Require: file manager which shows folder sizes

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PowerDesk is the best one I know of. There's a free version you can
I'll second that also. PowerDesk is excellent...

I've been using the free version of PowerDesk for years on two
computers. Sometimes it's hard to remember just how crappy the
Windows File Manager really is, it's been so long since I touched it.
 
I have something Similar but not a fullblown file manager.

http://space.dolphin.free.fr/
Folder Size Shell Extension

This is a property page. When you right click on a directory or drive and bring
up Properties, there is an extra tab called Size. It will bring up, in that tab window
a tree of the drive or directory you clicked on and all subdirectories named with
the size of each and every sub. You can configure it in bytes, KB, MB, or GB.
You can run it as English or French, sort in different orders and such.

Ahhh, site won't let me in. You can also get it here;

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,15304,00.asp

This site shows a small window of what it'll look like.
Nice for seeing where the files are meeting in secret to plot against your drive.
Also shows you subdirectories that you've forgotten about.

I am looking for a file manager similar to Windows Explorer which
shows a folder "tree" with the size of each the folders.

Does such a utility exist?

Prefereably freeware.

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David Candy, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:

Most of us here aren't in the freeware group. Another cross hierarchy posting
dickwad.

LMAO! The hypocrasy finally shows its full colors!! You and all your
butt-buddies scream and holler about anyone wanting to use XPee as they see fit
in their own home, but when it comes to other software, it's a whole different
story! You people have just shown yourselves what idiots and hypocrates you
truly are. Lash out at someone who crossposted just because you had no way to
cover your hypocrasy and bullshit lies.

Joh N.
 
David Candy, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:


If you arsewipes stopped spamming our newsgroups. And NO I never attempt fraud
by altering a post once started. But ethically challenged usenet scum like you
wouldn't understand. Now go away from msnews.

ROTFLMAO!! This is rich! David, one of the NG's
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) greatest hypocrates, lashing out because
he and all his butt-buddies got *caught* being the true hypocrates they are.
Where's this so-called "spam" at from Semolina? Show us David, show us any
"spam" she's made here in this thread.
You and your lying, hypocrate butt-buddies are so full of shit, the whites of
your eyes are brown.

Joh N.
 
Piotr Makley said:
I am looking for a file manager similar to Windows Explorer which
shows a folder "tree" with the size of each the folders.

Does such a utility exist?

Prefereably freeware.

http://nylon.net/domain/tools.htm

" FILE MANAGEMENT: Norton File Manager (part of Norton Navigator)

(1 meg - click to download from my shed)
http://members.optushome.com.au/nylon/nortnav.zip

Yes dammit it was commercial software but Norton/Symantec dropped it like a
hooker with the clap after 2 years and no longer sell or support it. This
the the BEST file manager you'll ever use, with seamless Zip file
management (you see zip files as folders), recursive directory display
(want to find every *.txt file on your C: drive??) and native support for
Quickview Pro. It still has not been beaten and it was last patched in
1996! Suck on that, Microsoft! BTW - when you first run it, Windows
suggests Norton Navigators's old and may not run properly. Ignore it. It
works perfectly! It was part of Norton Navigator but I have stripped the
relevant files from the package. To install, just make a directory, drop
the files in it and run filemgr.exe. The filemgre.eps is the settings file,
which contains my favourite keyboard shortcuts.

Update: it still works under Windows 2000! Woohoo!


FILE VIEWING: Quick View Pro. Interestingly it can read corrupted Word
documents that even Word can't open. Just select all the text in the
viewer, copy it and paste it into a new document. Instant recovery! "


Nice but I use a PowerDesk4/5 hybrid with Treesize.
-=alp=-

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Actually thre are too many people out there who should not own a computer.

They are the cause of too many of our troubles.

Amen on that ...

I'm either lucky or skilled; I've evaded/avoided all of the malware
( a 'bucket' that includes virii/worms/trojans/port invasions/etc )
for over 7 years now.

Agreed; I can screw up my own computer; but I do have either the
backups or the *usual* capability to muddle my way past it.

Anyway-
The only reason spam exists is because some idiot actually buys shit
from spammers.

