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

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This utility will list all the files in a folder and subfolders.

  • It's like a big browser
  • You choose:
    1. The folder to start at
    2. Whether to include subfolders
    3. 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
    4. Choose the format you want by formatting the cells on the sheet
    5. 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...

Here's a screen shot of the main screen in Excel:

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Here's the output in Raw form:

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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

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Training Video on how to List Files In Folder in Excel:

AttachmentSize
list-files-in-folder-Excel-2003.xls292.5 KB
list-files-in-folder-Excel-2007.xls313 KB