To Copy or Move a File or Folder:

1. Open My Computer.

2. Click the drive or folder you want to work with.

3. Click the file or folder you want to copy or move.

4. On the Edit menu, click Copy. Or, click Cut to move or delete the item.

5. Open the folder or disk where you want to copy or move the item.

6. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Notes:

* You may also move files or folders by first selecting them, then dragging them to another folder or subfolder.
* To select consecutive files or folders to copy, cut, or move, click the first item, press and hold down SHIFT, and then click the last item.

Here is a link that might be useful: move files or folders

I know it's basic but I was not sure exactly what your trying to do.

Sounds like you want to 'Print Screen' then paste into a graphics program. Name & Save that pic to a folder,, then print the pic if you need a hard copy.

It sounds like you want a printed list of folders, correct? As always, it is important to say what operating system you are using. If you are using Vista, for example, you can use the Windows utility called Snipping Tool to take a screen shot. If you are using some other operating system, tell us so we can make another recommendation.

Sorry, I didn't word it clearly and I'm using XP. I have many folders in My Pics. Rather than write them all by hand, I was trying to print the list. I'm moving files back from online storage and don't want to duplicate files I already have. I am not interested in the photos, I just wanted a copy of the list.

Kudzu is correct. I just wanted to print the list. I was given no options to do that, even print screen wouldn't work.

Thanks,
Jane

jane-
Below is a link that explains the slightly cumbersome process involved in taking and printing screenshots in XP. When I had XP on my computer, I used to use a free program to simplify the process, and there are many programs that do this. Here is a link that takes you to a good list. The only one on this list I have recently used is Jing.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm

Here is a link that might be useful: XP screenshot

a screen shot in XP is as easy as pie!

Open the folder to see your list if files, press the Ctrl plus the Print Screen button.
Open Word or Paint and press CTRL plus V to paste...save and print.

Hi, Jane. It's funny but so often you and I seem to face similar computer issues - within a short period of time. I just posted the same request and got referred to your post. This screen shot thing worked - but on my thread Mikie offered a suggestion that was an even better solution for my purposes.

I thought I'd repeat it here in case you want to try out the other option:

"You can also just drag and drop the folder into your web browser.... and save it to file just the same as saving a webpage."

At first I didn't realize I could drag items from one window to another - but it's easy. So I clicked on the folder I wanted get a list of files from - dragged it to my brower address bar, clicked - and voila!

A neatly typed list of all the file names in that folder. I printed it - and also saved the page as a "web page complete." Saving it in other formats just created a mess.

Good luck on your project. Now I'm off to create index files of picture folders and word documents as well. This is so much easier than writing them all out by hand. So good to know.

Lynn.

Hello Jane_ny

Here is a small program that I always use to Print out the names of all the files
I have in my music folder... It is real easy to use.. I have it on my computer that has XP on it.. Take a look at the link and give it a try..

Hope this helps you.

Have A Nice Day
Linesman

Here is a link that might be useful: Karen's Directory File Printer

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions. Didn't think it was possible so I hand wrote everything. BTW, print screen was the first thing I tried and it wouldn't work. The 'paste' option was greyed out.

Lynn you are right. We should live next door, we could save all these good people our problems!

Linesman, thank you for the tool. I'll save it for the next time I run into this. I have so many photos, and saved them on an on-line storage site during a reinstall of XP. I brought some back, but it takes forever so I never finished. I wanted a list to check off the files I already downloaded. So, I wound up writing by hand, no big deal...I think these computers make us lazy although many times, it seems things take longer to do things the old-fashioned way.

Thanks again for the help,
Jane

I understood you want folder names, not filenames. Sorry I didn't have a fix --- that question didn't have a solution when it came up at computer club a few years back.

I downloaded Linesman's linked program. Thanks Linesman. Thanks Karen for writing it.

FYI ~~~ PrtSc used to work as labeled back in DOS days. Now it's been assigned the task of capturing a screen shot (ie .jpg) which you can paste into a graphics program like the free IrfanView (or whatever program used to edit photos). It won't copy as a text file! Maybe that key needs a new name!

You are right. It didn't work. I just wanted the list. I don't know why Print/Screen wouldn't do it.

Jane

you can still always go to a cmd window & do something like;

C:\>cd mytemp

C:\myTemp>dir > mydir.txt

and have a list of everyting in the C:\myTemp\mydir.txt

Or this example is going to list all the files in a folder and put the list in a new text file using a simple bat file (Batch file)

@echo off

dir "C:\Program Files" > C:\list_of_program_files.txt

Copy the bold text above and paste it into Note pad once pasted, save it as a List.bat to the desktop. Go to the desktop and double click the list.bat you just saved. Then head to the "C' Drive and look for list_of_program_files.txt double click it and there it is in a text file.

Wow, you guys are something. My head is spinning. I'll try this out tonight when I have a few hours to figure it out!

Thanks so much,
Jane

Hi Jane,

First, do you notice how files have a period after the name and then 3 more letters? ie. Jane.txt or Jane.jpg

If you haven't seen that then no wonder things are confusing.

Back to PrtScr in layman's language.

In the days before Windows operating system was developed by Bill Gates & friends, home computers ran on what we called DOS (Disk Operating System ?). We didn't have screen pictures/icons & a mouse. We had what looked like a sheet of typewritten text. It was a black background with white text. That's all. You had to memorize command words, like COPY, DELETE, PRINT, DIR to make the computer perform an action. So PrtScr was a great shortcut to print the typing on your screen since that was all that appeared on screen.

Guess what! Windows developed a graphical interface (pictorial representations on your screen) that you could use a mouse to navigate. They bought out DOS. And decided to reprogram the PrtScr key to tell the computer to capture the image on your screen instead of printing it. For good reason. Can you imagine a printer printing every solid color border and every line and everything!!! Of course the ink manufacturers would love it.

So this captured image is where??? Cyberspace? No, it's in a temporary memory place and will be lost if the computer is turned off or if the PrtScr key is touched again with a different screen showing.

One of the benefits of the new capability of PrtScr is when a picture on the internet won't allow saving by right-clicking with the mouse. The picture disappears or a message box appears saying no saving, in effect. So I touch PrtScr and I have that image temporarily saved. Now I have to paste it into a program that accepts graphics. Even tho it may have text it is still a graphic.

I use IrfanView freeware because it is so easy & fast. I could paste it in other graphics programs too.

When the PrtScr image is pasted in Irfan, I crop out what is not wanted, sharpen it if needed, lighten or darken, etc. Then I save it. It cannot be saved as a text file. It is an image. I have to choose jpg or tiff or gif, etc. The most common is jpg. So I give it a filename & choose jpg from the list. Now if I want to import (not paste) it to a document I may do so. My screen shot may have been of folders' names on the C drive. Still a picture (or image). I can save that document, take another PrtScr shot of more folders, paste into graphics program and save, open the document & import the 2nd shot of folders, and so on.........................................

PrtScr is doing exactly what the operating system called Windows is telling it to do. It is taking a "picture" of what is showing on your screen when you touch that key.

I guess it is a programmer's nightmare to figure an easy way to print a listing of our directories & sub directories. or as they are now called, folders & subfolders, from Windows Explorer.

If you become familiar with the command prompt the methods Mikie & Zep describe work well.