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Filesyetemobject get folder size permissions problem

Asked by marklye in Programming Languages, Visual Basic Programming, VB Script

Tags: vbscript visual basic .net

Hi experts

I have a vbscript written that gathers directory sizes.  My problem is if I am trying to get the size of a directory, and I dont have NTFS permissions to one of its sub directories or files, the script fails with Permission Denied.  Fair enough really!  A simple version of code is:

set fso=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
set getfol=fso.getfolder("\\SERVER1\E$\FOLDER")
wscript.echo getfol.Size

But my question is, I have installed TreeSize (http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/), and that is able to iterate through the directory structure, regardless of permissions.  How does it do it???  I am domain admins for my domain, and cannot even UNC to some directories that TreeSize is able to view

It must be using some system account of sorts?  How can I run my script using the permissions that TreeSize uses?

I have tried numerous ways of running my script, including runas command, creating a scheduled task to run under NTAUTHORITY account, I have tried running on the actual server Im trying to interogate and more.   Help!

Thanks a million
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