Windows Explorer Status Bar: does not show file size

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  1. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Home)/ Win 7 Enterprise 32 Bit (Work)
       #111

    I haven't seen the movie, but I have to agree with you.
    Now it looks like you made me really curious to see what that movie is all about....
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  2. Posts : 294
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #112

    MakeYourDay said:
    I have been very unhappy with the OP problem as well. A basic Windows function (that even mac has). MS really lit a match in the dynamite shed on this one. Solution: install the open source Windows Classic Explorer:

    Welcome to Classic Shell

    You will get your classic status bar back , can hide the oversized (and frustratingly unhelpful) Details Pane, and be happy with Windows again. It shows remaining disk size as well as the sum of the size of folder contents/selected files/folders - even in the Recycle Bin. Restores what MS tried to rob us of. I am running it on Win 7 64-bit.

    They also have a classic start menu, but I am fine with the Win 7 start menu so I unchecked it during the install.

    Now if they only had a donate link! (I am not affiliated with them at all).

    Regards and Happy New Year.

    MYD
    Sorry to bump a old thread, but this has solved one of the most annoying problems everyone who read this thread.

    I am not affiliated with the author in any way but I do highly encourage people do donate whatever you can, the author has remedied a great inconvenience for us all. Cheers!
    Last edited by 0pTicaL; 05 Dec 2011 at 18:05.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional
       #113

    Simple explorer BHO?


    Hi all,

    After about 1.5 years being frustrated by the new status bar behavior, I found this thread (and others) and saw a lot of other people frustrated by it as well.

    So, since I am a software developer, I went and wrote a simple explorer extension to make the status bar show the file size, similar to how it did before. It is quite simple and does nothing except this one feature. If there is enough interest in it, I will publish it somewhere with source code, so anybody else can go ahead and make it more interesting if they want.

    Please let me know if you are interested and I will get it uploaded.

    Thanks,

    Chris
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  4. Ivo
    Posts : 398
    Windows 7 Home 64, Vista Ultimate 64
       #114

    ChrisJR said:
    Please let me know if you are interested and I will get it uploaded.
    I'm interested :)
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  5. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Home)/ Win 7 Enterprise 32 Bit (Work)
       #115

    I am also interested in a solution! Please post.
    MANY THANKS in advance if you do so!
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  6. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional
       #116

    Hi all,

    As promised, I got the code cleaned up and posted onto google code. There is also a binary installer for those who are unable to compile it themselves. I have only tested it on a 64-bit US-English Windows 7 Professional SP1. It should work just fine on 32-bit systems as well. If you have issues please feel free to comment here or on the google code project page and I will do my best to help.

    file-size - Windows 7 shell extension to show the size of the selected file(s) on the status bar. - Google Project Hosting

    Thanks,

    Chris
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  7. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Home)/ Win 7 Enterprise 32 Bit (Work)
       #117

    Thanks Chris for posting.
    However when I install it (Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit Edition) I get the error
    "Unable to register DLL/OCX: RegSvr32 failed with exit Code 0x3"
    Any idea what is going wrong?
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  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional
       #118

    Hi marwerno,

    Thanks for reporting this issue. I think I fixed the problem and have posted an updated version of everything on the google code project page. Please try again and let me know if you run into any further problems. Note that you may have to uninstall the old version first, and you may need to reboot your PC in-between the uninstall/reinstall.

    Thanks,

    Chris
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  9. Posts : 115
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #119

    just installed (on 32-bit). no problems so far. thanks :)
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  10. Posts : 42
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #120

    This is amazing ChrisJR u solved my problem buddy keep it up
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