How to select specific filenames nested within several folders?

Windows 7: copy or output folder, subfolder and filenames as text?

• I have a large folder containing dozens of folders, each of which contain multiple subfolders, each of which in turn contain several files; folders, subfolders and files all have unique names. In Windows 7 I can expand all the folders to view the folders, subfolders and files; what I need is a copy-able version of that nested organization of data that I can "paste" or otherwise output into Word or even notepad. Possible? I have seen tips for automating this with the contents of one folder by way of the command prompt, and can only get it to output one folder at a time; but I need to do this with many folders and get an output that includes all folders, subfolders and filenames. Possible or not possible? If it's possible, can I copy/output it so it's bulleted or in outline view to preserve something of the meticulous organization of the folders and content? If it helps, the files are all on a thumb drive.

• Answer:

  From the command line, does: dir /b /s get you what you want? The "/b" limits the formatting to just directory/file names. The "/s" makes it look in all the subfolders, too. If that's right, then you could send that output directly to a text file: dir /b /s > list.txt If you want the list saved elsewhere (rather than the directory you're starting in), do: dir /b /s > c:\list_folder\list.txt If this isn't quite right, to see other options with the dir command, do: dir /?