Get Directory Size

'Add a module to your project (In the menu choose Project -> Add Module, Then click Open)
'Insert the following code to the module :

Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Public Type FILETIME
dwLowDateTime As Long
dwHighDateTime As Long
End Type
Public Type WIN32_FIND_DATA
dwFileAttributes As Long
ftCreationTime As FILETIME
ftLastAccessTime As FILETIME
ftLastWriteTime As FILETIME
nFileSizeHigh As Long
nFileSizeLow As Long
dwReserved0 As Long
dwReserved1 As Long
cFileName As String * MAX_PATH
cAlternate As String * 14
End Type
Declare Function FindFirstFile Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "FindFirstFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String, _
lpFindFileData As WIN32_FIND_DATA) As Long
Declare Function FindNextFile Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "FindNextFileA" (ByVal hFindFile As Long, _
lpFindFileData As WIN32_FIND_DATA) As Long
Declare Function FindClose Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hFindFile As Long) As Long

'Insert the following code to your form:

Public Function SizeOf(ByVal DirPath As String) As Double
Dim hFind As Long
Dim fdata As WIN32_FIND_DATA
Dim dblSize As Double
Dim sName As String
Dim x As Long
On Error Resume Next
x = GetAttr(DirPath)
If Err Then SizeOf = 0: Exit Function
If (x And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then
dblSize = 0
Err.Clear
sName = Dir$(EndSlash(DirPath) & "*.*", vbSystem Or vbHidden Or vbDirectory)
If Err.Number = 0 Then
hFind = FindFirstFile(EndSlash(DirPath) & "*.*", fdata)
If hFind = 0 Then Exit Function
Do
If (fdata.dwFileAttributes And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then
sName = Left$(fdata.cFileName, InStr(fdata.cFileName, vbNullChar) - 1)
If sName <> "." And sName <> ".." Then
dblSize = dblSize + SizeOf(EndSlash(DirPath) & sName)
End If
Else
dblSize = dblSize + fdata.nFileSizeHigh * 65536 + fdata.nFileSizeLow
End If
DoEvents
Loop While FindNextFile(hFind, fdata) <> 0
hFind = FindClose(hFind)
End If
Else
On Error Resume Next
dblSize = FileLen(DirPath)
End If
SizeOf = dblSize
End Function

Private Function EndSlash(ByVal PathIn As String) As String
If Right$(PathIn, 1) = "\" Then
EndSlash = PathIn
Else
EndSlash = PathIn & "\"
End If
End Function

Private Sub Form_Load()
'Replace 'c:\windows' with the directory name that you want to get its size.
MsgBox SizeOf("c:\windows")
End Sub

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