The main reason that most malware 'propagates is that some idiot:
1) opens attachments unknown sources
2) doesn't run or update a good AV
3) doesn't run or update a good firewall (software or hardware)
4) doesn't do any security updates on their OS or other programs
5) forwards every hoary joke "to all"
 
Yep!

Norton File Manager still works fine. I extracted everything from my old CD
and have used it without any problem. Looks ancient compared with the new
Windows interface though (-:

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Piotr Makley said:
I am looking for a file manager similar to Windows Explorer which
shows a folder "tree" with the size of each the folders.

Does such a utility exist?

Prefereably freeware.

I have decided to spool so here goes.

I made FileAnt http://www.fileant.com/ for fun 'g' and a resume piece. Which
not many people have looked at (it is ramping up this week though). It can
show you the folder sizes in the size column of the list view if you turn it
on in config. You can also telescopically browse the folders as pie slices
(with % or MB/KB), I hand coded the pie drawing routines so it is quite
neat. FileAnt does most standard things the same way as explorer however it
had one of the first tabbed/split panel interfaces and it also has a lot of
unique features to speed up file management which I will not mention here.
With FileAnt, read the website and the help (takes 30 mins) because there
are some feature which by design are not obvious because making them obvious
was not possible, purpose defeating or would have added to the bulk of the
exe (the apps memory footprint is the size of the exe and custom dll's not
what you see in task manager... task manager includes shared dlls such as
user32, kernel32, advapi32, winsock etc in the memory calc).

Over the years FileAnt has been shaped heavily by the people who use it as I
make almost every change/fix asked for. I have never bothered to market it
much yet though... too much software on the internet. IMHO the net is almost
too big now and needs to wipe some parts of itself clean. Many File Managers
have blatant problems if you fully tested them even explorer (try opening a
folder with many many icons in the one you use). Many do not list properly
on common ftp servers etc etc but the big sites will still push them for the
money because they look good. Another problem with some file managers is
that they fill/alter your registry with all sorts of stuff outside the
software key (I always image the hard drive before installing). If the
download is > 3 meg it is probably guaranteed to look good but it will not
be after close examination. Another indicator I use (and it may just be me
that thinks this) is the installer used... InstallSheild packaged software
is almost always real bad. FileAnt has had many bugs (most of which have now
been ironed out) but never a file related one or one destructive in any way.
Free software is almost always guaranteed to be unfinished or have a catch.
I made FileAnt very un-annoying when it expires and you could use it free
forever if you wanted to, I do not mind at all. The flip side is that paying
for software helps authors with some of the costs for websites, getting it
out to others and sometime spurs them on. Many authors write software at
there own cost, physical/mental/monetary and not for big direct sales $, but
for resumes, to explore computers, and in some cases to satisfy a base human
need to enhance the tools.

kind regards,
will
 
-=alp=- said:
http://nylon.net/domain/tools.htm

" FILE MANAGEMENT: Norton File Manager (part of Norton Navigator)

(1 meg - click to download from my shed)
http://members.optushome.com.au/nylon/nortnav.zip

Yes dammit it was commercial software but Norton/Symantec dropped it like a
hooker with the clap after 2 years and no longer sell or support it. This
the the BEST file manager you'll ever use, with seamless Zip file
management (you see zip files as folders), recursive directory display
(want to find every *.txt file on your C: drive??) and native support for
Quickview Pro. It still has not been beaten and it was last patched in
1996! Suck on that, Microsoft! BTW - when you first run it, Windows
suggests Norton Navigators's old and may not run properly. Ignore it. It
works perfectly! It was part of Norton Navigator but I have stripped the
relevant files from the package. To install, just make a directory, drop
the files in it and run filemgr.exe. The filemgre.eps is the settings file,
which contains my favourite keyboard shortcuts.

Update: it still works under Windows 2000! Woohoo!


FILE VIEWING: Quick View Pro. Interestingly it can read corrupted Word
documents that even Word can't open. Just select all the text in the
viewer, copy it and paste it into a new document. Instant recovery! "


Nice but I use a PowerDesk4/5 hybrid with Treesize.
-=alp=-

Runs find through ME. Some problems under XP. I use
my own stripped version which I original paid for.

Richard
 
You can use it for years without paying if you can live with
the nag screen! Pay and eliminate the nag screen. I paid 6
years ago and have gotten every update since then for free,
some of them major revisions and even new versions.

