Folder Size in Explorer, Windows 7
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Friday, September 11, 2009 4:24 PMDear Readers:
I would like to know if Windows 7 includes the option to view Folder Size in the Explorer window interface (an option similar to viewing [file] Size)? I have attempted to use various software to do this in Windows Vista such as Tree Size Professional but the help files say that Windows Vista does not allow viewing of Folder Sizes in Explorer.
Sincerely,
penciline
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:39 AM Not that I can find. The only way to get the size is to right click and select Properties.
- Marked As Answer by Robinson Zhang Monday, September 14, 2009 3:36 AM
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 12:36 PM I've been using this in XP for ages. It works well!I guess it works with W7Just replace the Size column in explorer for the Folder Size column... then you get exactly what you want!It takes a tiny amount of time to calc the folder sizes for big folders, but you don't notice it. Be careful with removable drives... i've had a little bit of corruption once, but it didn't eject it properly, so it's mostly my fault.
- Proposed As Answer by mreese Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:10 AM
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Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:16 PMThat doesn't work with windows 7.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:46 PMAs it appears someone somewhere in MS does read these things, I'd like to add my voice to those clamoring for this feature. In response to the usual reason for not including it, huge corporate servers that would be brought to a grinding halt by use of such a feature, I would like to point out that such corporations generally neuter the copies of Windows distributed to their machines, and could easily remove the feature. I like knowing about my files and folders.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 7:09 PMsorry folder sizes does not work in windows 7 have tried both 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:12 AM
The above Folder size addon doesn't work but not because it is not compatible with Windows 7. Because MS entirely removed the shell interface which allowed developers to write column handler extensions in Explorer. Way to go MS. I guess my XP box isn't old at all. That OS does WHAT I WANT, not WHAT YOU WANT.
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Friday, January 22, 2010 1:14 PMMicrosoft suck. I really resent them for not giving me a folder size option. I have fast SSD hard drives, it would take 10 seconds to scan my entire system, but oh no, microsoft know best.....MS you suck
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:48 AMUse ShellToysXP it works like a bomb... http://www.shelltoysxp.com/
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:53 PMYou have the right to switch to another Operating System supplier
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:41 PMHow do I use ShellToys to display folder sizes without right-clicking? I would like Folder Size to appear as a tab item in the top of the Windows Explorer window along with Name, Type, Size, Date Modified, etc.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:16 PM
You have the right to switch to another Operating System supplier
You missed the point of my post entirely. I have different OS's on different computers but was wondering why this functionality was removed from the last two incarnations of the Windows OS. -
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:45 AM
You have the right to switch to another Operating System supplier
You have the right to keep your unhelpful posts to yourself.There really is no reason why MS have a) failed to implement folder sizes for home users, and b) crippled third party tools like Folder Size.I don't care about corporate file trees. If I have a home computer I should be able to rank folders based on their size within Windows Explorer. Anyone who doesn't recognise that is either dumb or blinkered by Microsoft's arbitrary feature editing.Windows 7 is crippled because of this. It could be so much better.If you never need to find which folders are the largest on your hard drives then I suggest you are quite a basic PC user, and should probably not be posting on this forum.And tell me this - if it's such a dumb idea, why has Mac OS had it since, well, forever? -
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:35 PMHere is a long list of reasons why viewing folder size is important http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/2056b237-574d-483c-8ecd-f2842dd70081/I challenge any pro-MS automatons to justify to me why hovering over every folder (and then presumably writing down the results for comparison?) is an appropriate method to clean out my harddrive by finding which folders take up the most room.If, as we shall see, you're unable to justify MS's exclusion of folder size, please post here, and we'll see if they take notice and listen.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:53 AMYes, I find it difficult to believe Windows 7 actually has less capabilities in this area than Windows XP. I find it very frustrating.Simon.Melbourne, Australia
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:24 AMInstall SequoiaView . It gives you a lovely cushion tree map that makes it very easy to see what folders and what files are using up all your drive space. Works from XP to Windows 7 Ultimate
Rich Why can't I be different and original like everybody else? - Vivian Stanshal -
Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:45 AMSequoiaView is not as useful as simply having a column of folder sizes which you can sort ascending or descending with one click. This would be easy and useful. How can Microsoft deny that?
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:44 PM LOL! Oh yeah, that makes things SO easy to see... Intutive as all getout! I'm sorry; it's a helpful post. But I really did laugh when I saw that SequoiaView screen.
Here's a freeware alternative with a little better interface that I find useful:
Scanner - http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/
-Noel- Proposed As Answer by Puppet Test Pillot Friday, January 27, 2012 12:06 PM
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Friday, April 09, 2010 10:47 PM
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Saturday, April 10, 2010 6:43 PM
It works and has good info, but every time you open it, it has to rescan the entire drive. That takes a long time.
About the only thing that would make this useful for me would be if it had a service that ran in the background on low priority and scanned the drives ahead of time, so when you actually wanted to see the data, it would be there quickly. Of course that would cause people to gripe about another unneeded service running at boot time.
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Monday, April 12, 2010 7:59 PM
I agree wholeheartedly that the column Folder Size should be an optional column! I would find it immensely useful.
I was thinking that a fairly useful alternative (when arguing how very deep and very large contents and very large number of files could slow down exploring too much) would be to simply give the folder size in the Preview/Info area at the bottom of Explorer when you select a folder. At least this would change it to 1 step from the 4 steps of: right-click, move mouse to point to Properties, click on Properties, close Properties.
Severely disappointing that MS removed the shell interface for 3rd party software to add explorer columns.
I seriously want this feature. It is FAR too slow to try to clean out my HDDs when I need to find the biggest folders that I don't need.
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Monday, April 12, 2010 8:25 PM
There already is a Size column. It's just not filled in with anything in the case of folders! Why not? Microsoft appears to have chosen to put their new and not-so-bright people on the Explorer project, which IMO is a dismal failure in Windows 7. I'm sorry to publicly proclaim this but credit needs to be given where due. They have completely offset the wonderful improvements made to Windows in other places.
Explorer gives us access to our files. With an object oriented system (more or less), the file is the center of everything... Double click it to open, right-click it to print or compile or scan it or send it somewhere or... Yet it's pretty clear that Explorer in Vista, and XP before that, worked better than Explorer in Windows 7.
The one thing that Microsoft could and should do to save face with Explorer is to release an ABSOLUTELY DYNAMITE Explorer rewrite in Service Pack 1. Waiting until Windows 8 (or "Windows Glitz" or whatever the marketeers choose to call it) will be TOO LATE!
FYI, there's a somewhat useful workaround to this issue in the ClassicShell freeware app by IvoSoft... Clicking on a folder with ClassicShell's ClassicExplorer component installed DOES yield a folder size in the status bar. To wit, note the number near the bottom right of this screen grab:
ClassicShell is available here: http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
-Noel
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:15 AMCool, I really liked the look of that Classic Shell app. I installed it and it allowed me to view the File, Edit... toolbar and select View -> Status bar. It also gave me the UP arrow for going up in the folder hierarchy. But the status bar didn't show folder sizes. It didn't add any other kind of toolbar with all those other buttons like copy, paste and ____... which I didn't want it to add anyways. But ya, doesn't look like it works properly in Vista. I'll try it on 7 when I install it.
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Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:19 PMIt's not just about folder sizes. Column handlers for other info like file extension also don't work. I can only sort by file type, no longer by file extension. MS should not have removed IColumnProvider. Then again, the shell team has ____ raped Explorer in so many places that it's virtually useless.
Anonymuos -
Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:25 PMWhy does this application try to access the Internet?
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010 6:54 PM
I have been using windows 7 64 bit for the last two days now. I have moved from Windows XP. I have to see that I really like Windows 7.
BUT, I am sorry but you have to have a file size option. There is no way to get around it it, and not having it is shear incompetence. I do not know how I am going to do all the file swapping and management if I can not see a folder sizes.
Who in the right mind felt is was a good idea to leave this out? Using file sizes is second nature with regard to my perception of what is in a folder. It is crucial for my interfacing.
