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Find the Largest File in a Folder

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Script Code
VBScript
On Error Resume Next

Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
CmdPath = objArgs(0)

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim LargestFile
Dim LargestFileName

LargestFile = 0
LargestFileName = ""

SearchSubfolders FSO.GetFolder(CmdPath)

Sub SearchSubfolders(strFolder)
On Error Resume Next
For Each Subfolder in strFolder.SubFolders
 set dataFiles = Subfolder.Files 
    
 for each dFile in dataFiles
  if ( dFile.Size > LargestFile ) then
   LargestFile = dFile.Size
   LargestFileName = Subfolder.Path & "\" & dFile.Name
  End If
 next
 SearchSubfolders Subfolder
next
End Sub
WScript.Echo "Largest File is: " & LargestFile / 1024 &  " bytes, located at " & LargestFileName
Platforms
Windows Server 2008 R2 No
Windows Server 2008 No
Windows Server 2003 No
Windows 7 No
Windows Vista No
Windows XP No
Windows 2000 No
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