How to Get a List of Files in a Directory as a Text

Let’s say you need to include a list of files in a given directory into your email.

Surprisingly, there is no obvious way to do this in Windows without a third party software.

Here is a sure way to do that using just Command Prompt and Microsoft Word.

To get a list of files in a directory use this command:

DIR C:Windows /a > C:FileList.txt

Open C:FileList.txt in Word and Alt+Select the area of the document that contains only file names.

Copy using keyboard (Ctrl+C) and paste into email, or Excel, or any other document where you need to see the list.