Can someone tell me if there a way of copying file names in a directory to an Excel spreadsheet?

bjorn, If you are running windows 2000, XP etc. (Not sure about 95, 98, ME) then you can use the "tree" command. Get into DOS (Click Start -> Run -> "cmd"). navigate to your directory you want to list. "tree /?" gives you the options for this command. If you have subdirs use "tree /f" otherwise just use "tree". What appears on your screen is a picture (a tree) of all your files. Maximize window, highlight with mouse and press enter (ctrl-c does not work to copy ... I don't know why). Open excel and paste (ctrl-v). If you are a little more experienced then try the following: "tree > filename" This will place the contentse of the directory listing into a text file called: "filename" which you can then import into Excel. Hope this helps!! Cheers Jason C.