How to make a windows batch file?

Question

I need the batch file to copy (to a text file) all the files in a particular folder (there are numerous sub folders and different numbers of files in each subfolder - I need a list of them all!!), I would also like the batch file to save the paths of these files

Can anyone help?

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Answer 1

dir /b /s c:/musicandvideo/*.mp* > list.txt

Answer 2

Click on the Start button and select RUN.  In the Open box type: CMD and press Enter

This will open a DOS window.  In the DOS window type:

dir/s/b  > filename.txt

/S is to recurse the subdirectories and /B removes the summary info

The > symbol says to "PIPE" the output to the filename that follows.