I have been using the replies from here to read out the metadata of files on windows. However i noticed that it would just ignore hidden files.
How can one also include hidden files in this approach?
1 Answer
You can combine python's os library with Windows' Shell.Application object, as done here, something like this:
import os
import win32com.client
sh = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Shell.Application', 0)
path = r'c:\mypath\myfolder'
ns = sh.NameSpace(path)
colnum = 0
columns = []
while True:
colname=ns.GetDetailsOf(None, colnum)
if not colname:
break
columns.append(colname)
colnum += 1
for name in os.listdir(path): # list all files
print(path + '\\' + name)
item = ns.ParseName(name)
for colnum in range(len(columns)):
colval=ns.GetDetailsOf(item, colnum)
if colval:
print('\t', columns[colnum], colval)
hidden files will display (H attribute is for Hidden)
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Attributes HA
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2 Comments
J.N.
I probably should have thought of that myself... instead i went digging around here learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/…. Thanks so much!
Simon Mourier
@J.N. - Shell.Application is a wrapper over these native API and interfaces.