# Loops through each directory recursively in the current directory and lists its size.
\n# Children nodes of parents are tabbed<\/p>\n
function getSizeOfFolders($Parent, $TabIndex) {
\n$Folders = (Get-ChildItem $Parent); # Get the nodes in the current directory
\nForEach($Folder in $Folders) # For each of the nodes found above
\n{
\n# If the node is a directory
\nif ($folder.getType().name -eq “DirectoryInfo”)
\n{
\n# Gets the size of the folder
\n$FolderSize = Get-ChildItem “$Parent\\$Folder” -Recurse | Measure-Object -property length -sum -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
\n# The amount of tabbing at the start of a string
\n$Tab = ” ” * $TabIndex;
\n# String to write to stdout
\n$Tab + ” ” + $Folder.Name + ” ” + (“{0:N2}” -f ($FolderSize.Sum \/ 1mb));
\n# Check that this node doesn’t have children (Call this function recursively)
\ngetSizeOfFolders $Folder.FullName ($TabIndex + 1);
\n}
\n}
\n}<\/p>\n
# First call of the function (starts in the current directory)
\ngetSizeOfFolders “.” 0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Now open an elevated powershell window (run as adminstrator)<\/p>\n
and type the following:<\/p>\n
c:\\scripts\\files.ps1 > c:\\scripts\\output.txt<\/p>\n
it will run for a bit and the result will be similar to this output:<\/p>\n
![\"output\"](\"http:\/\/tech-no.104.210.61.21.xip.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/output.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n