Count items in a folder with PowerShell

Question

I\'m trying to write a very simple PowerShell script to give me the total number of items (both files and folders) in a given folder (c:\\MyFolder). Here\'s wh

Answer 1

To count the number of a specific filetype in a folder. The example is to count mp3 files on F: drive.

( Get-ChildItme F: -Filter *.mp3 - Recurse | measure ).Count

Tested in 6.2.3, but should work >4.