Please, Please, Please Microsoft give us an alternative.
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Friday, June 11, 2010 3:33 AMLosing the ability to use Folder Size actually put me off using Win7 as anything other than a test system for a while. Now I've started using Win7 day-to-day, I'm using Free Commander, a file manager which will show you the folder sizes if you do Alt+F9. Takes a while to scan but it's a familiar UI for those who remember Norton Commander...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010 6:26 AM
Try this http://www.explorerxp.com/
Its for XP but u can use the advanced options to runas winxp app in win7
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Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:34 PM
Here is a free Folder Size tool.
Thanks for this tip, it was exactly what I needed. I only care about folder size when I'm trying to clear stuff off my hard drives, and as such only need to know every few months or so. I don't mind the scanning when I open the program. Thanks!
It is really good!
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:17 AM
Here you go guys, this works in vista, xp and windows 7
How to Display Folder Size in Windows Explorer
i always tell my cousin how well balanced windows 2000 NT was, then came xp and we were somewhat happy, but vista and windows 7 has gone down the drain for me, not sure what MS is thinking but i hope they get a handle on things and fixed these minor issues.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:25 AMSorry, but I don't believe Folder Size works in Vista or Windows 7.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:40 PM
Directory Report is a good tool for showing your folder sizes
http://www.file-utilities.comIt looks just like the MS-Explorer but has two more columns:
Size
Size wSubDirs
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Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:20 AM
There are 2 different tools being proposed here, both commonly referred to as "Folder Size".
"Folder Size for Windows" (http://sourceforge.net/projects/foldersize/) generally worked effectively in WinXP by adding a 'folder size' column to the explorer bar and generally most users (myself included) have found that it doesn't work in Win7.
Then there is the freestanding app "Folder Size" from (http://www.mindgems.com/products/Folder-Size/Folder-Size.html) which does appear to work on Windows 7 (32Bit and 64Bit, although it installs as a 32Bit application).
The "Folder Size" application is quite useful for me, as like many others here, I mostly only need this tool when I am looking to clean out my drives. On the other hand "Folder size for Windows"while it was conveniently located in WinXP explorer could be something of a resource hog as it would recalculate every time a folder or folder tree was opened.
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Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:40 AM...and it gives lots of unhelpful & inaccurate '0 bytes' reports on non-empty folders exactly as this screenshot demonstrates.
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Monday, July 19, 2010 6:26 AM
Wow! The depths of the lack of Administrator control in Win 7 know no bounds. More clicks to get to the places we need, no real control even in Administrator, shocking I am sure my calculator has more functionality. Everyday I seem to find more failures in Windows.
I run with multiple screens and still have to use third party software to run applications in full screen whilst using another application on a different screen, WHY? Fragmentation WHY? Have M$ gone to sleep in the 1980's we had more power over the OS in 3.01 and since then Windows/Microsoft know more about how we want to use an OS than the end user, BS.
I have several OS's XP, Vista, Win7 and Mandriva and all I see is M$ getting more and more closed in and impossible to use as an advanced user, not everyone want the same interface, user rights, and combatant OS that even stops you from accessing/manipulating files as an Administrator. I understand that it is a cover all but really there should be an option for people who buy the OS (not have it installed for them) to define their control over the entire functionality.
Maybe time for M$ to look at other OS and see where they are going wrong, if they spent just a couple of hours playing with any flavour of Linux they would see what needs to be addressed. I know this sounds like M$ bashing but as the main player and the reason we all have been given the chance to use a PC at home (without Windows it would have taken a good few years to be where we are) surely they could have done better than this. Please, Please, Please go and hire some of the top software engineers and fix this lazy boring and under powered rubbish.
Totally shameful excuse for an OS. Fix it before you bow out of the OS business, which by the way does not look too far away any more. I never thought I would see the day that there is no M$ but it is getting closer and closer the more they create such difficult and unyielding software. Time to bring in the Open source community to fix this old girl.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:28 AM
For those who like to roll their own, this VB Script code will work with Windows 7 and show a simple list with folders and sizes from a cmd prompt. You can specify the depth. It's very fast. Run with no parameters for instructions.
' ====================================================================
' DirSize7.vbs
' Used to display dir sizes in Windows 7 or XP.
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' To Use: cscript DirSize7.vbs C:\temp 4
' Where:
' First parm = The dir to start with (default = script dir)
' Second parm = number of child dirs to display (default = 4)
'
' 2010/7/20 - Tom Woodgerd - Upgraded from DirSizeXP. Added code to handle folders with no access.
' ====================================================================
option explicit ' Require declaration of variables.
Dim arrArgs
Dim strTopDir
Dim numDepth
Dim iii
Dim strEOL
Dim strTab
Dim ws
Dim fso
Dim strFolder
Dim arrFolderCollection1
Dim arrFolderCollection2
Dim arrFolderCollection3
Dim arrFolderCollection4
Dim strDisp
Dim strF1
Dim strF2
Dim strF3
Dim strF4
Dim strRootFolder
Dim int_strF1Size
Set ws = WScript.CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell")
strEOL = chr(10) & chr(13)
strTab = chr(9)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' --------------- Get command line arguments.
Set arrArgs = WScript.Arguments
' --------- Get folder from command line or if none, the script dir.
If arrArgs.Count > 0 Then
strTopDir = arrArgs(0)
Else
strTopDir = fso.GetParentFolderName(Wscript.ScriptFullName)
End If
' --------- Get depth from command line or default = 4.
If arrArgs.Count > 1 Then
numDepth = arrArgs(1)
If numDepth > 4 Then
numDepth = 4
End If
Else
numDepth = 4
End if
If arrArgs.Count > 0 Then
WScript.Echo "====================================================================++======"
WScript.Echo "DirSize7: Starting From: " & strTopDir & " Depth = " & numDepth
WScript.Echo ""
WScript.Echo "=========================================================(Ver 7/20/2010)===="
Else
WScript.Echo "======================================================================++===="
WScript.Echo "DirSize7: Starting From: " & strTopDir & " Depth = " & numDepth
WScript.Echo ""
WScript.Echo " Useage: cscript dirsize7.vbs D:\temp 3"
WScript.Echo " Where:"
WScript.Echo " Starting Directory = D:\temp"
WScript.Echo " Deepest folder to display = 3 (up to 4 max)"
WScript.Echo ""
WScript.Echo "==========================================================(Ver 7/20/2010)==="
End If
' --------- Main Loop ---------------------------------------------
Set strFolder = fso.GetFolder(strTopDir)
If Not strFolder.IsRootFolder then
int_strF1Size = 0
On Error Resume Next
int_strF1Size = strFolder.size
If int_strF1Size = 0 then '--- See if we have access.
WScript.Echo "----No Access---- " & strFolder
WScript.quit
Else
WScript.Echo f_AddCommas(strFolder.size), " "& strFolder
end if
End If
Set arrFolderCollection1 = strFolder.SubFolders
For Each strF1 in arrFolderCollection1
int_strF1Size = 0
On Error Resume Next
int_strF1Size = strF1.size
If int_strF1Size = 0 then '--- See if we have access.
