Question : Convert what you see in a folder in Windows Explorer (Details View) into an Excel spreadsheet.

Is it possible to convert what you see in a folder in Windows Explorer (Details View) into an Excel spreadsheet?

Hence, the Excel spreadsheet will have a list of

- Filenames under Name column,
- dates under Date modified column
- file type under type column
- file size under size column

I'm not sure which Zone this question belongs to. I hope this is the correct one.

Thanks!

Answer : Convert what you see in a folder in Windows Explorer (Details View) into an Excel spreadsheet.

try now.

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Const FOLDER_PATH = "c:\temp\files"
const OUTPUT_EXCEL_FILE = "c:\temp\output.xlsx"
const SHEET_HEADERS = "Name, Date Modified, Type, Size"
Const xlExcel7 = 51

On Error Resume Next
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.Visible = false
 
If (Err.Number <> 0) Then
    On Error GoTo 0
    Wscript.Echo "Excel application not found."
    Wscript.Quit
End If
On Error GoTo 0

col=1
row=2

' Create a new workbook.
objExcel.Workbooks.Add

' Bind to worksheet.
Set objSheet = objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1)

for each header in Split(SHEET_HEADERS,",")
	objSheet.Cells(1, col).Value = header
	col=col+1
next

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(FOLDER_PATH)
For Each objFile in objFolder.Files
	objSheet.Cells(row, 1).Value = objFile.Name
	objSheet.Cells(row, 2).Value = objFile.DateLastModified
	objSheet.Cells(row, 3).Value = objFile.Type
	objSheet.Cells(row, 4).Value = objFile.Size & " KB"
	row=row+1
Next

objExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs OUTPUT_EXCEL_FILE, xlExcel7
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close false

' Quit Excel.
objExcel.Application.Quit

Set objSheet = Nothing
Set objExcel = Nothing

Wscript.Echo "done."