In Details view, the Windows Explorer interface looks like this:
Windows Explorer can automatically determine the size of a folder and give you an estimate of how much space it will take up. This would be a much more user-friendly way to manage your folders.
Folder Size is a Windows utility that adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer for Windows XP. The column not only shows the size of files, but also shows the size of folders. It also keeps track of which folders you view and scans them in the background so that you can see the complete size of all files within the folder.
In Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, the program cannot open the explorer interface. Instead, it loads up a floating window to the right of the explorer screen.
- It can be used to track people’s movements and activities, as well as their thoughts and feelings.
- It can be used to collect data on people’s social media activity, including posts, likes, and shares.
Open and Save dialog boxes show the folder sizes for the current file or folder.
The software is currently only compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. If you’re using Windows Vista or higher, the pop up window will not display. The best solution is to use Explorer’s built in column viewer, which will show the column directly in your explorer window.
The developer realized this annoying issue and also made a small taskbar icon so that you can close the popup window when you don’t need it and simply click on the taskbar icon whenever you want to see folder sizes. After a few minutes, the program had scanned all the folders on my disk and I was able to instantly see the folder sizes.
If you want to disable the folder size window from appearing automatically when you open an instance of Explorer, just right-click on the taskbar icon and uncheck the Show Folder Size popups. This way, you can just let Explorer run in the background and whenever you want to see folder sizes, just single click on the icon in the taskbar to open the window. ..
Some people are unhappy with the software because it doesn’t support 64-bit machines. The developer is hoping to fix these issues in a future version.
- When the Windows directory is larger than the actual size, it can be because of hard links that are included in the system.
A background service can sometimes run into permissions issues on certain machines. If this happens, you may need to adjust the permissions for the service in order to allow it to run.
Windows Vista and higher background scanning is not as optimized as it could be. ..
When you try to close a window in Windows Explorer, the window might pop up a cover that prevents you from clicking the close button. ..
I didn’t run into any of these issues while running the program in Windows 7, but you should be aware of them as they might cause problems. Overall, it’s a good program, but I wish the developer was able to hack Windows 7/8 to get the size to show up as a column rather than in a separate window. Still, it’s close and with the hiding options and the fact that it closes with Explorer, it’s still a utility I would use. Enjoy!
