Folder size and date Using PowerShell instead of 3rd party mentioned below

Question

Please assist on following 2:

1.

I want to all folders size ( which consist nested folders ) in side the main folder. I have found below one. But is there any Microsoft supported tool to achieve this.

https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/powershell-get-folder-size.htmland

2.

and also looking for last date modified and created for all files and folders in side that main folder.

Please share if there is any script to get this.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello,

You can use Disk Usage tool from Sysinternals which is a Microsoft tool

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/du

Darrell

Answer 2

Hi,

The Get-ChildItem cmdlet gets the files and directories in a specified location and the LastWriteTime is displayed by default.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-childitem?view=powershell-7.3

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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