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[bsmith]

Hi, (ADMINS: if this is in the wrong section please move, Thanks)

Our exchange server's c:/ is growing out of control and we can't locate which folder is growing and why.

Is there a program that we can run for say a day or a couple of days that will show which folders grew in that time and how much they grew?

Thanks,
Bsmith

[zoranh]

You didn't say which operating system you're using. For Windows, there is a simple program FolderSizes. They offer free trial, which should be sufficient to diagnose the problem.

You may also try doing this from Command Prompt (it is all one line):

(for /f "usebackq delims=*" %f in (`dir /b /s *.`) do @(for /f "usebackq tokens=1-5" %g in (`dir "%f"`) do @if "%h" EQU "File(s)" @echo %i %f))>temp\report.txt

Do not try to redirect the output to file in C:\ root because you will get Access Denied error. Give this command couple of minutes, depending on number of directories and files, and it will dump all sizes into reports.txt.

Once command is executed, you can play with the text file, e.g. in Excel, to produce more useful output.

[bsmith]

FolderSize is pretty close to what I'm looking for. I found Folder Tree at Jam software which is looks pretty close to Foldersizes and is free.

I copied and pasted your code into my cmd it called this error. (NOTE: not on the server and on windows 7. I will try this on the server (Windows 2003) later) "The system cannot find the path specified."

I was just hoping that there would be a program that would run in the background and you could see which folders grew during a set time and how much.

Thanks for the help,
bsmith

[zoranh]

I suppose that problem with "The system cannot find the path specified" is in redirection - make sure that output is redirected to existing directory, which is not C:\ root (the temp\report.txt part - you can create temp directory or remove temp\ from the path).

Quality of this solution lays in the fact that you can make a .cmd file of it, and then add it to scheduled tasks. In that case you can monitor folders in regular intervals rather than doing it manually.