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With Windows, it can be hard to see the trees for the forest; it does a pretty good job with the "big picture," but you've got to do some clicking to see the details, which actually makes it harder to get an accurate overview of your system. JAM's TreeSize Free is a nifty bit of freeware that displays the size of every folder and file, including every subfolder, in a series of expandable Explorer-like tree views. You can use TreeSize Free as a standalone app activated from the desktop or start menu, but you can also associate it with the Windows context menu for right-click access.
TreeSize Free's compact interface opened with a blank main view, which we quickly populated by clicking Scan on the menu bar and selecting a drive. TreeSize Free doesn't merely rearrange system information for added convenience (not that there's anything wrong with that) but instead scans your disks and directories, displaying progress via graphs and various icons. Scanning our drive took a few minutes but less time than comparable processes, such as indexing for searching. We clicked Options and selected the check box to show TreeSize Free in context menus. When the program finished its scan, we closed it and then opened Explorer. We browsed to a random folder on our C drive and right-clicked it. TreeSize Free was listed in the context menu. We clicked it, and the program opened with the selected directory displayed. We clicked Expand on the program's menu bar and selected each of the six Levels, each of which opened the successive directory layer in its main view, with file and folder sizes displayed as figures and bar graphs. It was easy to switch between levels as well as views for size, percent, allocated space, file count, compression rate, sorting, and more. Pausing the cursor over any item in the view called up a detailed view of the item's attributes, a helpful touch.
TreeSize Free is the sort of freeware we like a lot, something that adds a really useful feature that's unobtrusive when you don't need it and a right-click away when you do. It's great for getting an accurate view of just where all the trees are in your forest.
Publisher's Description
From JAM Software:
Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize Free tells you where precious space has gone to. TreeSize Free can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. You can expand this folder in Explorer-like style and you will see the size of every subfolder. All results can also be drilled down to the file level. Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while TreeSize Free is working. The Explorer context menu is supported within TreeSize, as well as the usual drag & drop operations. The disk space tool now also includes the main feature of our discontinued freeware NTFSRatio: TreeSize Free can display the NTFS compression rate.
What's new in this version: Version 2.7 has enhanced "Filter" dialog in the "Options" menu and fixed bugs.
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All versions:
4.4 starsout of 105 votes
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Current version:
4.3 starsout of 9 votes
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"Mystery Solver!"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
Easy to use. Easy to Install
Cons
I have found nothing about this app that was a con.
Summary
Brilliant little App going on all the PCs and Virtual Machines in my office. Solved the long running mystery of where our disk space was going (stupid Hibernate file). Also helped me identify and remove old files wasting space. This handy App should be a part of Windows!
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"Makes dreaded C:\ clean-up a breeze"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
- Small installer
- easy to use GUI
- shows where the big files areCons
- scanning your drive takes time (not really a con, just unavoidable)
Summary
I intentionally made my OS partition 100GB. "That will never fill up, right?" Wrong. It filled up today, so I got on here at download.com to search for a file tree size viewer. This was the first one I hit, and my C:\ drive was down-sized like an Obama economy in no time. Thank you TreeSize!
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"Very useful tool"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
Please do not make this as a mandatory field
Cons
Please do not make this as a mandatory field
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"easy to use, powerful"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
small file, easy to use, powerful
Cons
none so far, its very useful
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"Very handy tool."
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
Lightweight, quick application.
Cons
Better if the window had a grid-like look, just as the printed reports, with columns and stuff.
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"Fantastic software"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
Fast, concise, free, and intuitive. If you are running out of disk space and need some clean up and wondering what to delete, this is the best tool to help you accomplish that.
Cons
Maybe some users want something fancy with lots of buttons and rainbow icons and animated monkeys running around the application. But to be honest, this application does the job just fine. It does what it's intended to do, not more and not less.
Summary
I recommend it.
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"As it said,good for disk memory management"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
Simple design
Cons
Slow but OK
Summary
Good to have and it is free
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"Great tool!"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
When helping a friend cleaning up his system this was just what I needed to get an overview over the hard disk usage. For my machines I use SpaceObServer (same developer), but since this was not an option here I decided to go for the freeware.
The gradient bar-feature is a really nice way to show you where your disk space went. I really liked that you can change the color of the bar. :)
TreeSize Free has fewer options than the full version, but it is a mighty tool you won't have to pay a single dime for.Cons
Fewer functions than the full version but then again that's to be expected. :)
Summary
TreeSize Free is a great way to get a quick overview over your discs.
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"ok i guess"
Version: TreeSize Free 2.7
Pros
showed what i needed to see
Cons
you couldnt right click on the resulting file, got to it, and easily delete it. i've used others that you could do this with. i dont want to back out, start>computer>c:>etc to get to the file.
Summary
just ok.
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