also have instructions for generating a file list using ACDSee 9 or higher.

Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 2 minutes

Here's How:

  1. Open ACDSee.
  2. Under the View menu, set the view to either List or Details.
  3. If the folder tree is not visible, go to View > Controls > Folder Tree.
  4. In the folder tree, navigate to the folder for which you want a file list.
  5. Go to the Tools menu and choose Generate File List (or press Ctrl-G on your keyboard).
  6. The file list will open in your default text editor.

Tips:

  1. Set the view to List to get a listing of file names only.
  2. Setting the view to Details will include all the information that is selected under the View > Show Columns submenu (size, type, date, image properties, and description).
  3. You can copy and paste the file list into another program.

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