def get_dir_size(path):
  total_size = 0
  if platform.system() == 'Windows':
    try:
      items = win32file.FindFilesW(path + '\\*')
    except Exception, err:
      return 0

    # Add the size or perform recursion on folders.
    for item in items:
      attr = item[0]
      name = item[-2]
      size = item[5]

      if (attr & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) and \
         not (attr & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM):  # skip system dirs
        if name not in DIR_EXCLUDES:
          total_size += get_dir_size("%s\\%s" % (path, name))

      total_size += size

  return total_size