folder sizes

Maxheadroom · 08 Nov 2009

not sure where else i should put this,
why cant i see how large most of my folders are unless i right click on the folder?
thanks

gzt7d8 · 08 Nov 2009

If you right click on a folder and click properties, I can see the size of the folder. See the attached.

Is this what you were trying to accomplish? I've circled it in Red.

Greg

Brink · 08 Nov 2009

Hello Max,

This is the same in Vista as well.

Folder Size - Vista Forums

This was done on purpose. On large content folders, it can take a few seconds to gather the size information for it. Now image that mulitplied by how many folders are in the window (EX: C:\Windows\System32). It could make navigating Windows Explorer an extremely slow nightmare.

Hope this helps some,
Shawn

Maxheadroom · 08 Nov 2009

ok thanks, just seems a bit odd that theres a "size" columb there but generaly always empty.

harpua · 08 Nov 2009

If you just hover the cursor over a folder, usually within a second or two, a little tool tip pops up with the size info.

Brink · 08 Nov 2009

Maxheadroom said:

ok thanks, just seems a bit odd that theres a "size" columb there but generaly always empty.

Yeah, it's only for files and not folders though.