how to get exact size of first level folder through powershell script

[curator_at_work]

hi team
I am not getting the exact size of files and folder in C drive through get-child item command of powershell, there are always 5-10GB more size I am getting in total, so can you please suggest an effective script so that i can get the exact 'size on disk' of a files and folders.

[Dean4U]

Hi @curator_at_work,

Thanks for reaching out to us. While this is not an out-of-the-box use case, I found some external resources that discuss something similar. Below is a link for it:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67131702/get-size-and-size-on-disk-of-files

Perhaps other community members will also have insights into this use case.

Hope this helps.

Take care.