$path<\/B> variable. This section of code is seen here. This code is very similar to the way we would have done things in VBScript: <\/P>$shell = New-Object -ComObject shell.application\n$myDocs = $shell.NameSpace($DocEnum)\n$folderitem = $myDocs.self\n$path = $folderitem.path<\/PRE>\nNow we are ready to use the Get-ChildItem<\/B> cmdlet to get us a listing of all the files and folders in the target path. We use the -recurse<\/B> parameter to allow the command to burrow down through any child folders. The -errorAction<\/B> parameter tells the script to not report any errors from this command. This will suppress any “Access denied” errors you may get when targeting folders you might now have permission to: <\/P>$totalSize = Get-ChildItem -path $path -recurse -errorAction “SilentlyContinue”<\/PRE>\nWe pipeline the results of the previous Get-ChildItem<\/B> cmdlet to the Measure-Object<\/B> cmdlet and tell it to sum the length of each file. This is shown here: <\/P>Measure-Object -property length -sum<\/PRE>\nNow we want to translate the results into something easier to read. The result from the previous command returned GenericMeasureInfo<\/B> object which has a sum<\/B> property. We want to translate that value into gigabytes or megabytes, if it makes sense. To do this we use a series of if<\/B> statements. If the sum is bigger than 1,073,741,824, we will translate the value into gigabytes. To do this, we divide the $totalSize.Sum<\/B> value by the 1GB admin constant. We use the -f<\/B> format operator to display only two decimal places. This is seen here: <\/P>IF($totalSIze.Sum -ge 1073741824)\n {\n “{0:n2}” -f ($totalSize.sum \/ 1GB) + ” GigaBytes”\n }<\/PRE>\nIf the size is bigger than 1,024, we will display the value in megabytes (MB). We use the ELSEIF<\/B> statement to get to this section of thecode: <\/P>ELSEIF($totalSize.sum -ge 1024)\n {\n “{0:n2}” -f ($totalSize.sum \/ 1MB) + ” MegaBytes”\n }<\/PRE>\nHowever, if the size is less than 1,024, we display the value in kilobytes ((KB): <\/P>
ELSE\n {\n “{0:n2}” -f ($totalSize.sum \/ 1KB) + ” KiloBytes”\n }<\/PRE>\nWhen we run the script, the folder size is returned:<\/P>![\"Image](\"http:\/\/img.microsoft.com\/library\/media\/1033\/technet\/images\/scriptcenter\/qanda\/hsg\/hey1030\/hsg_foldersize2.jpg\")
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So, LM, I hope this investigation into folder size magic does not cause me to lose my magician’s union membership (Local 42), but I just had to share this trick with you. David Blaine says hi.<\/P>\n
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