WScript.Echo " ----No Access---- " & strF1
Else
WScript.Echo f_AddCommas(strF1.size), " "& chr(28)&" "& strF1
If numDepth >= 2 Then '----------------------------- Start of 2nd level
Set strFolder = fso.GetFolder(strF1)
Set arrFolderCollection2 = strFolder.SubFolders
For Each strF2 in arrFolderCollection2
WScript.Echo f_AddCommas(strF2.size), " "& chr(28)&" "& strF2
If numDepth >= 3 Then '----------------------- Start of 3rd level
Set strFolder = fso.GetFolder(strF2)
Set arrFolderCollection3 = strFolder.SubFolders
For Each strF3 in arrFolderCollection3
WScript.Echo f_AddCommas(strF3.size), " "& chr(28)&" "& strF3
If numDepth >= 4 Then '----------------- Start of 4th level
Set strFolder = fso.GetFolder(strF3)
Set arrFolderCollection4 = strFolder.SubFolders
For Each strF4 in arrFolderCollection4
WScript.Echo f_AddCommas(strF4.size), " "& chr(28)&" "& strF4
Next
End If '--------------------------------- End of 4th level
Next
End If '----------------------------------- End of 3rd level
Next
End If ' ---------------------------------- End of 2nd Level
End if
Next
' -------------------------- Format a numeric string with commas
Function f_AddCommas(parmStr)
Dim strTemp
' ---- Drop the ".00"
strTemp = left(formatcurrency(parmStr), Instr(formatcurrency(parmStr), ".")-1 )
strTemp = mid(strTemp,2) ' Drop the $
f_AddCommas = space(15-len(strTemp)) & strTemp
End Function
- Proposed As Answer by Dale Scott Friday, January 20, 2012 6:03 PM
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Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:30 PM
The easy answer is to use xplorer2 lite. Which is free and works perfectly in windows 7. Then just go to "Tools" "options" - "advanced options" and select "show total folder size". The only drawback to this program is that for some reason its alphabetical listing (listing by name) tends to be out of synch with the rest of the digital world (uses different rules).
Here is the cnet link to the program - http://download.cnet.com/Xplorer2-Lite/3000-2248_4-10407731.html
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Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:09 PM
ToothFaerie (do you expect people to take your comments too seriously with that handle?),
Use Windows 7 for a while and get to know it.
You'll discover that many of your negative comments about it only reach skin deep. It really is an excellent system under the covers. It's just that the Explorer / shell and Marketing people have fallen down on the job - REALLY fallen down - and they've hung WAY too much junk all over it.
With a few bits of extra (free) software and some tweaking there's a lot that can be done to make Windows 7 quite usable, lean and mean - and I find it really stable... This is well over a year of heavy use talking.
Best of luck getting the most out of Windows 7.
-Noel
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:57 PM
A few things in reply to your out or order email to me. You have a name that sounds like some sort of genital disorder and yet you choose to take the rip out of my online name instead of replying to my points. If you disagree then please let me hear what you have to say about the points I have brought up, not a silly little boys name calling and ridiculing me because I have a strange name. If because my name is different then that means I have no real message or content in my post then the post would have needed little to no reply, and there would not be a large amount of people expressing the same dissatisfaction. Is the reason you only take the p*** because you have no argument? or is it because you are a troll? My comment where and are legitimate and should be part of the overall progression of an OS but please feel free to avoid my reason for posting as I would rather not hear anything from an ____ and will wait for someone with a brain and knowledge to reply and not just reply with a total lack of respect for people just because of a name.
If you think that paying £150 for an operating system that is moving backwards and relying on third party software to get the things done in a professional, reliable and productive manner for the Administrators of this world, not the normal less than computer literate user, then yes Microsoft are loosing ground, if you think that the strengths of an OS are that it does not need a real Admin' account or control then please stick to Win7 and don't try to tell others that we are stupid for making valid points about a better than average OS that could have been much better. I have no grips with MS as they are the foundation of the majority of businesses and home computing but to shut your eyes and not see the benefit of control over your file structure and other control mechanisms then please refrain from answering what you obviously do not know about.
To Quote Noel Carboni's reply to me "Thread Title Folder Size in Explorer, Windows 7
Started by: penciline
Reply:
ToothFaerie (do you expect people to take your comments too seriously with that handle?),
Use Windows 7 for a while and get to know it.
You'll discover that many of your negative comments about it only reach skin deep. It really is an excellent system under the covers. It's just that the Explorer / shell and Marketing people have fallen down on the job - REALLY fallen down - and they've hung WAY too much junk all over it.
With a few bits of extra (free) software and some tweaking there's a lot that can be done to make Windows 7 quite usable, lean and mean - and I find it really stable... This is well over a year of heavy use talking.
Best of luck getting the most out of Windows 7.
-Noel"P.S. I have been using and tweaking Windows for my use over the last 20+ years, I have installed and maintained Windows and Linux/Unix for business and home users. I might not know everything there is under the hood of any of them but I know failings when I see them and then put them out in the right environment to find resolutions.
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Monday, August 16, 2010 12:06 PM
Yes folder size COLUMN should be included in the OS. No doubt about this.
Please amend this in SP 1
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Monday, August 16, 2010 12:54 PM
The easy answer is to use xplorer2 lite. Which is free and works perfectly in windows 7. Then just go to "Tools" "options" - "advanced options" and select "show total folder size". The only drawback to this program is that for some reason its alphabetical listing (listing by name) tends to be out of synch with the rest of the digital world (uses different rules).
Here is the cnet link to the program - http://download.cnet.com/Xplorer2-Lite/3000-2248_4-10407731.html
Excuse me - it does not show total folder size as a COLUMN. Is this what you meant ?
MOreover the docs are rather - absent
and there is a 64 bit version - for which there is no lite version ???
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:53 AM
Hey guys, I to am just so irritated about this feature removal. I really hope they bring back the 'in explorer' column for folder size through 3rd party apps, or even better, their own folder size feature.
BUT, I do want to give you guys a heads up that the program Xplorer 2 DOES SHOW FOLDER SIZE, and their 'replacement' explorer is actually pretty decent. Though I don't think I should have to bring up another application in order to see the size of folders in a column.
I tried the Xplorer 2 pro x64 version, and you just hit Ctrl-D for it to calculate all the folder sizes.
Heres the link to their site, http://www.zabkat.com/index.htm
I believe the 'lite' version shows it also, but i didnt try it.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:21 PM
I've found a solution!
The original program at http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/ that so many of us love WILL WORK, but only if you are using it under Windows XP Mode - Virtual Machine.
Unfortunately this is only available if you have Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, as far as I know.
If you do have it, it's a free download from Microsoft that gets checked with Windows Genuine Advantage.
I'm now able to use Folder Size just as I used to with my old XP machine. Yes, it will read all of the folders on the hard drive, not just what you put on the virtual machine. Just make a shortcut on the virtual desktop to the C file path of the widows 7 OS and for fast future reference!
Happy computing.
Nick
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Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:15 PM
Hello
There is a sysinternals tool to show folder size ( Disk Usage (DU)).
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896651.aspx
Thanks, Darrell Gorter This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en -
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:47 PM
I've been using Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6 for about 1 year now. I will NEVER ever ever EVER again buy a Windows machine. I am working on replacing all my PC's with Macs. I have been a PC/Windows expert for over 20 years now, and only kind of backed into Macs. This is a perfect illustration of exactly why. Everything on the Mac works exactly as I would want it to - it took about a month to get used to it. (Of course I'm an old Unix hack, so that helped to dig into its innards.)
So my advice? Ditch Windows - no matter how they dress it up, they just don't get it.
I should also add, when it comes to technical support, I have never found a company in any sector that can beat Apple. It is definitely worth the small fee for the AppleCare support package.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:52 AM
I agree with jimer_2 statement 100% "no matter how they dress it up, they just don't get it."
I too used Brio's Foldersize on all my XP machines... I skipped over Vista and now I am running windows 7 and boy is it pretty looking... SO WHAT! Windows 7 is more broke than ever for us power users and admins! This foldersize issue and window explorer not remembering window position is totally ridiculous!
I have just about had it with MS. I have recently purchased one Mac; looks like it's time to consider a full about-face from windozes to Mac.
pS. I blame Ballmer! Bring back Gates!
hmmm I wonder if Bill is using windows 7.
pss. I think windows 7 has given me a case of noelcarbonis.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:19 AMThis program worked great for me. It took a little while to scan the drive, but I could browse what had already been scanned, even before the whole drive had been completely scanned. Thanks for the link! :)
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Monday, November 22, 2010 10:18 PM
Not sure if this will help the lot of you, but I find JDiskReport to be exactly what I'm looking for. It's free, it doesn't require installing if you simply use the jdiskreport.jnlp file by itself. Otherwise you can simply install the app and run it at any time. It works for network shares as well. It's a very handy tool. I used to use TreeSizePro a long, long time ago, but this is it's equal and it's free to boot.
