Folder size info - limited to 999 MB?

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Terry Pinnell

I've started using some large map files. Just noticed that the status
line in a My Computer window displays 999 MB for anything over that
size (e.g 2.3 GB). Is that a known bug of Win XP? Any work around
please?
 
No this is not a known bug...

I've got 2.3 gig in one folder and the status bar display the correct
size.....

You must have somethig strange going on in your machine......
 
Terry said:
I've started using some large map files. Just noticed that the status
line in a My Computer window displays 999 MB for anything over that
size (e.g 2.3 GB). Is that a known bug of Win XP? Any work around
please?
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David said:
Why are you claiming it's a bug. Change your attitude.
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It is not a "known bug" - if it was a 'known bug', wouldn't your extensive
Google and Microsoft web page searches turned up something?
Also - not only is it not a 'known bug' - but it seems to be something
fairly unique to your system - as i have never seen this question or seen
this problem before. 999MB is quite a strange number to throw out there. I
know you cannot have files over 4GB in size in FAT32 environements - but
NTFS has no such limits (that small.) So, it would be helpful if you could
post on a web page somewhere a screenshot..

Side by side on your screen have the DOS window with a DIR showing the true
size of the file and in the explorer window next to it, with the status bar
displayed. Also - it wouldn't hurt to right-click and display the
properties of the file/folder/files..
 
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Why are you claiming it's a bug. Change your attitude.

YOU try changing YOUR attitude! Obviously, he suspects
it's a bug, but "why" is not a pro-active statement.
It's not even re-active; it's stupid and
counter-productive and uncalled for.\

When you have nothing to say, that's exactly what you
should say: NOTHING!
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Paul said:
No this is not a known bug...

I've got 2.3 gig in one folder and the status bar display the correct
size.....

You must have somethig strange going on in your machine......
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Thanks, looks like it then, if no one else can reproduce the
behaviour. FWIW, this was a DVD drive folder I was exploring. Just
been trying to find an individual folder on my *HD* that contains over
1 GB, to se if same fault present, but so far haven't done so. Of
course, My Computer reports size of root files, excluding subfolders.

I'll reboot (rare occurrence here) and try again.
 
I've had this [similar] happen to my mp3 folder several times which is in
excess of 30gb when i select the folder i can hear the computer calculating
the disk space but instead of an accurate number it seems to just "give up"
and display Greater Than; "xGB" I didn't lose any sleep over it, there are a
couple of other ways to view the size of a folder that are faster than
windows explorer. The cmd interface was mentioned i noticed. You can right
click the folder/properties and wait for it to count up the files.

D
 
It will only waste 2 secs at a time calculating. Reshow the tip to get another 2 secs.

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Friendly said:
I've had this [similar] happen to my mp3 folder several times which is in
excess of 30gb when i select the folder i can hear the computer calculating
the disk space but instead of an accurate number it seems to just "give up"
and display Greater Than; "xGB" I didn't lose any sleep over it, there are a
couple of other ways to view the size of a folder that are faster than
windows explorer. The cmd interface was mentioned i noticed. You can right
click the folder/properties and wait for it to count up the files.

D
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