Windows Explorer Status Bar: does not show file size

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  1. blotsome
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    W7 Pro x64
       New #51

    Ha. Very funny logicearth. But seriously, though... come on now.
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  3. Kari
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    logicearth said:
    gpatrick said:
    MS claims windows 7 is the way the user wants it, they never asked me.
    Windows has over a billion users, not everyone is going to get there voice across that many heads.
    +1. For example, there were significantly more beta testers than with Vista only a couple of years ago.
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  4. Lee
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    . . .I don't want to play anymore so I am going to take my ball and go home. . .
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  6. Dogcatcher
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    WinXP, Win7, PCLinuxOS
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    Half a loaf


    I, too, like the XP-style status bar, and I was disappointed that the volume free space report seemed to have been removed from Windows 7.

    After further exploration, I'm happy to report that volume free space is reported by Win7, but not quite the way XP does it.

    From the Desktop, click on Computer (the new My Computer). The status bar will show the info for Drive C. Click on any other drive in the right pane and you'll get the info for that drive.

    Or, if already in Windows Explorer, in the left pane tree view click on Computer.

    If you use the Tile or Content view for Computer, the free space appears alongside the drive icon, as well as in the status bar.

    Clicking a file in the right pane brings its info to the status bar.

    And, if, in the right pane, you right-click on a folder (or group of folders) and select Properties from the context menu, you will get a file count, folder count, and byte count -- as with XP.
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  7. Champi
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    Here is the screenshot


    As you can see, there is no file size info at the bottom, in the middle frame. That is my problem, with Windows 7.
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  8. Champi
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    No size info


    Not size info.
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  10. Dogcatcher
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       New #57

    Switch to the tree view, and then highlight the file in the right pane. Does that bring up the desired info?
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  11. Chacha
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    Dogcatcher said:
    Switch to the tree view, and then highlight the file in the right pane. Does that bring up the desired info?
    Could you tell us how to swith to tree view, i just couldn't guess and then we'll try : )
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  12. MakeYourDay
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    Win 7 64-bit
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    Solution: Install Classic Shell


    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
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  13. Greg S
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    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
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    MakeYourDay said:

    Welcome to Classic Shell

    MYD
    Is that Classic Start Menu part of this installation? I'd like to have the toolbar, copy ui and statusbar without the classic start menu.
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