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Examine all Excel files on your computer

A very simple example of the power of Excel is the following task:

Find all Excel files on the computer and be able to easily browse them.

To find all Excel files on your computer the DOS Dir command comes to the rescue.
  • Open a DOS window and run
  • Go to c:
  • dir /b /s *.xls* > C:\temp\Excelout.txt

    This will create a list of all Excel files on the C: Drive. If you use other drives then repeat with each.

    Wait until the DOS command finishes which for many files could take hours.

    Using Excel open the file and use the Import feature

    Shift the data down one row and add header to row 1
  • Full Filne
  • File Name
  • Category
  • Cat2
  • Macros
  • Maybe
  • Research/make sure
  • Comment

    File Name
    To get the file name search google or click here.

    Do the following to the Spreadsheet
  • Add filters
  • Freeze pane for top row
  • Sort by the FileName

    Set up a Macro:
  • Record a Macro to Open a file
  • Change the filename to Activecell
  • Assign the macro to Ctrl+Shift+O or your preferred key combination

    Now you can move down the file list and press Ctrl+Shift+O to open and view the file.

    Set the Category column to mark the row with some indicator.




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