determining if a folder is empty without opening it

jpathman said:

Thanks Derekimo!

You're welcome, did that fix it?

enabling popups has worked but it takes a little time for the top up to register. Better would be if a "size" column would appear for each folder (in addition to - for each file)

Have you tried viewing the Folder Properties? That will give the size of files contained within the selected folder (See Post #2).

Selecting folder properties works, but that point I might as well open the folder. I'm trying to maker it quicker - so I can see at a glance if a folder is empty or not, just by seeing the list of folders.

You can check for any hidden files by:

• Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide

jpathman said:

enabling popups has worked but it takes a little time for the top up to register. Better would be if a "size" column would appear for each folder (in addition to - for each file)

Right click in an empty space inside a folder > View > Details.

This way can show sizes of files in a seperate column but NOT sizes of folders.

Windows 7 explorer is not that customizable but here is a third party app that can show all folder sizes, but is not very GUI friendly.

Here's the link: Folder Size for Windows