W10 WINDOWS EXPLORER Q

I want to use Windows Explorer or some such to display the 'details'
for both folders and files to include their sizes. My displays only
show that info for only a few, usually the first few. Must be
something I don't know.

Help?

Johnny

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:34:41 -0400, wrote:

I want to use Windows Explorer or some such to display the 'details'
for both folders and files to include their sizes. My displays only
show that info for only a few, usually the first few. Must be
something I don't know.

Help?

Johnny

I was premature in this post - Google shows this is a known problem.
But I can't seem to download/install any of the suggested programs
that do this. I just get garbage and unwanted downloads. Anyone know
of downloadable free program to do what I want?
Thanks
Johnny

On 3/19/2017 4:51 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:34:41 -0400, wrote:

I want to use Windows Explorer or some such to display the 'details'
for both folders and files to include their sizes. My displays only
show that info for only a few, usually the first few. Must be
something I don't know.

Help?

Johnny

I was premature in this post - Google shows this is a known problem.
But I can't seem to download/install any of the suggested programs
that do this. I just get garbage and unwanted downloads. Anyone know
of downloadable free program to do what I want?
Thanks
Johnny

While I know of no way to show the size of the files with in a folder,
you can change the rows shown in File Explorer (Old Windows Explorer) by
right clicking in the column headers and selecting the columns you want
to see. There are several different columns that are available.

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 08:13:44 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 3/19/2017 4:51 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:34:41 -0400, wrote:

I want to use Windows Explorer or some such to display the 'details'
for both folders and files to include their sizes. My displays only
show that info for only a few, usually the first few. Must be
something I don't know.

Help?

Johnny

I was premature in this post - Google shows this is a known problem.
But I can't seem to download/install any of the suggested programs
that do this. I just get garbage and unwanted downloads. Anyone know
of downloadable free program to do what I want?
Thanks
Johnny

While I know of no way to show the size of the files with in a folder,
you can change the rows shown in File Explorer (Old Windows Explorer) by
right clicking in the column headers and selecting the columns you want
to see. There are several different columns that are available.

I've been using "Directory Opus" for a few years now & it's terrific.
Not free, but worth every cent.
Cheers
Gary

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:51:08 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:34:41 -0400, wrote:
I was premature in this post - Google shows this is a known problem.
But I can't seem to download/install any of the suggested programs
that do this. I just get garbage and unwanted downloads. Anyone know
of downloadable free program to do what I want?

Try MultiCommander, it's free!

http://multicommander.com/

It features a menu choice under Tools / Calculate folder size
and the corresponding keyboard shortcut Shift-Alt-Return
to achieve what you ask for.

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Gianni

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says...

I want to use Windows Explorer or some such to display the 'details'
for both folders and files to include their sizes. My displays only
show that info for only a few, usually the first few. Must be
something I don't know.

Help?

Johnny

While your focus is on sizes, Treesize free can be very useful.

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

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Phil, London

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:59:35 -0000, Philip Herlihy
wrote:

While your focus is on sizes, Treesize free can be very useful.

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

+1

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Gianni

On 3/19/2017 4:34 AM, wrote:
I want to use Windows Explorer or some such to display the 'details'
for both folders and files to include their sizes. My displays only
show that info for only a few, usually the first few. Must be
something I don't know.

Help?

Johnny

It would be nice if MS restored the folder size info to the window
footer as it was in earlier Windows versions, but if you need to know
that, you can right-click on the folder and select 'Properties' to see
that and more.

I have no idea why you are only seeing a few file sizes, as all file
sizes are listed, as before.

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best regards,

Neil

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:44:10 +0100, Gianni Turri
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:51:08 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:34:41 -0400, wrote:
I was premature in this post - Google shows this is a known problem.
But I can't seem to download/install any of the suggested programs
that do this. I just get garbage and unwanted downloads. Anyone know
of downloadable free program to do what I want?

Try MultiCommander, it's free!

http://multicommander.com/


I've been using MultiCommander for several months now, and I also like
it a lot. But someone (in this newsgroup, I think) just recommended
DirectoryOpus, and I downloaded and installed its trial version
yesterday to give it a try.

As must as I like MultiCommander, I think Directory Opus is *much*
better. Even though DirectoryOpus is not free, I will probably decide
to buy it and use it instead of MultiCommander.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:33:00 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

As must as I like MultiCommander, I think Directory Opus is *much*
better. Even though DirectoryOpus is not free, I will probably decide
to buy it and use it instead of MultiCommander.

