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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: doc_holliday420 on August 25, 2008, 04:49:31 PM
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if i mouse over them it will but under the colum "size" only some sizes are included and most are not.
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Try a restart?
If that didn't work, a screenshot may be helpful.
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ok here is the screenshot, And I tried restarting.
[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]
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Correct me if I'm wrong (since I am using XP) but you're not supposed to be able to see the folder sizes.
(at least I can't)
Is this a recent problem or has it always been like this?
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That may be so... that is inconvient for me because I am trying to find where alot of hard drive space is being used but thanks.
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I know what you mean.
I use a program called Disk Charter.
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,57419.0.html
You might want to give it a try. ;)
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Hi
There are alternatives to M.$. Explorer.
I use a free version of xplorer2, available from
http://www.zabkat.com/
This has an option to "Measure" (and display) the size of all folders and files.
If I select C:\ it immediately shows the size of ever file, and the name of every folder.
When I click "Measure" it takes 6 seconds to inspect the entire sub-directory structure and show the size of each folder (together with sub-folders, and to report a total size of 9.8 GByte. It takes only 1 second if I have selected C:\Program files (total 1.4 GBytes)
If you really want it to you can have it automatically measure whatever you select, BUT depending upon what you select it may be sluggish in responding - and every second or two Windows itself automatically hits something within C:\Windows which invalidates that measurement and replaces its size with "<folder>" - and automatic measurement may well be continuously busy refreshing the size every time Windows sneezes.
I chose this because it has two panes. I can select files and folders within one pane and then move, or drop copies, into a different target region in the other pane.
Before this I often found that when using Windows Explorer I could select things in the right hand half, but when I tried to drop them into a very small folder icon in the left hand half I might miss by a millimetre and they would go to totally the wrong destination.
Regards
Alan
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Unfortunately, this is one of Vista bugs.
Folder size should be displayed in bottom right corner:
(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4111365.gif)
As you can see from the screenshot, there is even box for it, but it displays only file size, but not folder.
You can always, right click on a folder, and click Properties to see folder size, but surely it's inconvenient.
Try mentioned here 3rd party programs.
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Try mentioned here 3rd party programs.
Try 3rd party programs mentioned here. 8)
LOL
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You just got promoted to Broni's Personal English Teacher :)
It won't be easy job!
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It won't be easy job!
It won't be an easy job... Sorry couldn't help myself.
FB
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Tools/folder/options......
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Cool...now I have two teachers.
Just so you don't think, I want something for free, I can teach you some Polish, or Russian, in exchange. :)
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Tools/folder/options......
...and?
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When.......the poster knows how to!
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How to what? (http://www.fileupyours.com/files/185178/msn.PNG)