How To: Quickly Make Folders in XP

[mekon]

another suggestion from me - if you just had the folder names listed one per line in a text file called folders.txt, then even quicker is :

FOR /F "eol=; tokens=* delims=, " %i in (folders.txt) do @md "%i"

 

[Nocturnal]

I have always wanted to figure out a way to map the new folder option to a mouse click or something. It's insanely annoying having to right click, new folder, each and every time I want a new folder.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: austin316
sorry guys. I didn't mean to insult everyone's intelligence with this tip. maybe someone should just delete the thread.

It was a good tip that illustrates that gui combined with command line makes you faster.





You can also make one folder then Ctrl+drag to make Copy, Copy (2), Copy (3), etc.

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: austin316
sorry guys. I didn't mean to insult everyone's intelligence with this tip. maybe someone should just delete the thread.

It was a good tip that illustrates that gui combined with command line makes you faster.





You can also make one folder then Ctrl+drag to make Copy, Copy (2), Copy (3), etc.

right, but not in the correct naming convention.

 

[Net]

someone told me once that FORMAT C:\ will solve all your problems

 

[degibson]

Oh what the heck.. I'll fuel the fire.

My language is better than your language, my OS is better than your OS, and your face is ugly.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

This is a typical anandtech thread. Bunch of moron replies to someone trying to give a useful tip.

 

[QuixoticOne]

check out the v2 of Windows PowerShell... you'll like it much more than the cmd shell and find it even more powerful when you integrate it with things like excel or scriptlets or whatever.
Of course personally I'm more of an cygwin / bash / emacs kind of guy usually but PS is ok when I'm stuck without a real OS.
I beat you all -- I recently made about 40,000 folders. Bash / PowerShell scripts, go go go!

 

[JonnyBlaze]

the best way to do this would be make a text file with the folder names. call it list.txt

then create a batch file with the following:
for /f %%a in (list.txt) do md %%a

 

[QuixoticOne]

You could just create a new folder on your desktop, then when you want a new folder somewhere in an explorer window that is open just drag the one from your desktop over to the window in "copy" mode by holding shift or ctrl or whatever it is and voila, a new folder wherever you want it for two clicks and a drag.

Or grab a copy of Visual Studio and make a one-click folder create program that registers as an explorer toolbar/extension/whatever... of course then Amazon might sue you over a 1-click patent... *puke*

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I have always wanted to figure out a way to map the new folder option to a mouse click or something. It's insanely annoying having to right click, new folder, each and every time I want a new folder.

 

[wwswimming]

Originally posted by: austin316no. I had to make 300 folders. the old way I would have to right click and type the names of 300 folders. HOWEVER, I had all 300 folder names in an excel file. I took those cells, pasted them into notepad and then into the command prompt and voila, I had 300 folders made in 1 minute, instead of about a 1/2 hour to an hour.

first i tried it with a control v.

then i used the mouse, right click, paste.

yes it works.

http://www.newfolder.com/

that domain name is taken !