I hope this helps!!
- Proposed As Answer by enigmafyv Monday, November 22, 2010 10:19 PM
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:42 PM
A few things in reply to your out or order email to me. You have a name that sounds like some sort of genital disorder and yet you choose to take the rip out of my online name instead of replying to my points. If you disagree then please let me hear what you have to say about the points I have brought up, not a silly little boys name calling and ridiculing me because I have a strange name. If because my name is different then that means I have no real message or content in my post then the post would have needed little to no reply, and there would not be a large amount of people expressing the same dissatisfaction. Is the reason you only take the p*** because you have no argument? or is it because you are a troll? My comment where and are legitimate and should be part of the overall progression of an OS but please feel free to avoid my reason for posting as I would rather not hear anything from an ____ and will wait for someone with a brain and knowledge to reply and not just reply with a total lack of respect for people just because of a name.
All I can say to this is - wow. The offending comment:
ToothFaerie (do you expect people to take your comments too seriously with that handle?)
Your response, only the first paragraph I quoted, was as insulting as it was childish, both in epic proportions. One sentence stating that you have a name that makes people not take you seriously, and you respond with several paragraphs that range from comparing Carboni's name to a genital disorder to calling him a child to calling him stupid. I can't help but think someone here is just a tad oversensitive... The ironic thing is that Carboni agreed with most of your post.
Seriously, it's time to switch to decaf.
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Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:20 AM
Thanks for the xplorer2 Ctrl + D tip for the Folder size, it does work with the free one. You can also go into _Tools_ and _Options_ and set to see Folder Size in _Status Bar Pane_.
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I've installed Win7's to 2 of my PC's yesterday (one x32 and other x64), even if only for 3 days to test this stuff out (before activation kicks in). One is extra PC and the other in VMWare WS 7.3 .
I also tried that ExplorerXP in WinXP mode with Admin rights and the Folder Size works great. Except for one thing, when I right click on a folder, every option is grayed out (except for FileMenu Tools). FileMenu Tools wasn't installed on one of them and it was still grayed out.
I have WinXP right now and had no interest in using Vista. Although I fixed people's PC's who had it.
I have been on the fence about Win7, only 2 reasons though . I really, really like the NinoTech PathCopy Win Shell Extension and the original FolderSize (sourceforge). I use both many times a day. Well 3, moving and deleting and setting up partitions correctly is not fun (new 2TB hd on way, but still a big pain). But now XP has been giving me BSOD's and lockups sometimes (125 + programs + many tweaks last 2 months so not surprising really).
I created a folder named:
Win 7 _ FolderSize Options _ c12-04-10
and downloaded every program people said on here to test out so I could make the move to Win7 if it goes good.
ClassicShell_Win7 x64_Brings Back Old Features of XP_a12-04-10
ExplorerXP_1.07_d10-27-06_u12-04-10
FileMenu Tools_Win7 x64_ COPY PATH Feature
FolderSize_MindGems_Apparently Has To Scan Each Time_Maybe Slow_a12-04-10
FreeCommander_Win7 x64_a12-04-10
xPlorer2 Lite_Free_ cd r5 22votes_186k
xPlorer2 Pro_cd r4.5 16votes_19kI guess I haven't tried the MindGems FolderSize one, but doesn't seem what I want now anyway, from above comments.
ClassicShell really doesn't help in the FolderSize department (don't see size like in picture above), however the other things are kind of nice.
I do LOVE the free FileMenu Tools though, it does take care of my Copy Path requirement . Even though when I right click using ExplorerXP, things are grayed out except for FileMenu Tools so I might just go with this combo (but only been testing tonight).
But I'll have to reinstall Win7 on both machines at least another 1-3 times to fully test to make sure I want to make the switch.
Please Microsoft make FolderSize an option in Win7 SP1 like others have said !!! Or add something to Win7 where ExplorerXP or better yet original FolderSize (sourceforge) can work again like in WinXP.
PLEASE
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:18 PM
Thank you enigmafyv. I downloaded and installed JDiskReport and was looking at a listing of one of my drives in about 5 minutes. Works a treat
Mike
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Friday, December 31, 2010 10:31 PM
This is the best for me.
+ ve's
no installation
really fast
many interesting analytics like top 100, size dist, modified etc.,
-ve's
none
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Sunday, January 02, 2011 11:54 PM
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SequiaView pwnz this Mickey Mouse pie chart in the face.
Here's a link you may find helpful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_space_partitioningIf not, try this one instead; http://www.crayola.com/products/list.cfm?categories=CRAYONS
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Friday, January 07, 2011 3:42 PMThat's why I use Linux...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:06 PM
I would also consider WinDirStat as an option http://windirstat.info/
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011 7:40 PMThis is fantastic. It really helped me visualize my usage. Thanks.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:09 PMI agree on that with you bro. It sucks that Windows 7 doesn't have it. I have a lot of programmes and other files and am a sucker for sorting, ordering and placing them inside folders. So, this feature would be very very helpful. It is a minor feature and MS can set it to be displayed or not in the folder option settings. The architecture is simple, if somewhat time consuming when it is required on machines with slow HDD. But still, it is a feature I also would like to see in W7 and not hopefully on W8 :D.
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Monday, February 21, 2011 5:45 PM
Here you go guys, this works in vista, xp and windows 7
How to Display Folder Size in Windows Explorer
i always tell my cousin how well balanced windows 2000 NT was, then came xp and we were somewhat happy, but vista and windows 7 has gone down the drain for me, not sure what MS is thinking but i hope they get a handle on things and fixed these minor issues.
This link is for folder size. It does not work in Win 7. A message from the developers of folder size.
"Folder Size 2.5
is for Windows 2000 or XP. Sorry, Vista and 7 changed Explorer so it can't support this column anymore."- Proposed As Answer by Allan Cass Monday, November 26, 2012 10:51 PM
- Unproposed As Answer by Allan Cass Monday, November 26, 2012 10:51 PM
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Monday, February 21, 2011 8:41 PM
I agree with jimer_2 statement 100% "no matter how they dress it up, they just don't get it."
I too used Brio's Foldersize on all my XP machines... I skipped over Vista and now I am running windows 7 and boy is it pretty looking... SO WHAT! Windows 7 is more broke than ever for us power users and admins! This foldersize issue and window explorer not remembering window position is totally ridiculous!
I have just about had it with MS. I have recently purchased one Mac; looks like it's time to consider a full about-face from windozes to Mac.
pS. I blame Ballmer! Bring back Gates!
hmmm I wonder if Bill is using windows 7.
pss. I think windows 7 has given me a case of noelcarbonis.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:12 PM
the explorer2 lite is only in 32 not 64 so it won't read 64 folders.
Statement from
http://www.zabkat.com/blog/11Apr10-64-bit-windows.htm
ps. Many of you ask me if there is a native 64 bit version of the free xplorer² lite; there isn't, but the 32 bit versionruns well on 64 bits too (you will just be unable to browse a few system folders)
I think I will use this solution.
If somebody works to set up the shell that size folder used in win xp please write it here.
I wrote a mail to Bill Gates....
we never know. I think he will like this function too.
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Friday, February 25, 2011 2:34 PM
Interestingly enough, Tree Size Professional works very well on Window 7 and provides folder sizes within its interface.
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Friday, February 25, 2011 3:47 PM
What's with this silly "pillow view" that seems to be so common amongst these kinds of tools? Is it supposed to be visually pleasing or something? Someone's college project gone wild?
-Noel
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:19 PM
Wow... I came via Google to see if there was a solution to this for one of my customers. I appreciate all the helpful suggestions I've found although I have to agree with you @Noel Carboni... and it is unfortunate that this feature cannot be cleanly integrated into the existing OS interfaces. Yeah I saw you can IF you pretend there's no such thing as 64 bit architecture but... you know the rest. When I implement solutions for customers I don't like leaving possibilities open that they will later encounter problems. A good cross section of my clients do not a) understand much at all of the OS behind-the-scenes humdrum that I sift through for them and b) do not wish to use nor is it easy for them to integrate into their experience 3rd party utilities that do this. Having said this it leaves me here: Thanks a whole lot MS. Having read all previous posts it seems I'm not alone, either, when I say you could have thought about your "little people" more. I personally have no issue right click 'Properties'-ing my folders but there are quite a few out there who do mind it. Just read this whole post and you'll see. I warn you though reading it all takes a little bit.
