taking just the name off the music on thumb drive
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taking just the name off the music on thumb drive
Hey, is there a way for me to make a cheatsheet from the 89 albumns/cd's
I have on my wife's thumb drive so I can make a cheat sheet with out having to type them all in? If I copy all, it seems to copy everything in each file/cd etc....when all I want is the name to make it easier for her to find an artist she wants to hear....? make sense? Thanks.
Jim
I have on my wife's thumb drive so I can make a cheat sheet with out having to type them all in? If I copy all, it seems to copy everything in each file/cd etc....when all I want is the name to make it easier for her to find an artist she wants to hear....? make sense? Thanks.
Jim
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Here's something to try, but it will only be useful if the folders that the music is stored in are named appropriately with the album name (i.e. F:\Metallica\Master of Puppets).
First, figure out what drive letter your thumb drive is using. I'll use the F: drive as an example. Replace F: with whatever letter yours is using.
Next, go to the command prompt. If you're not familiar with this, click Start --> Run then type CMD and press enter. If you're using Windows 7, click the Windows menu button then type CMD in the Search box.
At the command prompt, change to the drive letter of your thumb drive by typing it followed by a colon (i.e. F:) and press enter.
Next, type dir /a:d/b/s >music.txt and press enter.
This should create a file called music.txt on your thumb drive with a listing of every directory on it. Go find this file in Windows and double-click it. It should open in Notepad, and may look something like this:
F:\ACDC
F:\Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains
...snip...
F:\ACDC\ACDC - Highway To Hell
F:\ACDC\Back in Black
F:\Aerosmith\Devil's Got a New Disguise- The Very Best of Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains\Dirt
F:\Alice In Chains\Greatest Hits
Now, to clean this up...
On the menu in Notepad, click Edit then Replace. In the "Find what" field type F:\, and leave the "Replace with" field blank, then click the Replace All button. That should leave you with a list that's a little neater. Note that if you have first-level directories for each artist like I do, the beginning of your list will only be the artists names. You should be able to manually remove these easily. Don't forget to save the file. I hope this helps.
First, figure out what drive letter your thumb drive is using. I'll use the F: drive as an example. Replace F: with whatever letter yours is using.
Next, go to the command prompt. If you're not familiar with this, click Start --> Run then type CMD and press enter. If you're using Windows 7, click the Windows menu button then type CMD in the Search box.
At the command prompt, change to the drive letter of your thumb drive by typing it followed by a colon (i.e. F:) and press enter.
Next, type dir /a:d/b/s >music.txt and press enter.
This should create a file called music.txt on your thumb drive with a listing of every directory on it. Go find this file in Windows and double-click it. It should open in Notepad, and may look something like this:
F:\ACDC
F:\Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains
...snip...
F:\ACDC\ACDC - Highway To Hell
F:\ACDC\Back in Black
F:\Aerosmith\Devil's Got a New Disguise- The Very Best of Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains\Dirt
F:\Alice In Chains\Greatest Hits
Now, to clean this up...
On the menu in Notepad, click Edit then Replace. In the "Find what" field type F:\, and leave the "Replace with" field blank, then click the Replace All button. That should leave you with a list that's a little neater. Note that if you have first-level directories for each artist like I do, the beginning of your list will only be the artists names. You should be able to manually remove these easily. Don't forget to save the file. I hope this helps.
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I ended up just right clicking on each one to get the properties and copied and pasted each one....only had about 80 to do.....I will have to check out your way for next time! thanks......
Jim
Jim
Here's something to try, but it will only be useful if the folders that the music is stored in are named appropriately with the album name (i.e. F:\Metallica\Master of Puppets).
First, figure out what drive letter your thumb drive is using. I'll use the F: drive as an example. Replace F: with whatever letter yours is using.
Next, go to the command prompt. If you're not familiar with this, click Start --> Run then type CMD and press enter. If you're using Windows 7, click the Windows menu button then type CMD in the Search box.
At the command prompt, change to the drive letter of your thumb drive by typing it followed by a colon (i.e. F:) and press enter.
Next, type dir /a:d/b/s >music.txt and press enter.
This should create a file called music.txt on your thumb drive with a listing of every directory on it. Go find this file in Windows and double-click it. It should open in Notepad, and may look something like this:
F:\ACDC
F:\Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains
...snip...
F:\ACDC\ACDC - Highway To Hell
F:\ACDC\Back in Black
F:\Aerosmith\Devil's Got a New Disguise- The Very Best of Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains\Dirt
F:\Alice In Chains\Greatest Hits
Now, to clean this up...
On the menu in Notepad, click Edit then Replace. In the "Find what" field type F:\, and leave the "Replace with" field blank, then click the Replace All button. That should leave you with a list that's a little neater. Note that if you have first-level directories for each artist like I do, the beginning of your list will only be the artists names. You should be able to manually remove these easily. Don't forget to save the file. I hope this helps.
First, figure out what drive letter your thumb drive is using. I'll use the F: drive as an example. Replace F: with whatever letter yours is using.
Next, go to the command prompt. If you're not familiar with this, click Start --> Run then type CMD and press enter. If you're using Windows 7, click the Windows menu button then type CMD in the Search box.
At the command prompt, change to the drive letter of your thumb drive by typing it followed by a colon (i.e. F:) and press enter.
Next, type dir /a:d/b/s >music.txt and press enter.
This should create a file called music.txt on your thumb drive with a listing of every directory on it. Go find this file in Windows and double-click it. It should open in Notepad, and may look something like this:
F:\ACDC
F:\Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains
...snip...
F:\ACDC\ACDC - Highway To Hell
F:\ACDC\Back in Black
F:\Aerosmith\Devil's Got a New Disguise- The Very Best of Aerosmith
F:\Alice In Chains\Dirt
F:\Alice In Chains\Greatest Hits
Now, to clean this up...
On the menu in Notepad, click Edit then Replace. In the "Find what" field type F:\, and leave the "Replace with" field blank, then click the Replace All button. That should leave you with a list that's a little neater. Note that if you have first-level directories for each artist like I do, the beginning of your list will only be the artists names. You should be able to manually remove these easily. Don't forget to save the file. I hope this helps.