how do we get file size info in Windows Explorer

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

Stuart
 
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????
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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.
 
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