Path = r'C:\Users\Galaxy\Desktop\output' ## Here you can specifies your file /folder path import ctypes import subprocess import ctypes import os 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) with disable_file_system_redirection(): if os.path.isdir(Path): Path = os.path.join(Path, '*') pObj = subprocess.Popen('compact /C /I {}'.format(Path), shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE) rTup = pObj.communicate() rCod = pObj.returncode for i in rTup: print i else: print '{} is not valid folder'.format(Path)