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NO. That is NOT the STATUS BAR, that is the DETAILS PANE.
NO. It does NOT show the file size in status bar, but it does show the file size in the details pane. HOWEVER, if you try to select more than 15 files, it DOES NOT show the total file size for all selected files unless you specifically click SHOW MORE DETAILS in the details pane . So if you want to see the new total after every new additional file you select(over 15 files), you MUST click show more details. It's repetitive, and it's highly annoying. If you use this kind of stuff a lot, i would suggest you remain using Vista or even XP for the time being until MS release a service pack or patch/update which addresses this issue.gpatrick said:
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See how i have multiple files selected? It doesn't show you anything unless you click SHOW MORE DETAILS. So if i wanted to select another file, to see the new size i would have to stop what i'm doing or where i'm up to, and then move my mouse over and click that EVERY SINGLE TIME before i can tell just how big the new total size is. Needless to say, you can lose your place on the screen by doing this, you can accidently click the wrong thing and just stuff up your CTRL actions and deselect EVERYTHING and it's just a waste of time and a bad idea not to just show the total in the status bar(instead of showing max 15 files in details pane) like a normal functioning OS should do.
In this one, i have mmatask selected, and it shows the file size for a single file. Pay attention to where the file size is listed in the details pane. 
Now look at this one. It's totally gone, and i don't know why or how i can make it show. You cannot add properties(like file size), but you can remove them. It's totally inconsistent and useless. 
And now to this one(the next file directly under the previous one, and as you can see it's the same file type). It shows the file size again. Why did i show this one you ask? Because compare it with my second pic(the one where i selected mmatask), and compare where the positioning of the file size is. They are in totally different positions. This is a waste of time and if you're using that to see file size, it will take you a long time to find the new position of where the file size is meant to be. It's totally inconsistent from one file to the next(in positioning), and even for the same FILE TYPE(mp3's), some show file size, and some don't. It's totally random. It's very annoying and inconvenient. Once again, i recommend that if you use explorer like how i do, not to use windows 7 until they have addressed and fixed this issue. The original status bar was consistent, served a purpose, and was easy to use and understand. The new details pane DOES NOT replace the old status bar in function, and it's totally inconsistent even if we don't bring up the old status bar to compare it with. Even by itself, it's a failure in design and functionality. I only need to know the FILESIZE and FILE NAME. I don't need to know all that other crap, if i wanted to know in detail, i would RIGHT CLICK AND PROPERTIES IT. Now i have to do that instead to see BASIC file information, while the useless **** i can see easily. What is this, BIZARRO WORLD and MS is trying to piss people off intentionally? PLEASE FIX MS.
