Comments on: PowerShell: Quick Way to Check for a File Type on a Drive or Directory http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2397/powershell_quick_way_check_file_type/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:44:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2397/powershell_quick_way_check_file_type/comment-page-1/#comment-3392 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:31:08 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-3392 does it have to be powershell? without installing powershell, you can use vbscript <code>Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesyStemObject") myFolder="c:" Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(myFolder) GoSubFolders objFolder Sub GoSubFolders (objDIR) If objDIR <> "System Volume Information" Then MainSub objDIR For Each eFolder in objDIR.SubFolders GoSubFolders eFolder Next End If End Sub Sub MainSub (objDIR) For Each efile in objDIR.Files WScript.Echo "File ", eFile, "is a ", eFile.Type Next End Sub </code> save it as .vbs extension, type cscript myscript.vbs does it have to be powershell? without installing powershell, you can use vbscript
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesyStemObject")
myFolder="c:"
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(myFolder)
GoSubFolders objFolder

Sub GoSubFolders (objDIR)
If objDIR <> "System Volume Information" Then
MainSub objDIR
For Each eFolder in objDIR.SubFolders
GoSubFolders eFolder
Next
End If

End Sub

Sub MainSub (objDIR)
For Each efile in objDIR.Files
WScript.Echo "File ", eFile, "is a ", eFile.Type
Next
End Sub

save it as .vbs extension, type cscript myscript.vbs

]]> By: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2397/powershell_quick_way_check_file_type/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:21:53 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-3391 Can this be done recursively? In other words, can I test-path for all files in the path and every subdirectory of the path? btw, thanks for a great blog. Can this be done recursively? In other words, can I test-path for all files in the path and every subdirectory of the path?

btw, thanks for a great blog.

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