Scan My Folders

Scan My Folders is a free tool that lists all files and folders from a specified location to give you an overview. It comes in handy for creating documents with important file to keep when preparing to reinstall the operating system, for example.

Simple setup and interface

It's easy to install, since there are no special settings, software requirements or third-party components involved.
As far as the interface goes, Scan My Folders adopts a large window that displays all options put at your disposal, so you can view everything before diving into the entire folder scanning operation.

Set a target to list all files and folders

A drive or directory can be located and selected by using an old-school folder explorer that's a bit inconvenient to work with.
Just keep in mind that files and subfolders are calculated and listed in real time, so the utility may temporarily hang while processing information from large-sized directories.

Copy lists and customize folder scan preferences

Unfortunately, it doesn't integrate options for exporting lists to file or printing information. The only thing you can do is select and copy text to the Clipboard using the global keyboard shortcut or by opening the right-click menu.
As far as configuration settings are concerned, you can disable event notifications when files and folders are identified, ask the tool to mention the full folder path in the lists, as well as include or exclude subfolders frm scans. There are no other noteworthy options available.

Evaluation and conclusion

It had minimal impact on the overall performance of the machine in our tests, using low CPU and RAM. Scan tasks were carried out fast. However, Scan My Folders froze out of the blue in several cases, immediately crashing afterward. Perhaps it has compatibility issues with newer Windows editions.