I sniped this script online and it works fine for converting the files in the parent folder. It does not however iterate through the child folders. I do not get any errors and I have verified all the folder permissions are correct. Additionally, I have scripts that are coded similar for *.docx and *.pptx files and they run successfully. This one however is not working as expected. Any ideas?
$path = "c:\converted\"
$xlFixedFormat = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.xlFixedFormatType" -as [type]
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -include *.xls, *.xlsx -recurse
$objExcel = New-Object -ComObject excel.application
$objExcel.visible = $false
foreach($wb in $excelFiles)
{
$filepath = Join-Path -Path $path -ChildPath ($wb.BaseName + ".pdf")
$workbook = $objExcel.workbooks.open($wb.fullname, 3)
$workbook.Saved = $true
"converted $wb.fullname"
$workbook.ExportAsFixedFormat($xlFixedFormat::xlTypePDF, $filepath)
$objExcel.Workbooks.close()
#get rid of conversion copy
#Remove-Item $wb.fullname
}
$objExcel.Quit()
$excelFiles will contain subfolders, but your construction of $filepath uses only the original $path and current $wb.BaseName without taking into account that the current $wb.FullName may contain a longer path.
Replace
$filepath = Join-Path -Path $path -ChildPath ($wb.BaseName + ".pdf")
with
$filepath = $wb.fullname -replace $wb.extension,".pdf"
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I am trying to create myself a powershell script that has mainly two tasks - one after the other.
Initial assumptions: it runs where it performs the following tasks.
Trace all the files, those that are folders - make a zip of them, then after making the archive, delete them. Objective accomplished.
Write to the file the names of all files in the folder (after completing point 1) but check if the given file has the extension of *.zip
a) if it has extension of *.zip then it should be saved in .txt file like "uresoruce = foo/file.zip"
b) if it doesn't have extension *.zip then it should be saved to a .txt file like this "resoruce = foo/file2.jar"
c) since the script is started from the place where all the files are, it will probably also be saved to a file, I would like to avoid this
Suppose we have some files in a folder after compiling, and we don't have any folder inside. The .txt file should look like the following:
uresource = plugins/Liula_1.0.0.0.zip
uresource = plugins/Liborts_3.7.1.0.zip
uresource = plugins/Liwer_1.2.0.0.zip
resource = plugins/o0.I20100512-1500.jar
resource = plugins/or.v20100505-1235.jar
The script I managed to write so far:
## set current path
$path = (Resolve-Path .\).Path
## dirs in a path
$source = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Filter "" -Directory
$files = Get-ChildItem $path
Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"
Foreach ($s in $source) {
$destination = Join-path -path $path -ChildPath "$($s.name).zip"
[io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($s.fullname, $destination)
Remove-Item $s -Recurse
}
# This does not working!!! :/
Foreach ($f in $files) {
$extn = [IO.Path]::GetExtension($f)
if ($extn -eq ".zip" ) {
$outfile = "uresource = plugins/" + $f.Name
}
else {
$outfile = "resource = plugins/" + $f.Name
}
}
As #Santiago Squarzon rightly pointed out I did not do anything with this variable. I got a little confused because before I did it only for out-file I didn't use -append and in fact I got the last value in .txt. Now I made my first script in ph, it works like a dream ;)
## set current path
$path = (Resolve-Path .\).Path
## dirs in a path
$source = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Filter "" -Directory
$files = Get-ChildItem $path
Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"
## create zip and delete other dirs
Foreach ($s in $source) {
$destination = Join-path -path $path -ChildPath "$($s.name).zip"
[io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($s.fullname, $destination)
Remove-Item $s -Recurse
}
## output filename in .txt
$logFile = "$pwd\logfile.txt"
Foreach ($f in $files) {
$extn = [IO.Path]::GetExtension($f)
if ($extn -eq ".zip" ) {$outfile = "uresource = plugins/$f"}
else {$outfile = "resource = plugins/$f"}
$outfile | Out-File -Append $logFile
}
I have a PowerShell script which should be able to create a zip of a particular folder, which is also in the same location. But the problem is I do not know where this script will be saved. I tried the code below, but I am not able to do it. The Compress-Archieve method shows the argument is null or empty. Please help.
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
$source = Get-ChildItem -Filter -Directory .\PublishOutput
$dest = Get-Location
$f = "\Kovai.zip"
$final = Join-Path $dest $f
Write-Host $final
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($source,$final)
$folderToZip = "C:\FolderToZip"
$rootfolder = Split-Path -Path $folderToZip
$zipFile = Join-Path -Path $rootfolder -ChildPath "ZippedFile.zip"
Write-Output "folderToZip = $folderToZip"
Write-Output "rootfolder = $rootfolder"
Write-Output "zipFile = $zipFile"
Compress-Archive -Path $folderToZip -DestinationPath $zipFile -Verbose
I'm attempting to use powershell to batch convert a lot of docx into pdf, into a different directory while maintaining the folder structure of the root.
