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File Size on User Profile Folder (SystemFolder) results... - 6/8/2008 9:47:55 PM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		Hello there,

i am currently writing a script that logs the folder sze of the user profile folder into a file.
I found out how to get the folder size but i always get a permission denied error (800A0046) on "Folder.size".
I have full access to the folder (cause its currently my user profile folder) and the special permission "view attributes" is also granted.
In another forum they said that this error can occur if the folder is not really a folder. I rechecked this with Folder.type and it says "Systemfolder".

What am i doing wrong?

My code is:

Function GetFolderSize(thepath)
   Dim fold, fso
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
   If fso.FolderExists(thepath) Then
       Set fold = fso.getFolder(thepath)
       GetFolderSize = fold.size
       Exit Function
   Else
       GetFolderSize = -3
       Exit Function
   End If
End Function

I tried setting thepath to C:\Users\MyUsername\ (currently working under vista) or setting it to %userprofile%  (i don't know if this works... if not i have to find a way to determine the right path).

When accessing C:\Users\MyUsername\Desktop\  everything works fine and strangely Folder.type says: "File".

Thanks in advance for your help.
 
 
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RE: File Size on User Profile Folder (SystemFolder) res... - 6/9/2008 12:21:32 AM   
  Rischip


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Status: offline 		Are you passing the string with double qoutes? If you are, try it without them. Your function works for me on XP, passing it like this...

WScript.Echo GetFolderSize("C:\Documents and Settings\myusername")

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RE: File Size on User Profile Folder (SystemFolder) res... - 6/11/2008 10:00:42 PM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		What do you mean "without double quotes" ? 
Like this? WScript.Echo GetFolderSize(C:\Users\myusername) ?
That results in an error...

I tried my script on a ms-XP box and it works fine there... it seems that the permission error is vista related.
So its okay because the script will only be run on w2003 or something...

but i'll nevertheless appreciate  it if anybody has any ideas how to get around the error

For my %userprofile% problem, i found out that there is the following useful method:

wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%userprofile%")

That seems to work fine.

Best regards, asgaroth

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RE: File Size on User Profile Folder (SystemFolder) res... - 6/13/2008 10:12:13 AM   
  Rischip


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Status: offline 		No what I meant with the double quotes was.... If you are quoting the string in such a way as to ensure that it is passed to the function quoted to account for spaces in the path.

i.e. myPath = """C:\documents and settings\someusername\desktop"""
or
myPath = Chr(34) & "C:\documents and settings\someusername\desktop" & Chr(34)





This works for me.....


      

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RE: File Size on User Profile Folder (SystemFolder) res... - 6/17/2008 9:38:00 PM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		I was now told that it is possible that the script is run by some vista computers. so i need either to get the filesize on vista or if thats not possible, write an error message into the logfile.

@Rischip, on what machine did you try that code? I like to know if it works on other vista machines.

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RE: File Size on User Profile Folder (SystemFolder) res... - 6/18/2008 12:21:53 AM   
  dm_4ever


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Status: offline 		Getting the folder size of users in Vista does not work from what I remember.....using WMI might provide a workaround though....can't recall right now.

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