Old count_subdirectories and get_subdirectories functions were unusably inefficient when testing on real directories. Updated the functions so that directories are iterated efficiently

CountFolderFiles.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 def append_to_folder_name(folder_path, suffix):
     try:
@@ -19,22 +20,20 @@ def append_to_folder_name(folder_path, suffix):
 
 def get_subdirectories(folder_path):
     subdirectories = []
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder_path):
+    for entry in os.scandir(folder_path):
-        if root.count(os.sep) - folder_path.count(os.sep) < 1:
+        if entry.is_dir():
-            for dir_name in dirs:
+            subdirectories.append(entry.path)
-                subdirectories.append(os.path.join(root, dir_name))
     return subdirectories
 
-def count_subdirectories(directory):
+def count_subdirectories(path):
-    subdirectory_count = 0
+    return sum(1 for dir in Path(path).iterdir() if dir.is_dir())
-    for _, dirnames, _ in os.walk(directory):
-        subdirectory_count += len(dirnames)
-    return subdirectory_count
 
 def count_folder_files(folder_path):
     try:
         # If no subfolders exist, return the number of files in the folder
+        print("entering count_subdirectories")
         num_subdirectories = count_subdirectories(folder_path)
+        print("exiting count_subdirectories")
         if num_subdirectories == 0:
         
             # Count the number of files in the folder
@@ -44,12 +43,14 @@ def count_folder_files(folder_path):
         # If subdirectories do exist, return the number of files in each subdirectory then this directory
         else:
             file_count = ""
+            print("entering get_subdirectories")
             subdirectories = get_subdirectories(folder_path)
             for i, directory in enumerate(subdirectories):
                 file_count = file_count + str(sum(1 for entry in os.scandir(directory) if entry.is_file()))
                 #If there's another element, add a space (Keep code this way so that append folder files looks right)
                 if i != len(subdirectories) - 1:
                     file_count = file_count + " "
+                print(file_count)
             #Append the number of files in the folder unless if there are none
             if (sum(1 for entry in os.scandir(folder_path) if entry.is_file()) > 0):
                 file_count = file_count + " " + str(sum(1 for entry in os.scandir(folder_path) if entry.is_file()))
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ def main():
     os.system("pause")
     for arg in args:
         directory_name = arg
+        print("entering count_folder_files")
         suffix = count_folder_files(directory_name)
         # If [num] already exists at the end of the string, remove it so we can update it
         directory_name_cleaned = clean_directory_name(directory_name)

Install_CountFolderFiles.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+$isAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)
+
+if ($isAdmin) {
+    pyinstaller --onefile CountFolderFiles.py
+    cd dist
+    $directoryPath = "C:\Program Files\Python311\Scripts\"
+    if (Test-Path $directoryPath -PathType Container) {
+
+        # Add CountFolderFiles.exe to Python Scripts
+        Copy-Item -Path .\CountFolderFiles.exe -Destination 'C:\Program Files\Python311\Scripts\' -Force
+
+        
+
+        # Get the name of the SendTo folder for the user of the current directory. (can't use %appdata% since we are logged in as admin)
+        $directoryPath = $PWD.Path
+        $separator = "\"
+        $parts = $directoryPath.Split('\')
+        $extractedString = $parts[0..2] -join $separator
+        $SendToPath = $extractedString + "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\CountFolderFiles.lnk"
+
+
+        # Add a shortcut to C:\Program Files\Python311\Scripts\CountFolderFiles.exe in SendTo folder
+        $SourceExe = "C:\Program Files\Python311\Scripts\CountFolderFiles.exe"
+        $DestinationPath = $SendToPath
+
+        $WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
+        $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($DestinationPath)
+        $Shortcut.TargetPath = $SourceExe
+        $Shortcut.Save()    
+
+        Read-Host -Prompt "Done, Press enter to exit."
+    } else {
+        Read-Host -Prompt "The Python311 directory does not exist. Please install manually (read the powershell commands) or use Python 3.11."
+    }
+}
+else {
+    Read-Host -Prompt "Please run this script as admin."
+}