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Name: usadler
Date: January 18, 2006 at 13:17:04 Pacific
OS: XP PRO
CPU/Ram: P4 2.2 / 512
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Hi, I am looking for a solution where i can right click on a folder and it will give me an option to pring the contents of the folder. This is not for Filder listing printouts... i have a folder for example with 5 files. if i right-click the folder i want to be able to select print and it will print all 5 files. (like right clicking on a Doc and selecting print without opening the file. Thanks for any help or info! CHRIS



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Response Number 1
Name: Arctos
Date: January 18, 2006 at 13:37:18 Pacific
Reply:

I found this, which may help you.

Add Print Directory To Right Click

To create the Printdir.bat file, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:

2: Paste the following text into Notepad:

@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing"

3: Exit

4: On the File menu, click Exit, and then click Yes to save the changes.

In the Save As dialog box, type the following text, and then click Save:

%windir%\Printdir.bat


Create a new action for file folders

1.Click Start, click Control Panel (or, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel), and then click Folder Options.
2.On the File Types tab, click File Folder.
3. Click Advanced, and then click New.
4. In the Action box, type: Print Directory Listing
5. In the Application used to perform action box, type: printdir.bat
6. Click OK.
7.Click OK, click OK, and then click Close.

1. Start Registry Editor.
Locate the Default value under the following key in the registry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
3. Click Modify on the Edit menu.
4. In the File data box, type: none
5. Click OK.
6. Quit Registry Editor.

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Response Number 2
Name: usadler
Date: January 18, 2006 at 14:19:11 Pacific
Reply:

i saw this too, but all it does is drop the folder listing into a txt file and it prints the text file.
same as doing:
C:\dir /s > tree.txt and then printing that file.

i need to be able to right click on the folder and have it print every document that is contained in the folder, not a list of whats in the folder.


thanks
CHRIS


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Response Number 3
Name: Arctos
Date: January 18, 2006 at 14:24:19 Pacific
Reply:

i need to be able to right click on the folder and have it print every document that is contained in the folder, not a list of whats in the folder

So what is the difference?

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Response Number 4
Name: usadler
Date: January 18, 2006 at 15:14:52 Pacific
Reply:

the solution you listed adds an option to print a list of what is in the folder.
The printer will print out something like this:

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX

Directory of C:\test
01/19/2006 11:00 AM <DIR> .
01/19/2006 11:00 AM <DIR> ..
01/19/2006 11:00 AM test.doc
01/19/2006 11:00 AM test1.doc
01/19/2006 11:00 AM test2.doc
3 File(s) 12,000 bytes
2 Folder(s) 999,999 bytes free


What i need it to do is to have the the command (right click option) to actually print test.doc, test1.doc and test.3 without me opening the folder (c:\test). just like you can print test.doc by right clicking and selecting print.
I have multiple folders that are grouped based on infomration packets and instead of opening each folder for print the files i want to be able to print the folder.


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Response Number 5
Name: Arctos
Date: January 18, 2006 at 15:59:18 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for clarifying that for me. I am unable to help you with that. I hope you can solve this.

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