{"id":463,"date":"2011-03-04T17:39:41","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T22:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=463"},"modified":"2011-03-04T17:40:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T22:40:25","slug":"freeware-pick-3052011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/freeware-pick-3052011\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeware Pick 3\/05\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dir2HTML<\/strong>
\nWindows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
\nCreate lists from any folder or drive on your computer
\n1.2MB download file size<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We all like lists: grocery lists, lists of friends, \t\t\t\t\tlists of enemies, lists of vegetables to avoid, lists of \t\t\t\t\twines we like, lists of sites we like, lists of lists, lists \t\t\t\t\tof anything – even Listerine. Not many people LISTen well, \t\t\t\t\tso LISTen up because we’re going to introduce you to a \t\t\t\t\tprogram that makes lists – and makes them without you having \t\t\t\t\tto type hardly anything. If you are a workophobe like EB \t\t\t\t\tthen you’ll love this program – but only if you are \t\t\t\t\tLISTening and you like lists.<\/p>\n

I guess we’re going to have to tell you right up front what \t\t\t\t\tthis program makes lists of, in case some of you are \t\t\t\t\tsalivating thinking this program can make any kind of list \t\t\t\t\tyou want. It can’t. But it can make lists from the contents \t\t\t\t\tof any folder on your computer – and if you’re really a \t\t\t\t\tlistophile it can list everything on any hard drive. Not \t\t\t\t\tonly does it make lists of the contents of folders, it makes \t\t\t\t\tnice lists, neat, easy to read, orderly lists based on \t\t\t\t\tparameters you specify. Heck, if you’re really a nit-picker \t\t\t\t\tyou can even choose your own colors. I’m a black and white \t\t\t\t\ttype of guy myself, the screen shot below shows my tendency \t\t\t\t\ttoward the mundane.<\/p>\n

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As stark as it may be, you have to admit it’s neat and \t\t\t\t\torderly – and easy to read.<\/p>\n

Some of you are scratching your head wondering why on Earth \t\t\t\t\tyou’d want to make a list of everything in a folder – or on \t\t\t\t\ta drive. Because you can? Because it’s easy? Because you \t\t\t\t\tcan’t possibly know every file on your hard drive or in a \t\t\t\t\tfolder full of files? Because you can’t possibly know how \t\t\t\t\tmuch disk space each file is taking up?<\/p>\n

That’s right folks, our handy, dandy freeware pick of the \t\t\t\t\tweek can make a list of the contents of any file or drive on \t\t\t\t\tyour computer. East list you create shows the file name and \t\t\t\t\tthe size – and all you have to do is select the folder you \t\t\t\t\twant to create a list from and set a file name and select a \t\t\t\t\tfolder where you want to store you list. The program does \t\t\t\t\tthe rest and it does it very fast. It cannot be easier to \t\t\t\t\tuse, so even beginners will be making gorgeous lists of the \t\t\t\t\tcontents of any folder in just minutes.<\/p>\n

Here’s another screen shot of the program running on my \t\t\t\t\tcomputer, proving once again we really download and test all \t\t\t\t\tthis stuff. It’s amazing that my computer doesn’t rebel.<\/p>\n

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Yawn! I’m tired of extolling the virtues of this week’s \t\t\t\t\tfreeware pick – and thankfully the developers are wide awake \t\t\t\t\tand ready to continue my extolling:<\/p>\n

“Arclab Dir2HTML is a directory to HTML index converter \t\t\t\t\twhich builds a html index file out of directory structures \t\t\t\t\tand files on your hard disk.<\/p>\n

Dir2HTML supports recursive indexing, can create \t\t\t\t\tsub-sections for each subfolder within the index file and \t\t\t\t\tlink files for online and offline projects using a custom \t\t\t\t\tlink-prefix.<\/p>\n

Software Features and Options<\/p>\n

Convert a Directory Structure and Files to a single HTML \t\t\t\t\tFile
\nInclude Subfolders (recursive)
\nCreate Subsection for each Subfolder or hide Subfolders
\nCreate HTML Sitemaps (in .htm Format)
\nMask (Search Files)
\nLink files using a custom Link-Prefix
\nAdd a Back-Link
\nAdd Size
\nAdd Date
\nAdd Description Cell
\nAdd Summary (include total size and number of files)
\nLowercase Files and Folders
\nUppercase Files and Folders
\nConvert Spaces in Links to %20
\nCustom Page-Title
\nTable Align and Width
\nCustom Fonts and Colors
\nOutput in UTF-8 Format…”<\/p>\n

So there you have it. Whether you’re listing toward port or \t\t\t\t\tstarboard, or just itching to get listing, this program \t\t\t\t\tmakes some useful and interesting lists. If you’re like me, \t\t\t\t\twhen you start making lists you’ll be shocked that you find \t\t\t\t\tall kinds of things you never knew you had. Maybe even \t\t\t\t\tthings you wish you didn’t have – so better hurry and delete \t\t\t\t\tthem or give them a less obnoxious name. Just kidding. Get \t\t\t\t\tlisting. Our freeware of the week is Dir2HTML and you can get it free \t\t\t\t\tfrom the fine and generous folks at Arcsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dir2HTML Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Create lists from any folder or drive on your computer 1.2MB download file size We all like lists: grocery lists, lists of friends, lists of enemies, lists of vegetables to avoid, lists of wines we like, lists of sites we like, lists of lists, lists of anything – even Listerine. Not\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}