I have the script working, however around 1 out of every 10 documents word pops up a "SaveAs" dialog, which i do not understand prompting me to save the docx file, although i have visible set to false.
#Stage the files
$sourceDir = "C:\Documents\"
$targetDir = "C:\Temp_Stage\"
Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -filter "*.doc?" -recurse | foreach{
$targetFile = $targetDir + $_.FullName.SubString($sourceDir.Length);
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $targetFile -Force;
Copy-Item $_.FullName -destination $targetFile
}
#Convert the files
$wdFormatPDF = 17
$word = New-Object -ComObject word.application
$word.visible = $false
$folderpath = "c:\Temp_Stage\*"
$fileTypes = "*.docx","*doc"
Get-ChildItem -path $folderpath -include $fileTypes -Recurse |
foreach-object {
$path = ($_.fullname).substring(0,($_.FullName).lastindexOf("."))
$doc = $word.documents.open($_.fullname)
$doc.saveas([ref] $path, [ref]$wdFormatPDF)
$doc.close()
}
$word.Quit()
Is there a way to suppress all word dialogs / warning / errors it should be a fairly automatic process that has ended up being pretty manual process.
I found out that you should pause between the Word-COM commands.
I also had to write a script that Word converts the documents from. dot to. dotm.
Not only did I occasionally get the save dialog, but also a lot of E_FAIL errors in the console.
The breaks (maximum 50ms) helped a lot.
Break in Powershell:
Start-Sleep -m 50
I hope it will help you.
Greetings
Bloodrayne1995
I have a PowerShell script that moves all files from one location to another that have a date modified older than 3 years. I have it so the file when moved to the new location also keeps the file structure of the original.
I am trying to make it so once the file has been moved to the new location it creates a shortcut in the original directory which points to the new location of the file.
Below is my script so far which does all the above minus the shortcut.
$sourceDir = "C:\Users\bgough\Documents\powershell\docs"
$archiveTarget = "C:\Users\bgough\Documents\archive"
$dateToday = Get-Date
$date = $dateToday.AddYears(-3)
$items = Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -Recurse |
Where-Object {!$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.LastWriteTime -le $date}
foreach ($item in $items)
{
$withoutRoot = $item.FullName.Substring([System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($item.FullName).Length);
$destination = Join-Path -Path $archiveTarget -ChildPath $withoutRoot
$dir = Split-Path $destination
if (!(Test-Path $dir))
{
mkdir $dir
}
Move-Item -Path $item.FullName -Destination $destination
$WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut("$sourceDir")
$Shortcut.TargetPath = $destination
$Shortcut.Save()
}
In my script I have included my attempt at creating this shortcut but it hasn't helped. I have also read through the following but don't understand it too well..
How to create a shortcut using Powershell
Powershell Hard and Soft Links
Edit:
I have successfully got the shortcut to create and in the original folder. However, I can't seem to figure out how to pass a variable to use as the shortcut name. At the moment a string is hard coded, which is what the shortcut gets named. Please see code below: I would like to set the name as the item full name (Same name as document that was moved).
$sourceDir = "C:\Users\bgough\Documents\powershell\docs"
$archiveTarget = "C:\Users\bgough\Documents\archive"
$dateToday = Get-Date
$date = $dateToday.AddYears(-3)
$items = Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -recurse | Where-Object {!$_.PsIsContainer -and $_.LastWriteTime -le $date}
foreach ($item in $items)
{
$withoutRoot = $item.FullName.Substring([System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($item.FullName).Length);
$destination = Join-Path -Path $archiveTarget -ChildPath $withoutRoot
$dir = Split-Path $destination
if (!(Test-Path $dir))
{
mkdir $dir
}
Move-Item -Path $item.FullName -Destination $destination
$wshshell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$desktop = [System.Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')
$lnk = $wshshell.CreateShortcut($sourceDir + "\ShortcutName.lnk")
$lnk.TargetPath = "$destination"
$lnk.Save()
}
.lnk files are fine when you're using Explorer but they don't play well in Powershell or a command prompt.
