Windows Explorer Addon: Folder Size

Folder size is a very simple but useful Windows Explorer addon. It shows size of each folder in a Folder Size column in details view in Explorer. Here are main features:

• Don’t switch to another program to see folder sizes.
• No scanning phase before you can start. As soon as you display the Folder Size column, you’ll see sizes immediately. Large folders will continue to scan in the background while you browse your folders.
• Explorer will automatically update the folder size column in real-time. No more manual rescanning.
• Background scans won’t monopolize your disk. When Folder Size detects that other programs are doing a lot of reading to and writing from the hard disk being scanned, the background scanning will wait for the other programs to finish.
• If you don’t show the Folder Size column for a while, it won’t forget what it’s already scanned, but the background scanner doesn’t stay active. It won’t waste any CPU time maintaining the cache on your P2P sharing or gaming machine that’s always changing files.

It’s free for anyone to use. Folder Size runs on Windows 2000 and XP but not on Vista.

Homepage: http://foldersize.sourceforge.net

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