Hi Ken,

Directory Opus comes at a high price but I will give it a try.

But, very important, I have understimated FreeCommander!!!
http://freecommander.com/en/details/

It's free and has exactly the feature than Johnny asked!

Menu Folder, Size of folders
and the corresponding keyboard shortcut Alt+F9

Differently from MultiCommander that calculate the folder size only
for the selected folder, this option activate the folders size
calculation and display for every folder.

However it is a time-consuming and resource-consuming task so is
better to activate it only when really needed.

--
Gianni

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:00:22 +0100, Gianni Turri
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:33:00 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

As must as I like MultiCommander, I think Directory Opus is *much*
better. Even though DirectoryOpus is not free, I will probably decide
to buy it and use it instead of MultiCommander.

Hi Ken,

Directory Opus comes at a high price but I will give it a try.

But, very important, I have understimated FreeCommander!!!
http://freecommander.com/en/details/

It's free and has exactly the feature than Johnny asked!

Menu Folder, Size of folders
and the corresponding keyboard shortcut Alt+F9

Differently from MultiCommander that calculate the folder size only
for the selected folder, this option activate the folders size
calculation and display for every folder.

However it is a time-consuming and resource-consuming task so is
better to activate it only when really needed.



I used FreeCommander before I used MultiCommander. But I liked
MultiCommander more, and DirectoryOpus much more than either.

Yes, give DirectoryOpus a try. I spent most of today playing with its
options and reading its (very long) pdf manual. Even though it's a
high price, it didn't take me long to decide that it's worth the
price. I bought it about an hour ago.

I say its manual is very long, but I don't mean that in any negative
way. There's not much software that's documented as thoroughly as this
is.

Just out of curiosity, looking at your name, let me ask whether you
are in Italy. If so, what part? I'm in gli Stati Uniti, but I love
Italia, having visited there nearly thirty times. Most recently I
spent two weeks in Roma last November.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:48:56 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

I used FreeCommander before I used MultiCommander. But I liked
MultiCommander more, and DirectoryOpus much more than either.

You should try the latest release of FreeCommander.
I'm a donor so may be the current free version is slighty older than
mine.

Yes, give DirectoryOpus a try. I spent most of today playing with its
options and reading its (very long) pdf manual. Even though it's a
high price, it didn't take me long to decide that it's worth the
price. I bought it about an hour ago.

I say its manual is very long, but I don't mean that in any negative
way. There's not much software that's documented as thoroughly as this
is.

The first thing I noted is the space it occupies:
DirectoryOpus 100 MB
FreeCommander 30 MB
MultiCommander 20 MB

To have a portable version you must pay some additional dollars.
FreeCommander and MultiCommander are easy and free to setup as
portable.

Then the complexity of its install wizard, substantially asking for
replacing the Windows File Explorer functionality.

I prefer not to play those risky games, it is so easy to break things
in Windows.

And it is so easy to launch a program when needed.

What are the features you need that are unique to DirectoryOpus?

Just out of curiosity, looking at your name, let me ask whether you
are in Italy. If so, what part? I'm in gli Stati Uniti, but I love
Italia, having visited there nearly thirty times. Most recently I
spent two weeks in Roma last November.

Yes, I'm italian and live in Piacenza, a small town not far from
Milano.
https://goo.gl/maps/4x5a8rTF1Fy

At only few minutes there is our loved Val Trebbia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebbia
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Trebbia
http://turismo.provincia.pc.it/en/di...l-trebbia.html

--
Gianni

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:37:52 -0600, KenW wrote:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:48:56 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:00:22 +0100, Gianni Turri
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:33:00 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

As must as I like MultiCommander, I think Directory Opus is *much*
better. Even though DirectoryOpus is not free, I will probably decide
to buy it and use it instead of MultiCommander.

Hi Ken,

Directory Opus comes at a high price but I will give it a try.

But, very important, I have understimated FreeCommander!!!
http://freecommander.com/en/details/

It's free and has exactly the feature than Johnny asked!

Menu Folder, Size of folders
and the corresponding keyboard shortcut Alt+F9

Differently from MultiCommander that calculate the folder size only
for the selected folder, this option activate the folders size
calculation and display for every folder.

However it is a time-consuming and resource-consuming task so is
better to activate it only when really needed.



I used FreeCommander before I used MultiCommander. But I liked
MultiCommander more, and DirectoryOpus much more than either.