Which leads me to my next statement... At risk of sounding a little like a media clown from several years ago -- Can't we all just get along? Seriously guys we're here to listen to each other and try to help the best we can so really can we please stop bashing each other? We all have to sift through that useless stuff and certain posters have to try to overlook that they just got stabbed at! My degree is in Information Technology not Psychology so I don' t really know how to or care how we get this accomplished, but please for goodness sake if you don't have something nice or helpful to say then just don't type. Move on and do something helpful. Thanks ;)
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Friday, April 01, 2011 3:07 AM
You have the right to switch to another Operating System supplier
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Friday, April 01, 2011 3:08 AM
Here is a long list of reasons why viewing folder size is important http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/2056b237-574d-483c-8ecd-f2842dd70081/
I have been using a cool, small, unobtrusive program called OverDisk. NO SCANNING at all - instantaneous!I challenge any pro-MS automatons to justify to me why hovering over every folder (and then presumably writing down the results for comparison?) is an appropriate method to clean out my harddrive by finding which folders take up the most room.If, as we shall see, you're unable to justify MS's exclusion of folder size, please post here, and we'll see if they take notice and listen. -
Friday, April 01, 2011 3:10 AM
Install SequoiaView . It gives you a lovely cushion tree map that makes it very easy to see what folders and what files are using up all your drive space. Works from XP to Windows 7 Ultimate
Way, too busy!
Rich Why can't I be different and original like everybody else? - Vivian Stanshal- Proposed As Answer by skyela pixie Thursday, May 05, 2011 2:22 PM
- Unproposed As Answer by skyela pixie Thursday, May 05, 2011 2:22 PM
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Friday, May 06, 2011 1:48 AM
Warning about ClassicShell!!!
I have win 7 32bit with sp2.
I just installed classicshell about 2 hours and it has taken me this long to get back to normal operation on my pc!
What happened?
-installed it.
-noticed my start menu was all messed up with most things missing.
could not navigate to programs to uninstall. so i clicked the program installer again and it gave me the option to uninstall.
-rebooted. my pc took approx 15-20 MINUTES to boot! yes no exaggeration.
-realized this is really messed up and did system restore.
-rebooted and it took another 15-20 MINUTES to boot!
so here i am, but afraid to reboot again - may be messed up still but seems to be working normal once booted.
I don't know what i might have done wrong (if anything) but that was kinda stressful!!!
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Monday, June 13, 2011 11:36 PMDon't "guess". Not cool.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:06 AM
Tried almost any of the free solutions...and they all do SUCK. Folder Size standalone...scan speed of a 120 gb REVODRIVE SSD that can read 300-500 mb/s is ridicolous...it takes AGES to scan the drive and gets slower and slower until it CRAWLS.
Xplorer2 lite free version latest denies the use of the feature ..useless anyway since it has to be invoked manually
Overdisk = had hang on scanning C: then hit X and it shows results that make you ask .."do i want eye cancer?"
Seqoia View...aw cum on i want to view the size of my folders not do a acid trip
For the sake of sanity...wtf is there no FAST, simple and unretarded solution to this absolutly hilariously simple problem
(if for speed reasons this is not integrated in explorer..then for the love of all that does not suck MS implement a feature to show it by DEMAND other
than using retarded ALT+ENTER for each folder seperatly and not being able to have a proper overview) Win is packed with useless crap features noone
EVER uses but something that is a BASIC control and managment feature of a proper DISK OPERATING SYSTEM is not included...and still not is after SP1)
That Sirs is Grade F and now u can take your seat and get back to your homework.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:21 PM
You have the right to switch to another Operating System supplier
You are a stupid useless lump of poo.
Yes, I signed in just to say that.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:50 PM
I found this post while searching, and after looking on CNET I settled on TreeSize Free which I just installed on Windows 7 and it works for my needs. While it's not as handy as the extra Folder Size column (I agree that this is a Windows 7 miss), it will suffice for helping you find large folders to clean up as you can drill down.
A new feature allows you to right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer to bring up a pop-up with all of the sub-folders and the sizes, which you can then drill down into (e.g. right-click on My Documents).
Someone on here mentioned the Pro version, which I can't speak to, but so far the Free version has given me what I need..
http://download.cnet.com/TreeSize-Free/3000-2248_4-10139400.html
- Proposed As Answer by UGABulldawg80 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:51 PM
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Saturday, July 16, 2011 12:06 AM
With a few bits of extra (free) software and some tweaking there's a lot that can be done to make Windows 7 quite usable, lean and mean - and I find it really stable... This is well over a year of heavy use talking.
I agree, to make W7 usable I had to dload and install lot of freeware utils; I wonder why, to make a * PAID * OS usable, we have to rely on * FREE * software. Maybe it should be the contrary and we should pay the freewares and not W7 ?
In any case, everytime I have to work with folders and file sizes that's a real pain with win7 explorer, is it possible no developer noticed it? Aren't they supposed to be power users? *confused* At least with Classic Shell now I can select lot of files and see their size in status bar: W7 didn't allow either this simple task!
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Monday, July 18, 2011 2:40 PMHas anyone noticed that if you hover your mouse over a folder name, a popup will appear that includes the folder size? No, it's not a column, and no, you can't sort by size, but it DOES show the size of the folder+contents.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 3:09 PM
Yep, that works. I guess it must take some time to figure out, though, so they avoid doing it in general.
-Noel
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:59 PM
Has anyone noticed that if you hover your mouse over a folder name, a popup will appear that includes the folder size? No, it's not a column, and no, you can't sort by size, but it DOES show the size of the folder+contents.
I just too lazy to hover over 100 folder in 10 folder -
Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:14 AM
Has anyone noticed that if you hover your mouse over a folder name, a popup will appear that includes the folder size? No, it's not a column, and no, you can't sort by size, but it DOES show the size of the folder+contents.
For me this feature is bizarrely inconsistent. I can hover over a file or folder in Explorer and wait a second or two and get this info, then I can move down to the next item and wait, and wait and wait and nothing happens. Then I move to another item and it works again. I have found no way to make it reliably popup. It is a minor annoyance, I realize, but why doesn't it just work every time the same way instead of erratically? It feels sloppy.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:49 PM
Agreed. When I'm trying to find offending shared network folder users, the last thing I want to do is spend a morning or afternoon hovering over 250 folders, wait for a second for it to pop up, type it into excel with the folder name and size, repeat, the sort the spreadsheet to find the largest file so I can tell them to do some house cleaning.
Thanks for the extra work.
PS, FolderSize works fine locally, but if you have something in Explorer, say a network location, it doesn't see it.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:11 PM
Hello brollman,
Try using the Disk Usage tool from the sysinternals site?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545046.aspxDropped into a \tools folder
then run it twice:
C:\Tools>du /v /u c:\ >Files_Unique.txt
C:\Tools>du /v c:\ >Files.txt
Open files.txt in Excel,
Move or remove the totals at teh bottom
do a text to column change
Then sort to show the largest folders
This should give you a better picture of what is taking up the disk space
Thanks, Darrell Gorter [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en- Proposed As Answer by brollman Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:11 PM
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Friday, August 12, 2011 3:56 PM
How will I change that to a network location? Replace the /u switch to \\networkfolder? And why run twice?
Just a background, we're running vmware and our fileshare lives on the EMC so I just can't remote to it and run this and if I ran it on my machine it would default to my share, not the full folder, so I'd need to browse to it to see what's in there.
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Friday, August 12, 2011 6:18 PM
Hello,
It works with a UNC name, I was just showing an example above.
You do not need to run it twice
This is the more accurate disk space one.
