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Useful Windows Shortcuts / Tips / Snippets
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Copy / Output Entire List of Filenames from Directory (Windows)

  1. Hold the "Shift" key, right-click the folder containing a list of files and select "Open Command Window Here."
  2. Type "dir /b > filenames.txt" (without quotation marks) in the Command Prompt window. Press "Enter."
  3. Double-click the "filenames.txt" file from the previously selected folder to see a list of file names in that folder.
  4. Press "Ctrl-A" and then "Ctrl-C" to copy the list of file names to your clipboard.
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