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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/NT
- Date added: October 13, 2009
- Total Downloads: 29,153
- Downloads last week: 290
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 27 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
It's not feature rich, but this simple add-on creates a new option to see the size of folders in Windows Explorer. Though Folder Size proved very easy to use, a Help file or other guide would have been beneficial to let new users know what steps to take to use this program. After installation, you'll need to make sure Windows Explorer is set to Details view, then you can right-click anywhere in the right-hand pane and you'll find the new Folder Size column option. You'll now see the new information as you browse folders. Folder Size doesn't offer an extensive feature set, but it does exactly what it says and any user concerned with folder size will benefit from this simple freeware tool.Publisher's description
From Brio :Folder Size for Windows adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows not only the size of files, but also the size of folders. It keeps track of which folders you view, and scans them in the background so you can see complete size of all files within the folder. It's very useful for cleaning up your disk. Once you get used to having that information available, a directory listing simply looks incomplete without it.
What's new in this version:
- Added support for XP x64. All components recompiled for the x64 architecture.
- Added drive type disabling. Disable folder sizes for 4 drive types: local (hard drive), removable (USB), network, CD/DVD.
- Added Polish and Catalan translations.
- Reduced memory usage by not storing full path strings for every folder node. Slight CPU increase for significant memory savings should be an overall win.
- More efficient registry reading for user options.
- Upgraded... see all new features
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Version: Folder Size 2.4
Pros: Works as an add-on to Windows Explorer to give you what Microsoft stupidly did not, folder sizes. Small, simple, straight-forward.
Cons: None I have found.
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Version: Folder Size 2.4
Pros: I like being able to see the size of files and folders that Windows does not provide in explorer.
Cons: None at all.
Summary: Good program, small and delivers the goods.
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