Uncategorized Walter on 24 Sep 2006 12:11 am
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I created this site to share some of the tips and tricks I come across working with Microsoft operating systems and applications. I hope you find them useful.
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on 18 Jan 2008 at 4:04 pm 1.judy garry said …
hi, really glad i found you! i have a very simple question that i spent 45 minutes today ‘chatting’ w/ dell tech support via email & not sure i got the right information.
i have many, many folders, subfolders, files in my documents & think i think there are a number of duplicate folders i somehow copied from one folder to another. i want to print the screens with just the listings of folders, subfolders, files etc. so i can get rid of the duplicate data.
but - the ‘print screen’ doesn’t work. when i go to ‘file’, there is no print option. this seems like such a simple way to see exactly what i have in the way of data, but i can’t find a way to print out the lists of folders & files. am i going to have to hand write them? there are dozens and dozens!
the dell tech said there is no way i can print the screen that lists folders & files. somehow, i just didn’t have the confidence that ‘armando’ knew what he was talking about! am i wrong? was he right? i sure hope not. if this is the case, can you suggest a way to compare so i can delete duplicates. it’s my home computer, but i’m active in many organizations and keep multiple folders/sub folders & find that i’m not sure which folder i’m putting info in.
appreciate your willingness to help.
judy garry in asheville, nc
ps-i learned to ride a bycicle at my aunt’s house in huntsville decades ago!
on 18 Jan 2008 at 5:12 pm 2.Walter said …
Hi Judy,
I’ve been up to Asheville many times with my family. Beautiful place.
You’re right that there is no built-in way to print a folder listing. The PrtScn key is used to capture an image of your desktop (or Alt-PrtScn to capture just the active window). You can then open a graphics program like Paint and paste the image there.
There are some ways to do it. I’ll make a post about it sometime. In the meantime, you might check out the discussion here:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=494