Printing "Task List" and other things not in folders
Phil James
I started a thread on this a while back, and it's no longer here. As it
turns out when I examined them more closely, the results I got dealt with
printing the contents of folders, and that's not what I was looking for. I
already know how to do that.
What I'm looking for is a way to print out things not in folders. For
example:
If you do "ctrl-alt-del" you get a list of the tasks running on the
computer. The window is small and there's no way to enlarge it, so you have
to scroll through the list. I'd like to be able to print out the whole
list -- not one screen print window at a time. Even better, I'd like to be
able to make the list into a text file which I could then import into Excel.
How do I do that?
If you do "find" you get a list of found items. How can I do the same with
that list? I guess for that I could use the DOS DIR command and pipe it to
a text file.
When you use Windows Explorer, the left window is a directory tree. How can
I expand it fully and then print the result?
When you do "run>>MSCONFIG>>startup" you get a list of programs which start
at startup. How can I print that list? ...or better, make a text file out
of it?
Would appreciate some suggestions on these kinds of issues -- these specific
ones and others like them, of which there are many.
I'm running W 98 SE on an IBM ThinkPad A20m 2820.
Thanks...
Phil
Franc Zabkar
<james...@alum.mit.edu> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>I started a thread on this a while back, and it's no longer here. As it
>turns out when I examined them more closely, the results I got dealt with
>printing the contents of folders, and that's not what I was looking for. I
>already know how to do that.
>
>What I'm looking for is a way to print out things not in folders. For
>example:
>
>If you do "ctrl-alt-del" you get a list of the tasks running on the
>computer. The window is small and there's no way to enlarge it, so you have
>to scroll through the list. I'd like to be able to print out the whole
>list -- not one screen print window at a time. Even better, I'd like to be
>able to make the list into a text file which I could then import into Excel.
>How do I do that?
>
>If you do "find" you get a list of found items. How can I do the same with
>that list? I guess for that I could use the DOS DIR command and pipe it to
>a text file.
>
>When you use Windows Explorer, the left window is a directory tree. How can
>I expand it fully and then print the result?
>
>When you do "run>>MSCONFIG>>startup" you get a list of programs which start
>at startup. How can I print that list? ...or better, make a text file out
>of it?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>Would appreciate some suggestions on these kinds of issues -- these specific
>ones and others like them, of which there are many.
>
>I'm running W 98 SE on an IBM ThinkPad A20m 2820.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Phil
>
- Franc Zabkar
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Franc Zabkar
<james...@alum.mit.edu> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>I started a thread on this a while back, and it's no longer here. As it
>turns out when I examined them more closely, the results I got dealt with
>printing the contents of folders, and that's not what I was looking for. I
>already know how to do that.
>
>What I'm looking for is a way to print out things not in folders. For
>example:
>
>If you do "ctrl-alt-del" you get a list of the tasks running on the
>computer. The window is small and there's no way to enlarge it, so you have
>to scroll through the list. I'd like to be able to print out the whole
>list -- not one screen print window at a time. Even better, I'd like to be
>able to make the list into a text file which I could then import into Excel.
>How do I do that?
Use the TaskList (tlist.exe) utility in the Win98 Resource Kit:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Services/TechNet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/DIAGNOSE/TLIST.EXE
Type ...
tlist > tasklist.txt
>If you do "find" you get a list of found items. How can I do the same with
>that list? I guess for that I could use the DOS DIR command and pipe it to
>a text file.
>
>When you use Windows Explorer, the left window is a directory tree. How can
>I expand it fully and then print the result?
If I'm not mistaken Gary S. Terhune suggested a third party utility
(FileList) that did this and much more:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion/msg/c08fc9174e8b7a59?
OTOH if you are looking for a utility that does the same thing as the
old DOS tree.com command, then try TreePrint:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,10882,00.asp
http://users.ev1.net/~jsigno/addon/Treeprt.zip
>When you do "run>>MSCONFIG>>startup" you get a list of programs which start
>at startup. How can I print that list? ...or better, make a text file out
>of it?
Export the following registry keys to a file:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
List the contents of the following directory:
dir "%windir%.\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp" >> listfile.txt
>Would appreciate some suggestions on these kinds of issues -- these specific
>ones and others like them, of which there are many.
>
>I'm running W 98 SE on an IBM ThinkPad A20m 2820.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Phil
- Franc Zabkar
PCR
(a) Running Tasks-- has the stuff in Ctrl-Alt-Del & more.
(b) Startup Programs-- has the stuff of MSConfig, Startup tab.
Use the Edit menu to copy selected items to the Clipboard. Hold CTRL
while clicking an item to select it, if you want to select individual
ones.
TLIST that Zabcar suggested has as many items as Running Tasks. I'll go
with his suggestions for the rest of it.
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Phil James
Thanks all. Busy now; will try these on the weekend.
Phil
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PCR
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
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