Total file size.

[Guest]

Anyone notice that when you open a folder, the bottom right hand corner does
not show you the total size of all the files in the folder when you have the
status bar turned on? If you select a file, it will show you the size of the
fie in that spot, but not the total when nothing is selected. Why they got
rid of this in vista, I have no clue.

workaround: If you do a ctrl-a (selecting everything) it will show you the
total size.

 

[Bill]

Anyone notice that when you open a folder, the bottom right hand
corner does
not show you the total size of all the files in the folder when you
have the
status bar turned on? If you select a file, it will show you the
size of the
fie in that spot, but not the total when nothing is selected. Why
they got
rid of this in vista, I have no clue.

It's another one of the backwards steps they took.

I'm more upset about the lack of tools in the toolbar, such as cut,
copy, paste, delete, etc., and the lack of customization.

workaround: If you do a ctrl-a (selecting everything) it will show
you the
total size.

Sucks...I know.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

When that was discussed in TechBeta with the Vista Team the answer was that
it caused a serious performance hit.

 

[Chris Altmann]

Which doesn't make sense as that number displays instantly on my XP machine
with rather large directories. Just how many files does it take for the
performance hit to register? Or is it only a problem with network shares or
other non-file Explorer namespaces (in which case it could be disabled for
those)?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I am trying to remember, but now that you mention it bandwidth did come up
in the discussion so maybe that's it.