C:\Tools>du /v /u c:\ >Files_Unique.txt
Thanks, Darrell Gorter [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en -
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:23 PM
I have just installed and tried TreeSizeFree. It works very well, is quite fast and gives me what I want. The analysis is done quite fast, in seconds. Getting data on lower levels is quite easy. In 2 minutes I was able to pinpoint the rogue folders occupying dead space.
The Pro version must be good. However as of now the Free version is fine. This is the way for software developers to go.
Many thanks, UGABulldawg80. Have a great day/week/month/year.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:11 PMThis is what I used. It's a few more steps than I'd like but it makes for a nice email to C levels showing usage.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:27 AMI had file size not long ago, but now I don't. I want it, so as I know not to send large files to people who will get broken up e-mails and they don't know what it is all about, and abuse me for sending 5 or 6 e-mails.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:45 PM
I also find the 'hover' method very inconsistant. Actually, very inaccurate.
Example: hover on one folder shows "greater than 8.5Gb" but right click to Properties gives 35Gb.
This is the case on my Vista m/c and my Win7 m/c.
ps: thanks for all the constructive suggestions here, shame about the others.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:29 PM
For what it's worth, the lack of this feature should be fixed (or mostly fixed) in Windows 8, if Microsoft's comments on the new Explorer interface are to be believed: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/29/improvements-in-windows-explorer.aspx
From the article (towards the bottom):
The Explorer in Windows XP was probably the most customizable version to date (you could add or remove a pre-specified set of buttons from the toolbar and customize the layout) but the Explorer UI in Windows 7 and Vista had very limited customization options beyond installing third-party add-ons.
The new Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Explorer provides a lot of customization opportunities. Similar to Office, by right-clicking any button in the ribbon, you can add it to the QAT. Additionally, you can choose to have the QAT display above or below the ribbon, and to display the ribbon in an open or minimized state. This is a big increase in the level of customization available in Explorer (you can choose approximately 200 commands to add to the QAT) and returns it to a level equal to or greater than we had in Windows XP.
Finally, as you may have noticed in several of the screen shots, we just had to bring back the “Up" button. This is far and away the most requested improvement to Explorer, and a great opportunity to bring back some of Windows Explorer’s heritage features.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:03 PMI'll post my thoughts on this in the Dev forum for Win 8
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Monday, September 19, 2011 11:58 PMA "brilliant" AND NOT AT ALL HELPFUL tidbit.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:05 AMURL is a turd.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 3:24 AMYou can submit feedback about Windows 7 here , http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%20%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011 6:06 PM
I use spacesniffer which is very well made.
Click each portion to drill down and see the specifics of the folder.
Personally i prefer a graphic software.
http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/download.html
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Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:24 PM
I have found a solution!
A windows explorer and registry modification allowing you to see folder sizes:
http://rajtheeban95.deviantart.com/art/Info-Extended-for-Explorer-W7-182053024
I hope it works for you like it does for me,
JoBrittain
- Edited by JoBrittain Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:29 PM link recognition
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 12:29 AMExplorerXP work nice in Windows 7 and show folder size
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Monday, January 09, 2012 8:33 AM
As a windows captive - meaning that so far it's been near impossible to by a PC without an MS OS - I am going to find the money to buy a Mac, or find the time to wipe the non-intuitive MS OS and replace it with Linux.
Can MS stop a defection by disaffected people like me, of which there are a growing number?
You betcha:
1. Take out all the stupid and annoying features and write in some clever and useful ones
2. Offer the OS free
That's the only way they'll ever tempt me back.
Bye bye.
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Monday, January 09, 2012 2:31 PM
2. Offer the OS free
Wish them success with their new App Store, and you may find a free or very cheap Windows a possibility in the future. Trouble is, if today at several hundred dollars a copy it still is missing obvious features and has clear engineering flaws, what will it be like if it makes no direct profit at all? Could be a problem.
I think Microsoft could help turn the tide by doing this also:
Get more involved with their customers. Actually PARTICIPATE in forum threads with tens of thousands of people watching and hundreds contributing. LISTEN and MAKE CHANGES based on intelligent analysis of what's being requested, rather than using telemetry to find out what the mass of uneducated users is stumbling around doing, and ignoring obvious problems because they happen to be difficult to solve.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:37 PM
For fork’s sake!
People, STOP posting third-party programs as solutions. There are plenty of standalone apps to show disk layout and usage, and it is not hard to find them. Also, using the Properties dialog or tooltips are not sufficient.
This thread is about showing the size of all FOLDERS in an EXPLORER column!
People have been using adding this function via third-party shell-extensions for a while now. Instead of building this functionality into Vista or 7 natively, they actually removed the ability for third-party extensions to provide it. WTF‽ Countless users have made themselves clear about their need for a proper Explorer size column that displays the size of folders, yet nothing has happened after several years. The only way that we can interpret this is that Microsoft does not care about it customers.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:42 PMFunny thing, did you noticed that WIN 7 does show the size of folders but only when they are in the Recycle Bin? Someone at Microsoft has a really great sense of humour!!!
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:40 PM
Funny thing, did you noticed that WIN 7 does show the size of folders but only when they are in the Recycle Bin? Someone at Microsoft has a really great sense of humour!!!
Hi.. I did notice this and it's why I'm here looking for a solution.. :-) Folder size displayed in the bin I guess shows it can be done and is there buried somehwere in Win7.. I've been a Mac desktop user for many years and in 2010 I purchased a Win7 laptop. I just couldn't justify the £1,500 for a Macbook when I could do pretty much everything I wanted to do with a Win7 laptop @ £350. As I say "Pretty Much Everything" and Not having the Folder Size in explorer is one of those things I would rely on as I do with my Mac. House keeping on the Mac is so easy, with Win7 it's a few clicks away from being perfect for me. Reading above and on other threads about Folder Size the reason seems to be Speed and time.. But hovering over the folders in explorer for the little information pane to appear isn't very quick when the folder contains some large files. And highlighting the folder to get the information in the toolbar is just as slow. I would like to see the Folder Size displayed just like it is on my Mac and with the Mac I can select to show or hide folder sizes which speeds things up when browsing folders. -
Friday, January 27, 2012 6:16 AM
Try using Bitser, it offers the option from explorers context menu so you only need to waste resources calculating folder sizes if you really need to. Screenshot below.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:41 PMany body tried explorerXP .. seems best so far .. only trouble is it shows incorrect size for USER folder.. that's it.. using it happily for quite a time.
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Monday, February 13, 2012 12:03 AM
Explorer XP?
Now that's an idea.
I use XP on the virtual machine. Installed Foldersize (32bit). Works like a charme.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 3:57 PMOn the contrary, SequoiaView is superior to your tool. It provides you a view of the entire subtree and is nicely grouped by folders with color coding of file type. I easily found a few large files I no longer needed that were buried deep. The grouping is usefull in displaying the largest folders not just files, so you can understand for what use/application most of the drive space is going.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:07 PM
On the contrary, SequoiaView is superior to your tool
It's not *my* tool, it's freeware made by someone else. But I find it handy.
It's just a matter of preference. I'm sure SequoiaView is a fine piece of software, and its UI likely seems preferable to some but not others. I didn't mean to put it down - I should have used a bunch of smilies.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:42 PMI definatly suggest Total Commander over windows explorer. When you hit space to select a folder in reveals the size in the size colomn as to not hog resources. It is a VERY powerful freeware.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:05 PM
I definatly suggest Total Commander over windows explorer. When you hit space to select a folder in reveals the size in the size colomn as to not hog resources. It is a VERY powerful freeware.
First, Total Commander is not freeware. Second, I've used it extensively because every once in a while, I decide to give it another go but always remember how much it sucks. I also lost a few terabytes of data using this program and a filesystem plugin. Now I can't be sure if it was the program or the plug-in's fault without looking at the code of each but I had already had major issues with it even before that. I am baffled why everyone keeps recommending it. -
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:59 AM
Sorry to answer on an old thread, but it looks like people are still interested -- I know I am! As a recent Mac convert to Win, I can't tell you how frustrating it is to not even have an optional column for Folder size or to include folders in the size column (again, optionally).
