So I was flipping through TechNet Magazine (because it is one of the many magazines that slide across my desk into the stack of “if I ever get time” stuff) and came to the last article in the issue: “Windows Explorer Doesn’t Do Text”.
The article explains the reason that you can’t just select a bunch of files and past the list to a text file, and then it explains how to do it in Vista. It is terribly complicated… you hold the shift key and right click your selection. Choose “Copy as Path”. Paste where appropriate.
How cool is that?