{"id":4261,"date":"2016-10-04T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:57:50","slug":"print-directory-contents-using-chrome-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/print-directory-contents-using-chrome-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Print Directory Contents Using Different Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can copy folder contents by selecting all items in a folder, pressing <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> key and clicking the <strong>Copy as Path<\/strong> command in the right-click menu. Then open Notepad or any other text editor and paste the contents from the clipboard.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-copy-as-path.png\" alt=\"print directory contents in windows - copy as path\" width=\"700\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But if you need to print the directory list for the current folder and subfolders recursively, you need a different approach. This article discusses different ways to list folder contents including the Windows command-line method, using Google Chrome, Firefox web browser, or SysExporter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc\">\n<strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#print_dir\">Using Command Prompt &#8220;DIR&#8221; command<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#print_dir_context\">Add &#8220;Print Directory Contents&#8221; to the right-click menu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#print_dir_tree\">Using Command Prompt &#8220;TREE&#8221; command<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#print_dir_tree_context\">Add &#8220;Print Directory Contents (Tree)&#8221; to the right-click menu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#chrome\">Using Google Chrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#firefox\">Using Mozilla Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sysexp\">Using SysExporter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Different Methods to Print Directory Listing<\/h2>\n<h3><a id=\"print_dir\"><\/a>Print Directory Contents using Command Prompt<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the folder for which you want to print the directory listing.<\/li>\n<li>Type <code>cmd.exe<\/code> in the address bar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-command-prompt-current-folder-keyboard-shortcut\/\">open Command Prompt in the current folder<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Type the following command and press <kbd>ENTER<\/kbd>:\n<pre>dir \/o:gn<\/pre>\n<p>This shows the list of files and folders in that directory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copy to clipboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To output the directory contents list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/copy-command-prompt-output-clipboard-save-file\/\">to the clipboard<\/a>, use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>dir \/o:gn | clip<\/pre>\n<p>Then, to view the output, open Notepad and paste the contents from the clipboard.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-1.png\" alt=\"print directory contents in windows\" width=\"701\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Print the output to file<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alternately, you can also write the output directly to the <code>%temp%\\printdir.txt<\/code> temporary file, using the following command-line:<\/p>\n<pre>dir \/o:gn &gt; \"%temp%\\printdir.txt\"<\/pre>\n<p>Then, open the <code>%temp%\\printdir.txt<\/code> file using Notepad.<\/p>\n<p>To list the directory contents recursively (including subfolders), use the <code>\/s<\/code> argument:<\/p>\n<pre>dir \/o:gn \/s &gt; \"%temp%\\printdir.txt\"<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><a id=\"print_dir_context\"><\/a>Add Print Directory to the right-click menu<\/h4>\n<p>To add the <strong>Print Directory List<\/strong> command to the right-click menu, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Notepad, and copy the following text to Notepad:\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\printdir]\n@=\"Print Directory Contents\"\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\printdir\\command]\n@=hex(2):63,00,6d,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,20,00,64,\\\n00,69,00,72,00,20,00,2f,00,2d,00,70,00,20,00,2f,00,6f,00,3a,00,67,00,6e,00,\\\n20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,3e,00,25,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,25,00,5c,\\\n00,70,00,72,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,2e,00,74,00,78,00,74,00,\\\n20,00,26,00,26,00,20,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,20,00,6e,00,6f,00,74,\\\n00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,74,00,65,00,\\\n6d,00,70,00,25,00,5c,00,70,00,72,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,2e,\\\n00,74,00,78,00,74,00,00,00<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save the file as <code>print_dir.reg<\/code> and double-click <code>print_dir.reg<\/code> to run it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This adds a Print Directory Contents command to the right-click menu for folders, which when clicked, shows the directory contents using Notepad automatically.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-3.png\" alt=\"print directory contents in windows\" width=\"635\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The hex code above translates to the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>cmd.exe \/c dir \/-p \/o:gn \"%1\"&gt;%temp%\\printdir.txt &amp;&amp; start notepad.exe %temp%\\printdir.txt<\/pre>\n<p>The command is created in the following registry key:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\printdir\\command<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-2.png\" alt=\"print directory contents in windows\" width=\"886\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-2.png 886w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-2-768x119.