Script to locate specific folders on the system

directories = ["foldername_1", "foldername_2", "foldername_3"]

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import os

from subprocess import PIPE, Popen

import ctypes

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class disable_file_system_redirection:

    _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

    _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

    def __enter__(self):

        self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

        self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

        if self.success:

            self._revert(self.old_value)

lc_directories = [i.lower() for i in directories]

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found_directories_ls = []

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with disable_file_system_redirection():

    disks = os.popen('wmic logicaldisk get name | findstr /v "Name"').read().strip().split()

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for disk in disks:

    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(disk + "\\"):

        found_Dirs = filter(lambda x: x if x.lower() in lc_directories else False, dirs)

        if found_Dirs:

            found_Dirs_ls = list(map(lambda x: root+"\\"+x, found_Dirs))

            found_directories_ls.extend(found_Dirs_ls)

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if found_directories_ls:

    print("Found these Directories shown below:")

    print("\n".join(found_directories_ls))

else:

    print("couldn't find any of the given directories")

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