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| Thread ID: 97880 | 2009-03-03 00:10:00 | Displaying Folder Sizes in Windows Explorer | tuiruru (12277) | Press F1 |
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| 752976 | 2009-03-03 00:10:00 | Hi I’ve got things arranged in Windows Explorer so that stuff is displayed in Details View with Name, Date Modified, Date Created, Type, Size, and in the folders Tags. Can someone tell me why Windows doesn’t display the size of Folders? I know I can get the info by hovering the mouse arrow over the folder but it would be so convenient if it was already there for you. So what’s the reason? Surely it can’t be in Microsoft’s “too hard” basket? |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 752977 | 2009-03-03 00:31:00 | I expect MS could just not be bothered, it bugs me a bit too :rolleyes: To get folder size there are various 'plugins', some freeware some shareware, I got these sites from Google (for XP) , there are heaps more: www.techsnack.net http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/ |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 752978 | 2009-03-03 01:27:00 | Hi I’ve got things arranged in Windows Explorer so that stuff is displayed in Details View with Name, Date Modified, Date Created, Type, Size, and in the folders Tags. Can someone tell me why Windows doesn’t display the size of Folders? I know I can get the info by hovering the mouse arrow over the folder but it would be so convenient if it was already there for you. So what’s the reason? Surely it can’t be in Microsoft’s “too hard” basket? I would say for performance reasons. Think about what's required to determine a folder's size, you need to iterate over it's files and subfolders, and it's subfolder's subfolders etc. Better to have this info "on-demand", not by default. |
dyewitness (9398) | ||
| 752979 | 2009-03-03 22:03:00 | Thanks guys | tuiruru (12277) | ||
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