List hidden sub-directories and sizes

Question

I need to get a list of sub-directories with their sizes using PowerShell.

The following PowerShell code does what I want, but it does not work with hidden directories.

Get-ChildItem | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } | ForEach-Object { $_.Name + ": " + "{0:N2}" -f ((Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse | Measure-Object Length -Sum -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Sum / 1MB) + " MB" }

I tried showing hidden directories in Windows, but that does't work. For now, I just make sure every sub-directory is not hidden, but this is not ideal. Is there like a simple parameter that can force this code to get information for hidden files and folders?

Preferably, I'd like this to work with PowerShell 2.

Answer 1

The -Force argument for Get-ChildItem will cause it to include hidden files and directories.

Get-ChildItem -Force | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } | ForEach-Object { $_.Name + ": " + "{0:N2}" -f ((Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse -Force | Measure-Object Length -Sum -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Sum / 1MB) + " MB" }