How to copy Windows Explorer file selections and paste filenames as text

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Copy filename to clipboard

Windows 7:

How can I select multiple files in Windows Explorer and get a string of text, listing the file names like I would get if I selected the files from within "open file" window of an application?

For example, if I have a directory that contains 100 JPEG files, and I select 01.jpg, 05.jpg, 10.jpg in Windows Explorer via Ctrl + clicks or Shift + click, how can I get a text string that reads " "01.jpg" "05.jpg" "10.jpg" with or without the selected files full path " without dragging the selected files to another window?

I've tried copy and pasting into Notepad and WordPad and it either pastes the pictures into the application or an empty clipboard.

Ricky Williams

Posted 2012-11-16T16:22:13.883

Reputation: 101

Answers

Shift + right-click -> Copy as Path gives you the quoted full paths separated by a newline.

Any decent editor can turn that into a list of filenames only separated by whitespace with a few clicks (for example, find/replace to remove the full path and to replace \n with a space character).

stijn

Posted 2012-11-16T16:22:13.883

Reputation: 1 977

This does work in Windows 7. But not in Windows XP (it is absent). – Peter Mortensen – 2014-08-24T09:39:04.830

Thank a lot. That solves my problem . I'm building a macro with Macro Express now i can just insert a command to Shift + right-click on the selection then type alt+a to "Copy as Path" to the clipboard from their i can automatically manipulate the text as i want ....thanks alot you save me alot of clicking and dragging :) – Ricky Williams – 2012-11-16T17:44:59.410