I downloaded a free program a while back that is helpful in listing files on a computer. You can select a single folder or a drive, or anything in between and choose what data to be listed. It's called Karen's Directory Printer. Karen's Power Tools can be purchased on a CD or downloaded for free. Her website is: http://www.karenware.com/ She has a variety of small and helpful programs, but the only one I've tried is the Directory Printer. Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "genlistlass" <genlistlass@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:35 PM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Renaming files > I've just been doing some "housekeeping" on my genealogy files and renaming > them and making them more accessible to a backup! As suggested by your good > selves:-) > > BUT. When I load them onto my other PC far away, I'm going to have a lot of > duplicates, aren't I? With different file names but same data. > > IF I sort them by modified as suggested by your good selves, will that help > again??? I fear I am going to get into a terrible muddle and might just > lose VITAL stuff. > > Is there any way of printing out complete lists of what folders are on the C > or D drive? Print Screen wont help here.......... Then I can compare the old > with the new and rename the old folders on the other far away PC > accordingly. Or am I going to make a complete dogs breakfast of the whole > thing and I shouldn't have "fiddled" in the first place??? > > (Sometimes when I "fiddle" with PC, I crash it and I usually have to pay 50 > quid to get a fella to put it right again! In this instance, I am working > with my D drive which is my data drive. The crashing usually occurs in the C > drive where all the programmes lurk.) > > genlistlass > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Thank you Fran for advice on my thorny problem. Have had a very busy weekend but will get onto some serious downloading and tidying up later today. genlistlass, UK > I downloaded a free program a while back that is helpful in listing files on > a computer. You can select a single folder or a drive, or anything in > between and choose what data to be listed. It's called Karen's Directory > Printer. Karen's Power Tools can be purchased on a CD or downloaded for > free. Her website is: > http://www.karenware.com/ > She has a variety of small and helpful programs, but the only one I've tried > is the Directory Printer.