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    Mr. Mangus
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    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.

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