What you need to do is create a symbolic link for the file. You can't do this in Powershell, but there is a command line utility called mklink that does it. I've wrapped it in a function so that you can call it:
function CreateLink
{
param
(
[string] $LinkName,
[string] $TargetFile
)
&"cmd.exe" /c mklink "$LinkName" "$TargetFile" | Out-Null
}
In your example you would call it like this:
CreateLink -LinkName $item.FullName -TargetFile $destination
When you look at the directory in Powershell the file will show up as being 0 bytes in size. Don't worry about that.
Thanks for your script Android Magic.
I have modified it to:
Copy a set of files from source to destination
It creates the identical folder structure on the destination, even if the folders are empty
It then creates a symbolic link to the archived file. SymbolicLink support was added in Powershell v5.1. You have to run the script as Admin in order for the Symbolic Link creation to work.
I'd like to add a function to email if anything goes wrong and a summary of status, but that's for another day.
$sourceDir = "\\Fileserver1\IT\Vendor"
$archiveTarget = "\\FS-ARCHIVE\Archive\Fileserver1\IT\Vendor"
$rootArchivePath = "\\FS-ARCHIVE\Archive"
$dateToday = Get-Date
$date = $dateToday.AddYears(-3)
# Copy folder structure to Archive
Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -Recurse |
?{ $_.PSIsContainer } |
Copy-Item -Destination {Join-Path $archiveTarget $_.Parent.FullName.Substring($sourceDir.length)} -Force
$items = Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -Recurse -Attributes !Directory |
Where-Object {$_.LastAccessTime -le $date}
foreach ($item in $items)
{
$withoutRoot = Split-Path -Path $item.FullName
$destination = $rootArchivePath + $withoutRoot.Remove(0,1)
$destFile = $destination + "\" + $item
Move-Item -Force -Path $item.FullName -Destination $destination -Verbose
New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $withoutRoot -Name $item -Value $destFile -Force -Verbose
}
I need to unzip a specific directory from a zipfile.
Like for example extract the directory 'test\etc\script' from zipfile 'c:\tmp\test.zip' and place it in c:\tmp\output\test\etc\script.
The code below works but has two quirks:
I need to recursively find the directory ('script') in the zip file (function finditem) although I already know the path ('c:\tmp\test.zip\test\etc\script')
With CopyHere I need to determine the targetdirectory, specifically the 'test\etc' part manually
Any better solutions? Thanks.
The code:
function finditem($items, $itemname)
{
foreach($item In $items)
{
if ($item.GetFolder -ne $Null)
{
finditem $item.GetFolder.items() $itemname
}
if ($item.name -Like $itemname)
{
return $item
}
}
}
$source = 'c:\tmp\test.zip'
$target = 'c:\tmp\output'
$shell = new-object -com shell.application
# find script folder e.g. c:\tmp\test.zip\test\etc\script
$item = finditem $shell.NameSpace($source).Items() "script"
# output folder is c:\tmp\output\test\etc
$targetfolder = Join-Path $target ((split-path $item.path -Parent) -replace '^.*zip')
New-Item $targetfolder -ItemType directory -ErrorAction Ignore
# unzip c:\tmp\test.zip\test\etc\script to c:\tmp\output\test\etc
$shell.NameSpace($targetfolder).CopyHere($item)
I don't know about most elegant, but with .Net 4.5 installed you could use the ZipFile class from the System.IO.Compression namespace:
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.IO.Compression.FileSystem') | Out-Null
$zipfile = 'C:\path\to\your.zip'
$folder = 'folder\inside\zipfile'
$dst = 'C:\output\folder'
[IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead($zipfile).Entries | ? {
$_.FullName -like "$($folder -replace '\\','/')/*"
} | % {
$file = Join-Path $dst $_.FullName
$parent = Split-Path -Parent $file
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $parent)) {
New-Item -Path $parent -Type Directory | Out-Null
}
[IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::ExtractToFile($_, $file, $true)
}
The 3rd parameter of ExtractToFile() can be omitted. If present it defines whether existing files will be overwritten or not.
As far as the folder location in a zip is known, the original code can be simplified:
$source = 'c:\tmp\test.zip' # zip file
$target = 'c:\tmp\output' # target root
$folder = 'test\etc\script' # path in the zip
$shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
# find script folder e.g. c:\tmp\test.zip\test\etc\script
$item = $shell.NameSpace("$source\$folder")
# actual destination directory
$path = Split-Path (Join-Path $target $folder)
if (!(Test-Path $path)) {$null = mkdir $path}
# unzip c:\tmp\test.zip\test\etc\script to c:\tmp\output\test\etc\script
$shell.NameSpace($path).CopyHere($item)
Windows PowerShell 5.0 (included in Windows 10) natively supports extracting ZIP files using Expand-Archive cmdlet:
Expand-Archive -Path Draft.Zip -DestinationPath C:\Reference