A target file generation system and method for use by ordinary computer users to readily generate target files. The program includes various components. The first component promps for and receives user's selections of a folder or directory location where a new target file will reside, of an operating system command or application program that will process this new target file, of an optional global activity summary data repository that stores user'summaries of the processing of the target file. The second component dynamically generates an information exchange user interface that prompts for and receives input data provided by the user on information of menu configuration file and name of template file. The third component dynamically generates an information exchange user interface. The fourth component provides graphics user interfaces to start a menu program, a a merge programe, and a search program, respectively.