Another freeware option: cygwin
I install cygwin/X all the time to have XDMCP sessions to my local linux servers, but this has the added benefit of making available a whole host of common linux commands to the normal DOS-ish cmd prompt in Windows, i.e., you can issue linux commands like du and df from a normal DOS prompt as well as the cygwin linux environment. So, once cygwin is installed, open a cmd prompt, cd to the directory where you want to scan folder sizes, and issue this command:
du -h --max-depth=1
The -h switch makes it into human-readable numbers (G, M, K etc is denoted). However, it doesn't sort them. There's a couple of ways to do that. I prefer to skip the -h switch and copy the output into Excel (or OOO, LibreOff, etc) and sort there - the output sizes will be in raw bytes without the -h switch. Why choose this over other freeware options? This will help you keep your command-line skills sharp, or at least not completely rusty anyway. You can also then continue working with the command line while having the folder list up in Excel where it is freely sortable, calc'able, formatable, etc. That may not sounds like a big deal, but it is when you need to clearly demonstrate to a user in management that it is indeed their 10-gig email inbox that is filling up the /home partition on the server; an Excel-ish file can be made all pretty for them.
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Friday, March 02, 2012 2:25 AM
in my experience, xplorer2 (dual pane) is by far the best choice for substituting explorer in windows in all aspects, including folder sizes.
- Edited by mmartele Friday, March 02, 2012 2:48 AM
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Sunday, March 11, 2012 10:14 AM
Yes People are still interested. Laymen like me resent having to spend over an hour trying to find out how one can see folder sizes listed with Winows 7.
After all the money that these products make for MS the least one would expect is to be treated like a grown up and not like a delinquent who would misuse such an essential funtionality. Hope MS listens.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:28 PM
I have a work around for a small(?) subset of you who are using Parallels Desktop for Mac and are running W7 as a virtual machine. Use Finder on the Mac side and navigate into your virtual machine sub-directories, right click on any folder and select Show view options, and check calculate all sizes. It will take some time but you will be able to "see" file and folder sizes. It is using a Mac capability to overcome a Windows weakness.
I am not the expert that many of you are but I continue to be impressed by Mac OS compared with Windows OS in my crude side by side comparison. Heresy but it worked. Yahoo!
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Friday, March 16, 2012 9:28 AM
Yes, Mac's are nice, but they really are expensive. And, Microsoft, why remove extremely useful content from your OS?
Adding third party apps to Windows, has always been they only way to work efficiently with these operating systems - so tools like FolderSize were a fantastic solution. (Though I'm not suggesting that Microsoft should consult 3rd party developers before creating their products).
What Microsoft should do is take a look at why 3rd party tools like FolderSize are so popular. Then maybe think about adding functionality to Windows, instead of removing it...e.g. the system tray network icon used to show useful information - like connection speed. I could go on a rant about networking in Windows 7 and what a real pain that is - but I wont.
However, that being said, from my perspective Windows 7 is hands down the best operating system Microsoft has produced. Just the winkey+search function alone is fantastic and really speeds up daily productivity.
Back on-off topic - has anyone mentioned Q-Dir? Installable or portable replaces explorer with multi-tab environment and shows folders sizes - amongst other things.
Oh and it's free.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 3:57 AM
Q-Dir shows folder sizes in all 4 tabs and their tabs. Ive been using it for years, IMO it beats all other explorer replacements and is free. Other than Windows update or control panel, I can't even remember using explorer. Link for Q-Dir http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir and screenshots http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir/Screenshots.Yes, Mac's are nice, but they really are expensive. And, Microsoft, why remove extremely useful content from your OS?
Adding third party apps to Windows, has always been they only way to work efficiently with these operating systems - so tools like FolderSize were a fantastic solution. (Though I'm not suggesting that Microsoft should consult 3rd party developers before creating their products).
What Microsoft should do is take a look at why 3rd party tools like FolderSize are so popular. Then maybe think about adding functionality to Windows, instead of removing it...e.g. the system tray network icon used to show useful information - like connection speed. I could go on a rant about networking in Windows 7 and what a real pain that is - but I wont.
However, that being said, from my perspective Windows 7 is hands down the best operating system Microsoft has produced. Just the winkey+search function alone is fantastic and really speeds up daily productivity.
Back on-off topic - has anyone mentioned Q-Dir? Installable or portable replaces explorer with multi-tab environment and shows folders sizes - amongst other things.
Oh and it's free.
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Monday, March 19, 2012 7:58 PMThanks Darrell... this worked perfectly for me.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:18 PM
I downloaded and installed Q-Dir, but the size column is blank next to folders, and after looking through all other columns to display, I did not find any that would show the size of a folder's contents. Can someone tell me what I am missing?
Thanks.
- Edited by HDS-StL Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:28 PM added screenshot
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:49 PM
This page explains how to display folder size with q-dir:
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=freeware/q-dir/File_and_folder_size_Column_with_percentage
I did everything the page said, but it still doesn't work. I have vista.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:52 PM
I got it: you have to change the settings as explained on the page, and then restart q-dit. Now it works:
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Friday, March 30, 2012 8:51 PMLooks like yet another poorly-designed app: it lists the folder sizes not in alphabetical order, or in size order, but in some random order. I guess that's ok if you only have about five folders but what if you had, say, fifty or a hundred?
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:55 AMDefinitely still interested. Same issue as everyoe... :(
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:05 PMhaha!that is exactly what i was doing when i realised it seemed ridiculous and went on yet another search to better customize my pc
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:42 PM
I came here looking for a solution, but there appears to be none. I just don't like windows explorer in Win7. I've decided to use this alternative.
http://www.explorerxp.com/index.html
Remove the 'size on disk' column and the groups pane and it's very similar to explorer in XP.
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 4:05 PM
I have used FolderSize (by the genius in Canada) for such a long time it seems.
I used to run a computer repair store and SO OFTEN had to find out what on earth was consuming the space of one's hard drive.
There was HANDS DOWN, THUMBS UP, BALLS OUT (insert your favorite moniker here) NO APP BETTER THAN FOLDER SIZE!
It pains me to hear windows users that toss up the "just right click and view properties".....if I only used it to monitor the size of my porn folder like you, that would be ideal. Unfortunately, I look at hundreds of computers a week and when I am looking for 20% disk space just to do a defrag.....I need a quick look that FolderSize would provide.
I honestly thought this would be resolved by now. Remember how horrible the search feature used to be in Outlook? You had to use a 3rd party app called "Lookout" just to find your stuff in Outlook. So, MS bought them up, hid them for a while, but finally incorporated their technology into Office and Windows search feature. It's not super great, but I do give credit where it is due. Microsoft has a much better search feature than before (as long as you choose Search all Mail Items...hee hee...shouldn't that be a default?) Anyway, find this guy in Canada.....PAY HIM..... and get this shiznit resolved.
Way back when, it was ok to fire up AOL and suffer through the C3PO beeps & whisles to connect to the internet and jump into your lizard taming chat room. But we don't have to do that anymore....we just fire up the computer and go (but I think the chat room has moved..lol)! So stop telling me to right click on the damn properties button to see how large the folder is. I didn't have to do it with FOLDERSIZE, and I don't want to now!
I'm not a Windows basher either.
God bless all of you Microsoft people who lived thru Windows Millinium! I see they kept you around long enough to do it again with Vista!
Seriously though, I love Win7. It's the true successor to XP and earned it's props. (It's my opinion, so let me continue my rant)
But really, find a solution to this problem. I have read the info as to why it would be so difficult and the extra-ordinary resources it would take to provide that info each time you fired up Windows Explorer (if it is still called that). I don't need it to be balls on accurate! I just need a good idea of where the space hogs are. If it's such a resource hog, provide the option to turn it off.....leave it off by default! We still have the Remote Registry Service on by default....God knows we can't turn that off to perhaps make way for a useful program for, I don't know, anything else! What the hell is Remote Registry anyway? Has anyone every used this or allowed your registry to be altered remotely? Anyway, I'm off my point, don't answer that..I don't really care....you guys get the idea.
