15-May-2009 NEW UTILITY: List Files In Folder

This utility will list all the files in a folder and subfolders.
- It's like a big browser
- You choose:
- The folder to start at
- Whether to include subfolders
- A limit on the number of files you want to return
- Set this to a small number to test if it's working
- Then set it to a big number for your run
- Choose the format you want by formatting the cells on the sheet
- Choose your own sort order for the results
- Then Press "List Files"
- Your files will be listed
- A pivot table will be created
- You can do lots of things with the pivot table
- Create a list of folders and size of the files
- Find how many files are in the folders
- Find duplicate files
- Split out files by file type
- etc...
- You can do lots of things with the pivot table
Here's a screen shot of the main screen in Excel:
Here's the output in Raw form:
Here's one of the things you can do with the data:
- put it in a pivot table and find out the size of the files in each folder
Training Video on how to List Files In Folder in Excel:
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| list-files-in-folder-Excel-2003.xls | 292.5 KB |
| list-files-in-folder-Excel-2007.xls | 313 KB |
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