size of folder

[boo]

when viewing many files as details, the size of the folders are not shown. only yhe files.
is this normal and if not then how can i change it?

[Comp Guy]

Yes, this is completely normal. You can just hold your mouse over a folder to view it's size.

[boo]

well thanxs

[Comp Guy]

You are welcome (and please don't cuss).

Quick question, were you trying to view the sizes of multiple folders at the same time instead of one at a time?

[contrex]

In Windows Explorer, if no file is highlighted, the size of the folder is shown below in the status bar

[boo]

what i was trying to do was looking at alot of folders and trying to see which ones were empty so i could delete them (music folders)

[Comp Guy]

I do not currently know of a way to do that, but will let you know if I find one.

[Dark Blade]

what i was trying to do was looking at alot of folders and trying to see which ones were empty so i could delete them (music folders)

I've got something which I think would delete every empty file/folder under Document and Settings (just did that so it wouldn't affect system folders/files).

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for /r %%i in ('dir "C:\Docume~1\*" /s /b') do (
if %~zi EQU 0 del %%i)


[contrex]

There is an app called Tree Size Pro which can show size of folders

[reaper_tbs]

or you could just select one or more folders and go to properties... less efficient, but it works for me   

[ghostdog74]

what i was trying to do was looking at alot of folders and trying to see which ones were empty so i could delete them (music folders)

a vbscript to show empty folders

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Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesyStemObject")
myFolder="c:\temp"
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(myFolder)
GoSubFolders objFolder

Sub GoSubFolders (objDIR)
  If objDIR <> "\System Volume Information" Then
   MainSub objDIR
   For Each eFolder in objDIR.SubFolders
      GoSubFolders eFolder
   Next
  End If 
End Sub

Sub MainSub (objDIR)
   WScript.Echo "Number of files in",objDIR , "is",objDIR.Files.Count   
   If objDIR.Files.Count = 0 Then
      WScript.Echo "0 files folder found:",objDIR
   End If     
End Sub


[boo]

ummmm
ok i may sound like a retard but how do i use that code?
i appreciate the effort u have put into this although im sure im not the only perosn with this problem

[ghostdog74]

change "myFolder" in the code to where you want to start scanning
save the code as say, findZeroFiles.vbs or something else
on the command prompt, type
c:\> cscript findZeroFiles.vbs

[boo]

thanx
ill try that

[boo]

quote from CMD when i input 'csript zerofile.vbs'

"input error: cannot find the script file (C:\ etc)"
ummmm?

[boo]

obiously after i saved it as zerofile.vbs

[ghostdog74]

why is there a space in c:\ etc? is that where you want to start scanning for folders? don't put a space , put it like this c:\etc

[boo]

i mean thats where the file zerofile.vbs is