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Sample output when you click Print Directory Contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Volume in drive D has no label.\nVolume Serial Number is F4AC-F4D1\n\nDirectory of D:\\Websites\\uploads\\2019\\02\n\n05\/20\/2019 12:18 AM &lt;DIR&gt; .\n05\/20\/2019 12:18 AM &lt;DIR&gt; ..\n05\/20\/2019 12:18 AM 13,751 800f081f-0x20003.png\n02\/24\/2019 10:47 AM 39,751 set-pin-error-0x80090016.png\n02\/23\/2019 07:46 PM 106,081 w10-default.zip\n05\/20\/2019 12:18 AM 11,812 w10-disable-developer-mode.png\n02\/23\/2019 07:46 PM 10,505 w10-userprofile-failed-sign-in.png\n5 File(s) 181,900 bytes\n2 Dir(s) 274,388,795,392 bytes free<\/pre>\n<h3><a id=\"print_dir_tree\"><\/a>Print directory listing in Tree format<\/h3>\n<p>To print the directory contents in a tree format, use this command-line syntax:<\/p>\n<pre>TREE [drive:][path] [\/F] [\/A]\n\n\/F Display the names of the files in each folder.\n\/A Use ASCII instead of extended characters.<\/pre>\n<p>The <strong>TREE<\/strong> command always lists the items in the current folder and subfolders recursively. But the tree output wouldn&#8217;t have any details other than the file and folder names.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<pre>tree \/f \/a d:\\backup\\tweaks | clip<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Sample output of the Tree command:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-tree-1.png\" alt=\"print directory contents in windows\" width=\"700\" height=\"489\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"print_dir_tree_context\"><\/a>Add &#8220;Print Directory Contents (Tree)&#8221; to the right-click menu<\/h4>\n<p>To add Print Directory Contents (Tree) in the right-click menu for folders:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Using Notepad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-use-reg-files-registration-entries-windows\/\">make a .reg file<\/a> from the following contents:\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\printdirtree]\n@=\"Print Directory Contents (Tree)\"\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\printdirtree\\command]\n@=hex(2):63,00,6d,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,20,00,74,\\\n00,72,00,65,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,61,00,20,00,2f,00,66,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,\\\n31,00,22,00,20,00,3e,00,25,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,25,00,5c,00,70,00,72,\\\n00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,2e,00,74,00,78,00,74,00,20,00,26,00,\\\n26,00,20,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,20,00,6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,\\\n00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,\\\n25,00,5c,00,70,00,72,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,2e,00,74,00,78,\\\n00,74,00,00,00<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Run the .reg file by double-clicking on it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<p>The hex code above translates to the following command-line:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"cmd\">cmd.exe \/c tree \/a \/f \"%1\" &gt;%temp%\\printdir.txt &amp;&amp; start notepad.exe %temp%\\printdir.txt<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>This adds the <strong>Print Directory Contents (Tree)<\/strong> command to the right-click menu for folders.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/print-directory-cmd-tree-2.png\" alt=\"print directory contents in windows - tree command\" width=\"635\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a id=\"chrome\"><\/a>Print Directory Contents using Google Chrome<\/h3>\n<p>Open Google Chrome, type the folder path in the address bar, and press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd>. This shows the folder contents, sorted by Name with folders on top. You can sort it as you\u2019d like \u2013 by Size or Date Modified column \u2013 thanks to Chrome&#8217;s <code>sortTable<\/code> JavaScript function.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-print-chrome-ff-1.png\" alt=\"print directory contents chrome firefox\" width=\"657\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the file and folder icons are shown in the normal view, they won\u2019t be outputted when you print directory contents to a physical printer or output to a file.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-print-chrome-ff-2.png\" alt=\"print directory contents chrome firefox\" width=\"657\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a id=\"firefox\"><\/a>Print Directory Contents using Mozilla Firefox<\/h3>\n<p>In Mozilla Firefox, directory listings are shown in a better way, with a better style sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Click the Name column header to sort the listing by name with <strong>folders on top<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-print-chrome-ff-4.png\" alt=\"print directory contents chrome firefox\" width=\"655\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The file and folders icons look neat, but you most likely don&#8217;t want to see them in print. Unlike Google Chrome, Firefox&#8217;s print preview dialog would show\/print the icon for every file and folder.<\/p>\n<p>You can apply your own styling to the directory contents page, and remove the file\/folder icons from being printed.<\/p>\n<h4>Add or Remove Custom Styles<\/h4>\n<p>Launch the Firefox Developer Tools \/ Inspector by pressing Shift + F7. Alternately, use F12 (or Ctrl + Shift + i) and click &#8220;Style Editor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-print-chrome-ff-8.png\" alt=\"print directory contents chrome firefox\" width=\"445\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add the following to the Style Sheet Editor.<\/p>\n<pre><code>.dir::after { content: \"\/\" }\nimg { display:none }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then <strong>remove<\/strong> the following lines from &#8220;<code>Inline Style Sheet #1<\/code>&#8221; in the Style Editor window.