Folder/subfolder structure flowchart

[Stan_Lite]

I want to make a flowchart showing the structure of sub-folders within a main folder on the work laptop. I've been having a bit of a tidy up of the main project folder and I've moved some stuff around and restructured things in what I consider to be a more logical order. Trouble is, my relief isn't the most pooter savvy guy in the world and I may have buggered him up by moving stuff about.

What I would like to do is to make a flowchart which shows all sub-folders within the main folder, and all sub-sub-folders etc. etc. and print it off so that he can see where I've put everything without having to hunt around for stuff.

I was wondering if there was any way to do this automagically (i.e. tell some software which folder to do and let it get on with it) or will I have to do it all manually? I suspect the latter but I thought I'd try you clever (geeky) people here first :)

I have Visio 2003.

[Zirax]

There is bound to be a program that will index what is where for you. The easiest way is to setup a document naming structure. On my project I use XX-YY001 <filename> <version>
So
PE-NJ001 New joiner pack V0.1.doc
PE= folder Personnel
NJ= sub folder new joiner

In the future by looking at any file you will know where it came from and what version of the file you are looking at. Its essentially a standard prince 2 layout. I had to crack a few heads to get them to do it, but now I have 30 guys filing stuff in the correct place the first time through and they admit that there is a real benefit :)

[Feek]

Open dos box.

Type "tree"

Job's a good 'un ;)

[MarcLister]

Open dos box.

Type "tree"

Job's a good 'un ;):cool:

[Joe 90]

wow i like that tree command - never used that before.

[Feek]

<--- long type DOS jockey :)

[MarcLister]

Carry on imparting your knowledge then. ;)

[Stan_Lite]

I did the Dos thing and it gave me the structure fine (thanks Feek) but I was looking for something that would give me a more diagrammatical representation of the sub-folder structure, rather than a simple tree - something with pictures of folders with names etc.

Looks like I'll have to do it the hard way :(

Edit: Whilst I'm here, is there a way I can sort sub-folders to display in order of month (i.e. January to December) without having to prefix each with a number and "sort by - name" or something equally clumsy?
I created them in order initially and as long as no fiddling was done, I could select "sort by - modified" and they would display in the correct order (as long as nobody interferes with them in the wrong order) but when I copied and pasted into the other directories, of course, they all had the same date and time. Maybe there's a way to lock them in place once they're in the correct order - i.e. remove the option to change the order?