how do we get file size info in Windows Explorer

In XP there was a way to have the file sizes totaled in the bottom of the
page.
It would give a total of all the files in that directory.

I can't seem to find this option in Vista.

My C drive keeps growing and I wish to see if it's my music or my pictures
that are the culprit.

I'm mathematically challenged so I need Vista to do the adding for me.

Or is there some add-on that will tell me where the bloat is????

please and thank you

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:31:12 -0500, "FireBrick" <>
wrote:

>In XP there was a way to have the file sizes totaled in the bottom of the
>page.
>It would give a total of all the files in that directory.
>
>I can't seem to find this option in Vista.
>
>My C drive keeps growing and I wish to see if it's my music or my pictures
>that are the culprit.
>
>I'm mathematically challenged so I need Vista to do the adding for me.
>
>Or is there some add-on that will tell me where the bloat is????
>
>please and thank you

Open an explorer window --> press Alt --> select View from the File
Menu---> toggle the Status Bar.

I must be doing something wrong
When I toggle the Status bar
all that comes up is
"18 items"
there is no measurement of how many kilobytes those 18 item take up.
If I go into a folder, I see the 'list' of files in the folder but then the
status bar
says
"1 item selected" and way over to the other side it says 42.0KB

I can't seem to find how to get a total of what's in a directory or what's
in a subdirectory

"Jed" <zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:31:12 -0500, "FireBrick" <>
> wrote:
>
>>In XP there was a way to have the file sizes totaled in the bottom of the
>>page.
>>It would give a total of all the files in that directory.
>>
>>I can't seem to find this option in Vista.
>>
>>My C drive keeps growing and I wish to see if it's my music or my pictures
>>that are the culprit.
>>
>>I'm mathematically challenged so I need Vista to do the adding for me.
>>
>>Or is there some add-on that will tell me where the bloat is????
>>
>>please and thank you
>
> Open an explorer window --> press Alt --> select View from the File
> Menu---> toggle the Status Bar.
>

Right click on the folder in windows explorer. Then select properties. The
size is shown in the properties box that appears.

Stuart

"FireBrick" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I must be doing something wrong
> When I toggle the Status bar
> all that comes up is
> "18 items"
> there is no measurement of how many kilobytes those 18 item take up.
> If I go into a folder, I see the 'list' of files in the folder but then
> the status bar
> says
> "1 item selected" and way over to the other side it says 42.0KB
>
> I can't seem to find how to get a total of what's in a directory or what's
> in a subdirectory
>

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:31:12 -0500, "FireBrick" <>
wrote:

>In XP there was a way to have the file sizes totaled in the bottom of the
>page.
>It would give a total of all the files in that directory.
>
>I can't seem to find this option in Vista.
>
>My C drive keeps growing and I wish to see if it's my music or my pictures
>that are the culprit.
>
>I'm mathematically challenged so I need Vista to do the adding for me.
>
>Or is there some add-on that will tell me where the bloat is????

http://www.satsignal.eu/software/disk.html#ShowMan
Program to help recover disk space. Gives pie-chart view of disk
usage, including unused space, with the ability to drill down into
folders.

>
>please and thank you

FireBrick;876291 Wrote:
> I must be doing something wron
> When I toggle the Status ba
> all that comes up i
> "18 items
> there is no measurement of how many kilobytes those 18 item take up
> If I go into a folder, I see the 'list' of files in the folder but the
> th
> status ba
> say
> "1 item selected" and way over to the other side it says 42.0K
>
> I can't seem to find how to get a total of what's in a directory o
> what'
> in a subdirector

The file size count is.. for some weird reason, bottom-RIGHT of th
window with the file count bottom-left. Kinda silly if you ask me, inf
like that should be close together and you shouldnt have to look al
over the screen (harder if you have a bigger screen at a higher res)
but there you go

--
widemonk