<\/p>\n<pre><code>.dir::before {\ncontent: url(resource:\/\/content-accessible\/html\/folder.png);\n}\n\n.dir ,\n.symlink ,\n.file {\nmargin-inline-start: 20px;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Also, remove the following styles from the <code>DirListing.css<\/code><\/p>\n<pre><code>.dir::before {\ncontent: url(chrome:\/\/global\/skin\/dirListing\/folder.png);\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><em>Doing so would hide the file and folder icons to prevent them from being printed. Also, to easily <strong>differentiate between files and folders<\/strong>, the custom stylesheet code adds a trailing forward-slash (&#8220;<code>\/<\/code>&#8220;) after the directory name. Chrome, on the other hand, does this by default.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Close Developer Tools (Ctrl + Shift + i).<\/p>\n<p>So here is what the print preview looks like, and so would the final output to the printer or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reinstall-microsoft-print-to-pdf-delete-accidentally\/\">PDF file<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-print-chrome-ff-6.png\" alt=\"print directory contents chrome firefox\" width=\"655\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-print-chrome-ff-7.png\" alt=\"print directory contents chrome firefox\" width=\"651\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note: In Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge, when you type a directory path the folder window is launched rather than the browser rendering the folder contents.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><a id=\"sysexp\"><\/a>Print Directory Contents using SysExporter<\/h3>\n<p>Nirsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nirsoft.net\/utils\/sysexp.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SysExporter<\/a> allows you to grab the data stored in standard list-views, tree-views, list boxes, and combo boxes from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> We&#8217;ve also covered SysExporter in the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-print-the-windows-update-history\/\">How to Print Your Windows Update History By Exporting to Text or HTML File<\/a><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the folder for which you want to export the directory list. For example, here&#8217;s my Downloads directory:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-list-sysexporter.png\" alt=\"get directory listing - sysexporter\" width=\"755\" height=\"616\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51212\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Switch the folder view to &#8220;<strong>Details<\/strong>&#8220;. This is an important step.<\/li>\n<li>Enable the required columns and sort items accordingly.<\/li>\n<li>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nirsoft.net\/utils\/sysexp.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SysExporter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Run SysExporter. If the window you want to capture is running elevated, then start SysExporter as administrator.<\/li>\n<li>In SysExporter, click on the crosshair icon on the toolbar and drop it on the folder window whose contents you want to capture.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-list-sysexporter-0-drag.png\" alt=\"get directory listing - sysexporter\" width=\"476\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51209\" \/><br \/>\n(This shows you the list of items in that folder, exactly as you see in the folder view.)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-list-sysexporter-2.png\" alt=\"get directory listing - sysexporter\" width=\"755\" height=\"565\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51211\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the lower pane, select all the entries (<kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>A<\/kbd>)<\/li>\n<li>Press <kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>C<\/kbd>. Or, from the &#8220;Items&#8221; menu, select <strong>Copy Selected Items (Tab Delimited)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Open Notepad and paste the text from the clipboard.<\/li>\n<li>Save the Notepad document.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can also open the exported tab-delimited file using Microsoft Excel and apply the required fonts and formatting with column headers.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can export the listing to a HTML file. To do so, click &#8220;HTML Report (All items)&#8221; from the &#8220;Items&#8221; menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dir-list-sysexporter-3.png\" alt=\"get directory listing - sysexporter\" width=\"750\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SysExporter can be very useful especially when you want to capture the metadata columns (e.g., for a Music or Videos folder) in a folder view and export the listing to a file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can copy folder contents by selecting all items in a folder, pressing Shift key and clicking the Copy as Path command in the right-click menu. Then open Notepad or any other text editor and paste the contents from the clipboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[106,222,241,441],"class_list":["post-4261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-command-prompt","tag-firefox","tag-google-chrome","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4883,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/deskthemepack-extract-themepack-wallpapers-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":4261,"position":0},"title":"Extract Wallpapers from DeskThemePack and ThemePack Files","author":"Ramesh","date":"December 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This article shows you different ways of extracting wallpaper images from a theme pack file in Windows. 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