Yeah! A Method for Printing the Contents of a Folder in Microsoft Windows

On occasion you may want to have a printout of the contents of a folder; perhaps My Documents, or a folder within My Documents. There is no option to print the contents of a folder anywhere in Microsoft Windows.
If you would like this capability, follow the steps below. You will be creating a small .bat file, saving it, and having Windows add the function to the right-click menu for folders.

1. Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | Notepad.
2. Carefully type or copy the following text. Make sure you press the Enter key after each line.
@echo off dir %1 /~p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing" start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing" del "%temp%\Listing" exit
3. Click File | Save. To specify the location, click My Computer to the left. Double-click the C drive folder (or whichever drive your Windows operating system is installed on.)
4. For the file name, enter %windir%\PrintList.bat - and then click Save.
5. Click Start | Control Panel. (If using Classic mode, click Start | Settings | Control Panel).
6. From the Control Panel, double click Folder Options (If in category view, click Appearances and Themes first).
7. On the Folder Options window, click the File Types tab.
8. Inside the Registered File Types window, click on the File Types heading so the list of file types will be sorted alphabetically.
9. Scroll down and click on the file type File Folder. There are several entries that look very similar, so make sure you select File Folder. Then click the Advanced button at the bottom.
10. On the Edit File Type window, click New. In the Action box, type Print Folder Listing
11. Place the cursor in the Application box and click Browse. Click My Computer, double-click the C drive folder (or whichever drive you save the file you created above), and double-click on the file PrintList.bat.
12. Click OK two times, and then click Close.

To print the list of files in a folder, right click on a folder and click Print Folder Listing. The output will be sent immediately to your PC's default printer.

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