Generate text file of all items in a folder in Windows 10 @JFLHV

Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Using the cmd prompt in Windows to create a text file of all items in a folder i.e: C:\Program Files

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Read from specified path and save to current directory
dir /s /b “C:\Program Files” greaterthanarrow filename.txt

Save to specified path.
dir /s /b “C:\Program Files” greaterthanarrow “E:\My Info\filename.txt”

Read from current directory
dir /s greaterthanarrow filename.txt

Show summary and header info
dir /s “C:\Program Files” greaterthanarrow filename.txt

Show only files using the attribute option /a
dir /s /b /a:-d “C:\Program Files” greaterthanarrow filename.txt

Generate text file of all items in a folder in Windows 10

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