Size of individual folders contents...

[Ismael]

Hello,

Could anyone tell me how I can view the individual folder sizes without
right clicking on the individual folder and selecting properties to find out
how much room that folder is taking up on my hard drive. I noticed I can
switch the view in explorer so I can get the details (such as Name, Size,
Type, etc.) of my individual files but for the folders the size information
is missing.

Thanks to all who reply,

Ismael

 

[Brian A.]

Open either MyComputer or Explorer.
On the menu bar click Tools > Folder Options View tab.
Put a check next to "Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items".
Apply > Ok out.


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[Ismael]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply...this was already checked...and yes I can see the size
of the folder...but I would like to be able to see the size of the folder in
the explorer window without having to put my mouse pointer over the
folder...just like regular files. With regular files I can click on the
"Name" Tab (to re-arrange alphabetically), "Size" Tab (to re-arrange from
smaller sized files to larger sized files or reverse), "Type" Tab (arrange
the files by type), and "Date Modified" Tab(When the file was last changed
in date order). I would like to also be able to do this with folders
especially re-arrange by "Size".

Anyone else have any other suggestions?

Thanks to all who reply,

Ismael

 

[David Candy]

It's a performance issue. It takes a long time.There are third party addin.

 

[Ismael]

What is the third party ad on called and where can I get it?



"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
It's a performance issue. It takes a long time.There are third party addin.

 

[Brian A.]

I neither use or know anything about any of these types of apps, anyhoo, here is
a site with apps that will do as you desire.
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

I'm not sure why you have the need to sort folders by size, they will always be
changing position when data in files are saved.

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