PowerShell script to find out the file path length more than certain characters from network drive Or FE (File Explorer)

We have many folders in a network drive that have certain characters in length. Problem is that it is too time consuming to go through all the folders in FE (file explorer) to find out the file paths exceeds certain characters. Using a Powershell Script to Find File Path from Network Drive can help automate this process and save a lot of time.

Here is a quick way to get a list of file paths that exceed certain limit in a network drive or FE.

$Output=
foreach($item in Get-ChildItem -Path "C:UsersAnushaTottadiOneDrive - Evolvous LimitedData" -Recurse -Force)
{
if($item.fullname.length -gt 150)
{ Write-Output $item.fullname }
}
$output | Out-File "C:UsersAnushaTottadiDesktopFile.csv"

Note:

• Here you need to change the path according to your requirement.
• Also, I have mentioned the limit as 150 characters and you can change it according to your requirement.
• And saved the output file with the name of “File.csv”
• File.csv will have the full path of the files which exceeds 150 characters in length.

PowerShell script to get the network drive/ FE(File Explorer) access denied folders information.

We have many folders in a network drive that may have access or not. Problem is that it is too time consuming to go through all the folders in FE (file explorer) to check for the access.

Here is a quick way to get a list of folder paths that don’t have access to.

Get-ChildItem -Path “C:UsersAnushaTottadiOneDrive – Evolvous LimitedData” -Recurse -Force -ErrorVariable err

$err | Out-File "C:UsersAnushaTottadiDesktopAccess Denied.txt"

Note:

• Here you need to change the path according to your requirement.
• And saved the output file with the name of “Access Denied.txt”
• Access Denied.txt will have the folder paths that don’t have access to.

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