Using Folder Properties
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Scripting Guide
Because folders are COM objects, they have properties that can be retrieved and enumerated. To retrieve detailed information about a specified folder, you can use the Folder object, one of the components of the FileSystemObject. The properties of the Folder object are listed in Table 4.3.
Table 4.3 Folder Properties
Property |
Description |
|---|---|
Attributes |
Bitmap containing the attributes for the folder. For more information, see "Managing Folder Attributes" later in this chapter. |
DateCreated |
Date that the folder was created. |
DateLastAccessed |
Date of the last time a user accessed the contents of the folder. |
DateLastModified |
Date of the last time a user modified the properties of the folder. |
Drive |
Drive letter and trailing colon (for example, C:) representing the drive on which the folder is stored. |
Files |
Collection containing a file object for each file stored in the folder. |
IsRootFolder |
Boolean value indicating whether the folder is a root folder (such as C:\). |
Name |
Folder name, not including path information. For example, the Name of the folder C:\Windows\System32 is System32. |
ParentFolder |
Name of the folder in which this folder is stored. For example, the ParentFolder of C:\Windows\System32 is Windows; the ParentFolder of C:\Scripts is C:\. |
Path |
Full path of the folder (for example, C:\Windows\System32). |
ShortName |
MS-DOS®-style name of the folder, using the 8.3 naming convention. For example, the folder C:\Windows\Program Files might have the ShortName Progra~1. |
ShortPath |
MS-DOS-style path to the folder, using the 8.3 naming convention. For example, the folder C:\Windows\Program Files might have the ShortName C:\Windows\Progra~1. |
Size |
Total size, in bytes, of the contents of the folder. This includes the files stored within the folder as well as all the files stored within any subfolders of the folder. |
SubFolders |
Collection of all the top-level subfolders contained within this folder. Subfolders contained within these subfolders are not included in the collection. |
Type |
String describing the folder type. This is almost always "File Folder". |