📁 Export Folder List to UTF-8 .txt File with Thai Language Support

This guide shows you how to export the names of folders (directories) in the current location to a .txt file encoded in UTF-8, with full support for Thai characters. This is useful if you're working with folder names in Thai or other non-English languages.

✅ Why Not Use dir?

The classic Windows command:

dir /b /ad > folder_list.txt

works, but does not support UTF-8 encoding by default, which causes Thai folder names to appear as ???.

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🛠 Solution: Use PowerShell with UTF-8 Encoding

Here’s a working .bat script that:

• Lists all folders in the current directory
• Saves the list to folder_list.txt
• Encodes the file in UTF-8, so Thai characters display correctly

📄 Batch Script

@echo off
setlocal

set "output_file=folder_list.txt"

REM Use PowerShell to output folder names in UTF-8 (with Thai support)
powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
    "chcp 65001 >$null; Get-ChildItem -Path . -Directory -Name | Out-File -FilePath '%output_file%' -Encoding UTF8"

echo ✅ Folder list saved to %output_file% with UTF-8 encoding
endlocal
pause

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🧪 Tested With:

• Windows 10 / 11 (Command Prompt)
• Folder names in Thai and English
• Output encoding verified as UTF-8 (with BOM)

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📌 Notes:

• chcp 65001 sets the console code page to UTF-8 temporarily.
• Get-ChildItem -Directory -Name retrieves only folder names.
• Out-File -Encoding UTF8 ensures proper encoding for multilingual output.

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📷 Example Output in folder_list.txt:

เพลง
เอกสาร
โครงการเรียนรู้
TestFolder

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🙋‍♀️ Need More?

Feel free to open an issue or request a feature if you need a version that includes subfolders, file sizes, or exports to CSV.

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