Please put this on the request list...I would like to see it again in my lifetime.
Rock the Coonazz (yes I have a laptop in my alligator hunting boat....lol)
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012 3:57 PM
Folder Size works well in Win7. The only downside is that it takes time to scan each drive each time you open it. Maybe there's a way around that but I haven't found it.
ExplorerXP is even better. It is now my replacement for Windows Explorer. I have had no problems with it in Win7.
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Monday, May 28, 2012 10:53 AM
Theres also this tutorial on youtube!
How to calculate folder sizes in Windows explorer
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:33 AM
LoL, shi**y third party programs to compensate a basic SO functionality no one in the whole Microshi*of could see as useful. They don't use their own operating system!! That's the only plausable explaination for this and a ton of other incredible features and user interface flaws my 5-years-old cousin could see in 4 minutes of usage.
I suggest to switch operating system. If this is not possible, maybe a full replacement of explorer is better then patching a broken garbage.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:33 PM
You have the right to switch to another Operating System supplier
Stupid resonse; sanctimonious prick. If you dont have a valid question or a resolution, dont post a reply.
This is a BIG issue. ive just installed a new system with a 128GB SSD drive. After just 2 days im almost out of space, and since Windoze wont show the volume of each drive i have to click properties on EVERY single one to see whats bloating the drive thus what to delete.
Its a double pisser since there is the option to show file size... it just doesnt work.
Can you imagine if Microsoft made cars...? When exactly would you find out theyve made the brake pedal obsolete?
Wankers!
- Edited by jeezusfekkinchrist Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:39 PM
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Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:40 PMI agree this is a major problem...but disagree on using third party tool idiocy that can be an entry point for a root kit or worse a backdoor bug. My relevance here is I manage servers and would like to quick and dirty folder checks using Explorer. Being an old command prompt guy, it used to be easy to dump a directory listing into a text file and see it. But since security is an issue and sometimes we need to hide folders, getting their size can be a chore using that method. So instead of reviewing a list of folders, I have to rt click and view properties to get folder sizes. It seems just viewing the sizes on servers should be included in Explorer but it is not. Unlike 128GB SSDs, 5TB servers can have thousands of folders that you need to keep track of folder sizes. MS should rethink this opinion on the server side...although FSRM is pretty good at that....just don't wish to enable it. Be nice to have FSRM in Windows 7 to keep track.
Been There, Done That
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Friday, June 22, 2012 12:41 AM
Hello,
You can use Disk Usage from Sysinternals to dump into a text file or a csv file
Download Disk usage from Sysinternals site.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896651
I dropped it into a tools folder.
then run:
C:\tools\du /v /c c:\Windows >windir.csv
You can choose the subdirectory level you want to query so you do not need to get all levels
Thanks, Darrell Gorter [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:21 AMIt seems like such a basic and useful thing yet MS can't even offer this? Maybe we should be using OS X or Linux?
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Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:34 AMEXCELLENT INFO Noel. Thanks..
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:12 PM
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012 6:57 AM
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Guys you can try ExplorerXP for Win XP and Win 7.
Download Link:
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Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:34 AM
I'm a big fan of Space Sniffer as well for Windows XP & 7.
It doesn't handle locked folders particularly gracefully (throwing up an error window) and it crashes occasionally, but, other than the odd flakiness it works just fine and allows you to sniff out space hogs.
PS I really don't get why Windows can't show folder spaces. This has been around for two decades in the various incarnations of Mac OS and that includes one shift to a new operating system and two shifts to 100% unrelated architectures (68K to PPC and PPC to Intel). If only Apple and Microsoft were to get together and combine their OSes--merge the best of both worlds into one.
- Edited by Juniperus_virginiana Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:35 AM
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:16 AM
This is just fantastic! I had same problem with Vista. What is UP with that?? Anyway, this is a terrific alternative. I get the answers I need and although it isn't exactly the Explorer column that we all know SHOULD be present, this is a pretty handy alternative. I'd tried numerous other apps, but they all seem to show just folders (like TreeSize). I could go anywhere in Vista and simply repopulate to get all I needed. Count me a happy camper.
Thanks!
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 11:51 PM
With a registry tweak - you can run Sysinternals DU command using the current folder from the Windows Explorer. Below cmd window shows the non-recursive and recursive execution of the du command. Interested parties can contact me for the code.
- Edited by Markus Pahulje Sunday, October 21, 2012 11:57 PM
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Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:10 AM
Hey new version of Folder size is available here..
Folder Size version 2.8.0.0 ... Work with win 7...
http://www.windows7download.com/win7-folder-size/vvaysqkr.html
but as a software and not as a column in explorer...
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Monday, November 26, 2012 10:54 PM
Here you go guys, this works in vista, xp and windows 7
How to Display Folder Size in Windows Explorer
i always tell my cousin how well balanced windows 2000 NT was, then came xp and we were somewhat happy, but vista and windows 7 has gone down the drain for me, not sure what MS is thinking but i hope they get a handle on things and fixed these minor issues.
This link is for folder size. It does not work in Win 7. A message from the developers of folder size.
"Folder Size 2.5
is for Windows 2000 or XP. Sorry, Vista and 7 changed Explorer so it can't support this column anymore."
Yes the shell integration works up to windows XP. I like the standalone Folder Size application as it does not scan in the background and does not use resources like the shell integrated version. Yes seeing sizes in explorer is much easier, but it requires CPU and disk operations in the background. On the other hand the standalone versions provides some additional features for easier disk cleanup. -
Friday, December 07, 2012 12:37 AM
OK everyone, some development has been made on this topic since the original post. An actual working solution to the problem of not having a foldersize column is to use a freeware program called Q-Dir.
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Q-DIR&faq=63
The website is written in poor English, but the software is great. This is basically a replacement for Explorer similar to Explorer2 lite, except it's freeware and actually works and you don't have to keep hitting ctrl+D every time you change directories. I have been using it for a few days and absolutely love it. Play with the settings for 10 minutes to get it to look how you like it and you will be hooked.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:00 PM
I did not see this as a listed solution (forgive me if it was nuanced). I use an XP laptop with Foldersize installed and and a _network_ to open the other computer's hard drive I want to browse inside the laptop XP Windows Explorer window. It works as it should and, keep me honest here, it uses resources local to my laptop to do all of the calculations --except for the network draw it takes to query the remote folders--.
I wholeheartedly agree with the posts that FolderSize in Explorer is the most desirable and this was my way of harnassing that strength. Nes Pas?
-Al
- Edited by Alzuun Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:01 PM
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:15 AM
You are dead right about the not-so-bright people on Windows Explorer.
When you use the Windows Classic Theme and set 'Automatically Expand to current folder' (ie to make it work like XP) it SOMETIMES selects the folder instead of the file, which ahs resulted in me deleting whole folders instead of a single file.
I've done this a dozen or so times since I moved to Windows 7, and I've never done it in Windows XP, ME, 98, 95 (urgh so old)
See this screen shot as evidence!
Philip
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Saturday, January 19, 2013 9:33 AMlets be honest here people, we all know why Microsoft took these wonderfully useful features out of their products. It's the same reason cars are made to break down and require maintenance, and electronics are intentionally built to wear out, MONEY. they want yours and don't care how bad they have to screw you to get it. they know you probably spent upwards of 100$ for this software unaware of this blatant defect. the question you may be asking is why? or how they make money off of a sh**ty product and its simple, windows 8. they'll heard us all towards that like buying yet another product of theirs is an acceptable fix to such a supposedly blatant oversight. if i could game as efficiently on any other system i would in less than a heartbeat, but that's how they get you. do the responsible thing and stop paying their ransom to use your computer the way you want to, the proper way, and if you aren't a gamer i recommend MAC or Linux any day of the year over windows!
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Saturday, March 02, 2013 1:40 AMWindows 8 is no better. WHAT the F are they thinking??!!
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