» How to list all your folders and files and post them on the forum Options

[Andy_P]

In order to work out where problems come from, it will save time in the long run if we're all talking the same language.

First you want to get Windows to show you the three letter extensions to the file names. Do this:
Start either 'My Computer' or 'Windows Explorer' and:
Go to the 'Tools' Menu,
Select 'Folder Options'
Select the 'View' tab
Scroll down the list of entries and UN-tick "Hide extensions for known file types"
(This is right for Windows XP, Vista and Win7 will have something very similar)

When you now look at the list of folders and files you should see the files are called things like data.chk and settings.dat. You may need to resize the window and drag the column headings about so you can see the whole of the names.


Now we've got those sorted, there's a simple way to list all the folders and files on the TomTom...
Download and install a tiny program called "Drive Z" (you can get it FREE from here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/drivez.html)

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Set the tick boxes as shown in steps 1 and 2, then select whatever letter Windows has assigned to your TomTom storage in step 3.

When you click on the "Make list" button in step 4, it will copy the whole list of folders and files to the PC clipboard, so while you are typing a reply in the forum, you can just use the EDIT / PASTE menu at the top of the screen, or use CONTROL-V on the keyboard to paste the whole list into your post.

UPDATE: An alternative program which I now use is "Karen's Directory Printer". With this you can just right click on a folder to get to the directory listing utility.