Would you like to be able to right click any folder in Explorer and print its contents? You can add this option to the context menu by following these steps:
First, you need to create a batch file called Printdir.bat. Open Notepad or another text editor and type (or cut and paste) this text:
@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing"
exit
Now, in the Save As dialog box, type
%windir%\Printdir.bat
and click the Save button.
- Click Start, Control Panel, Folder Options.
- Click the File Types tab, and then click File Folder.
- Click the Advanced button.
- Click the New button.
- In the Action box, type “Print Directory Listing” (without the quotation marks).
- In the Application used to perform action box, type “Printdir.bat” (without the quotation marks).
- Click OK in all three dialog boxes to close the dialog boxes.
- You’re not quite finished yet! Now you need to edit the Registry, so open your favorite Registry Editor.
- Navigate to
HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Directory\shell - Right click on “default” and select Modify.
- In the File Data box, type “none” (without the quotation marks).
- Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
Now when you right click a folder, you’ll see the option to Print Directory Listing. Selecting it will print the contents of the folder.