Yes, give DirectoryOpus a try. I spent most of today playing with its
options and reading its (very long) pdf manual. Even though it's a
high price, it didn't take me long to decide that it's worth the
price. I bought it about an hour ago.

I say its manual is very long, but I don't mean that in any negative
way. There's not much software that's documented as thoroughly as this
is.

Just out of curiosity, looking at your name, let me ask whether you
are in Italy. If so, what part? I'm in gli Stati Uniti, but I love
Italia, having visited there nearly thirty times. Most recently I
spent two weeks in Roma last November.

+1



With respect to DirectoryOpus or Italia?

On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:36:01 +0100, Gianni Turri
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:48:56 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

I used FreeCommander before I used MultiCommander. But I liked
MultiCommander more, and DirectoryOpus much more than either.

You should try the latest release of FreeCommander.
I'm a donor so may be the current free version is slighty older than
mine.

Yes, give DirectoryOpus a try. I spent most of today playing with its
options and reading its (very long) pdf manual. Even though it's a
high price, it didn't take me long to decide that it's worth the
price. I bought it about an hour ago.

I say its manual is very long, but I don't mean that in any negative
way. There's not much software that's documented as thoroughly as this
is.

The first thing I noted is the space it occupies:
DirectoryOpus 100 MB
FreeCommander 30 MB
MultiCommander 20 MB


So DirectoryOpus is 80MB bigger than MultiCommander. 80 million sounds
like a big number, but at today's prices, when a 1TB drive is
typically about 50USD, 80MB is about 4/100 of a penny's worth. So as
far as I'm concerned, that's nothing.



To have a portable version you must pay some additional dollars.


Yes. But I don't want/need a portable version.


FreeCommander and MultiCommander are easy and free to setup as
portable.


Yes. No question about that. Portable or not, it's cost is the big
disadvantage of DirectoryOpus.



Then the complexity of its install wizard,


Complexity? None at all, as far as I'm concerned.


substantially asking for
replacing the Windows File Explorer functionality.


That's entirely optional. The choice is up to you.



I prefer not to play those risky games, it is so easy to break things
in Windows.



Risky? I don't find it risky at all.


And it is so easy to launch a program when needed.

What are the features you need that are unique to DirectoryOpus?


I don't want to go into great detail. Instead I recommend that you
give it a try (a 90-day trial is free), and see what features it has
(if any) that you find desirable.


Just out of curiosity, looking at your name, let me ask whether you
are in Italy. If so, what part? I'm in gli Stati Uniti, but I love
Italia, having visited there nearly thirty times. Most recently I
spent two weeks in Roma last November.

Yes, I'm italian


Your English is great! I wish my Italian was as good.


and live in Piacenza, a small town not far from
Milano.
https://goo.gl/maps/4x5a8rTF1Fy


I've been in Milano several times, but I've only been in the Piacenza
train station, when my train stopped there.

On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:02:45 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

So DirectoryOpus is 80MB bigger than MultiCommander. 80 million sounds
like a big number, but at today's prices, when a 1TB drive is
typically about 50USD, 80MB is about 4/100 of a penny's worth. So as
far as I'm concerned, that's nothing.

My mistake not to explain my thinking ...
It feels bloated, poorly engineered.

Yes. But I don't want/need a portable version.

I like portable versions not because I can place it on a flash-drive
and use from there, that sometimes can be a desiderable feature, but
because they don't touch anything in the system.

Furthermore the settings are saved in the same program folder where is
installed making easier to manage the wole thing.

substantially asking for
replacing the Windows File Explorer functionality.

That's entirely optional. The choice is up to you.

Yes, optional, but set as the default option in the installation
wizard.
I have installed Directory Opus and it required too many attention to
change too many (about 10?) settings intended to make it the default
for too many things.

I prefer not to play those risky games, it is so easy to break things
in Windows.

Risky? I don't find it risky at all.

The risk lies in having it as the default file browser.

I don't want to go into great detail. Instead I recommend that you
give it a try (a 90-day trial is free), and see what features it has
(if any) that you find desirable.

I have installed it but I was disappointed for the reasons explained.

I have many software in my pc, to test, to investigate for interesting
features.
If they don't interfere with my system they are welcome.
If not, they are very soon uninstalled unless they have features I
can't live without.

Your English is great! I wish my Italian was as good.

Oh no, with my English may be I can write a technical mail but I can't
survive in the true world ...

Try to write me in Italian!

I've been in Milano several times, but I've only been in the Piacenza
train station, when my train stopped there.

This is our destiny, to be seen only on the go ...

--
Gianni