I need to do a reinstall of XP (thanks to "Spy Sheriff" spyware) and I
need a utility that will save a visual representation of my C: drive
file structure the same way that it shows up in Windows Explorer.

There are lots of programs out there that will print a list of files
without showing the hierarchy, but that doesn't help me.

I can't find anything like this. Does it exist?

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"Sofa Slug" <sofaslug_spamnot@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>I need to do a reinstall of XP (thanks to "Spy Sheriff" spyware) and I need
>a utility that will save a visual representation of my C: drive file
>structure the same way that it shows up in Windows Explorer.
>
> There are lots of programs out there that will print a list of files
> without showing the hierarchy, but that doesn't help me.
>
> I can't find anything like this. Does it exist?
>
Don`t know if Karen`s Directory printer will help:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools.asp

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bw..OJ

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old jon wrote:
> "Sofa Slug" <sofaslug_spamnot@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:2r6Hf.11604$2O6.1892@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... 
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Don`t know if Karen`s Directory printer will help:
> http://www.karenware.com/powertools.asp
>

No, sorry... I tried that. It just prints a huge text list of all the
files with no clear hierarchy depicted.

- Thanks

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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:10:38 GMT, Sofa Slug
<sofaslug_spamnot@prodigy.net> wrote:

>I need to do a reinstall of XP (thanks to "Spy Sheriff" spyware) and I
>need a utility that will save a visual representation of my C: drive
>file structure the same way that it shows up in Windows Explorer.
>
>There are lots of programs out there that will print a list of files
>without showing the hierarchy, but that doesn't help me.
>
>I can't find anything like this. Does it exist?

Dirlister
http://freeware.prv.pl/

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Sofa Slug wrote:
> I need to do a reinstall of XP (thanks to "Spy Sheriff" spyware) and I
> need a utility that will save a visual representation of my C: drive
> file structure the same way that it shows up in Windows Explorer.
>
> There are lots of programs out there that will print a list of files
> without showing the hierarchy, but that doesn't help me.
>
> I can't find anything like this. Does it exist?

Google "display directory tree" ...
1st hit: http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18702

Copy-n-paste the VB script to a text file, say, c:\dtree.vbs
Then on a cmd prompt run :
c:\> cscript dtree.vbs C:
This will display the directory tree on C: drive.
You may pipe the result to a text file, like this.
c:\> cscript dtree.vbs C: > C_folders.txt

I'm sure there are many other utilities that will do the job.

For example, dtree-2.1 source codes can be found here.
ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/fileman/dtree-2.1.tar.gz
Not sure if v2.1 is the latest.
You can compiled it with gcc compiler on cygwin environment
to get a dtree.exe.

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Harry wrote:

> Google "display directory tree" ...
> 1st hit: http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18702
>
> Copy-n-paste the VB script to a text file, say, c:\dtree.vbs
> Then on a cmd prompt run :
>   c:\> cscript dtree.vbs C:
> This will display the directory tree on C: drive.
> You may pipe the result to a text file, like this.
>   c:\> cscript dtree.vbs C: > C_folders.txt
>
> I'm sure there are many other utilities that will do the job.
>
> For example, dtree-2.1 source codes can be found here.
>  ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/fileman/dtree-2.1.tar.gz
> Not sure if v2.1 is the latest.
> You can compiled it with gcc compiler on cygwin environment
> to get a dtree.exe.
>
Thanks but that's not what I'm looking for. Both of those display a huge
DOS style text list of ALL files, including system files, making quick
reference difficult.

I just want something that displays file folders in an organized
fashion like they are in Windows Explorer so I can refer to it at a
glance when restoring my apps.

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Sofa Slug wrote:

> Thanks but that's not what I'm looking for. Both of those display a huge
> DOS style text list of ALL files, including system files, making quick
> reference difficult.

No, the utilites show directory hierarchy (folder & subfolders) only.
They don't show "ALL files", nor any "system files".

> I just want something that displays file folders in an organized
> fashion like they are in Windows Explorer so I can refer to it at a
> glance when restoring my apps.

May be you can use a screen dump program (e.g. hypersnap or SnigIt)
to take snap shot(s) on your Windows Explorer before and after your
system restore.

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Butterfield wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:10:38 GMT, Sofa Slug
> <sofaslug_spamnot@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> Dirlister
> http://freeware.prv.pl/
>

Thank you for responding. That program outputs a long DOS list showing
every jpeg, temp file, etc., and there is no working option to turn that
off.

I just needs something that will show the folder architecture,
preferably in a graphic form like Explorer.

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Harry wrote:
> Sofa Slug wrote:
> 
>
> Are you sure?
> (Maybe I shouln't suggest snap shots to you.)
>
> $ cd /cygdrive/c
> $ find WINDOWS -type d | wc -l
> 819
> $ find WINDOWS -type f | wc -l
> 13549
>
> There are 819 folders / subfolders (and 13,549 files ) under my
> C:\WINDOWS directory alone.
>
> If I were you, I would "diff" the text files from these utility
> outputs, rather than trying to do screen dumps 
>

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "diff". To be honest, I'm not
really that crazy about doing this via a command prompt. Now I'm
thinking that it might be easier for me to just refer to my Nero back-up
disks and look at the file structure there when I reinstall apps.

"I'm a doctor, not a programmer" 

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Sofa Slug wrote:
> Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "diff". To be honest,

A "diff" is a command line utility to show the difference in two files
or in two folders. This comes from Unix/Linux/Windows's cygwin/etc
environments.

Windiff.exe is a Window GUI application that can do similar things
compared with the commandline "diff".

>I'm not really that crazy about doing this via a command prompt. Now I'm
> thinking that it might be easier for me to just refer to my Nero back-up
> disks and look at the file structure there when I reinstall apps.

I'm not sure of your goal (by reading this thread).
I thought you're trying to hunt down which folder(s) came from
skyware(s).

If you have a backup that is free from infection, just restore the
whole
C: partition.  Usually I will scan for spywares before doing a system
backup. When problem(s) arise(s), just restore from backup(s).

> "I'm a doctor, not a programmer" 

You don't need to be a programmer to run this sorts of things.
Defense your PC from various malicious attacks from the Internet.
Just like using condoms to protect yourself from venereal diseases.
I am sure you, as a doctor, know better than me on human health.
The same things apply to web citizens 

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