This is true. I paid for it too, but I wouldn't recommend it
here because it isn't freeware, which is what this group is
about.

Using it for years without paying for it is neither legal nor
ethical. The licence states, inter alia, "You have the right
to test this program for a period of one month."[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]


David Candy said:
Most of us here aren't in the freeware group. Another cross
hierarchy posting dickwad.


Time for a troll like you to expand your horizons then.

Costs you nothing to preserve the original grouplist. You must be
trying to make an effort to complain.
 
news.dodo.com.au said:
I have decided to spool so here goes.

I made FileAnt http://www.fileant.com/ for fun 'g' and a
resume piece. Which not many people have looked at (it is
ramping up this week though). It can show you the folder sizes
in the size column of the list view if you turn it on in
config. You can also telescopically browse the folders as pie
slices (with % or MB/KB), I hand coded the pie drawing
routines so it is quite neat. FileAnt does most standard
things the same way as explorer however it had one of the
first tabbed/split panel interfaces and it also has a lot of
unique features to speed up file management which I will not
mention here. With FileAnt, read the website and the help
(takes 30 mins) because there are some feature which by design
are not obvious because making them obvious was not possible,
purpose defeating or would have added to the bulk of the exe
(the apps memory footprint is the size of the exe and custom
dll's not what you see in task manager... task manager
includes shared dlls such as user32, kernel32, advapi32,
winsock etc in the memory calc).

Over the years FileAnt has been shaped heavily by the people
who use it as I make almost every change/fix asked for. I have
never bothered to market it much yet though... too much
software on the internet. IMHO the net is almost too big now
and needs to wipe some parts of itself clean. Many File
Managers have blatant problems if you fully tested them even
explorer (try opening a folder with many many icons in the one
you use). Many do not list properly on common ftp servers etc
etc but the big sites will still push them for the money
because they look good. Another problem with some file
managers is that they fill/alter your registry with all sorts
of stuff outside the software key (I always image the hard
drive before installing). If the download is > 3 meg it is
probably guaranteed to look good but it will not be after
close examination. Another indicator I use (and it may just be
me that thinks this) is the installer used... InstallSheild
packaged software is almost always real bad. FileAnt has had
many bugs (most of which have now been ironed out) but never a
file related one or one destructive in any way. Free software
is almost always guaranteed to be unfinished or have a catch.
I made FileAnt very un-annoying when it expires and you could
use it free forever if you wanted to, I do not mind at all.
The flip side is that paying for software helps authors with
some of the costs for websites, getting it out to others and
sometime spurs them on. Many authors write software at there
own cost, physical/mental/monetary and not for big direct
sales $, but for resumes, to explore computers, and in some
cases to satisfy a base human need to enhance the tools.

Way cool program. Just right. Thanks!
 
Richard said:
Runs find through ME. Some problems under XP. I use
my own stripped version which I original paid for.


When you say there are some problems with XP then are you referring
to Norton File Manager (as given in the link above) or to Quick
View Pro?
 
"Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)"
You can use it for years without paying if you can live with
the nag screen! Pay and eliminate the nag screen. I paid 6
years ago and have gotten every update since then for free,
some of them major revisions and even new versions.


I use the free version too. I had the paid for version but had to
do a reinstall and couldn't find my key/password. So i just press
the numbered button. It's no big deal and it is free.
 
Well f*ckhead, least I can type my own name in the sender field.

I don't have access to anything outside of msnews.microsoft.com. Therefore I have to go through error dialogs. It just typical of pedos like you. You come here begging for help and insist on your right to make others life hard.
 
David Candy said:
If you arsewipes stopped spamming our newsgroups.

"Our newsgroups"? Hahahaha.

Who the **** do you think you are? Do you think you run the Usenet
or something like that? Is the Usenet your personal toy?

Do you think the Usenet belongs to Microsoft?

Gimme a break.

People are allowed to post to whichever groups they like provided
it is on-topic.

You seem to have no idea.
 
95/98/NT4 had a more classic than classic search extension. It was dialog
based rather than Explorer Bar based. What XP calls classic is the 2000/ME
style.

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Larc said:
On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:42:26 GMT, "Brian Gaff"

| When you find one, let me know. Also, a 98 lookalike search facility would
| not go amiss either.

If you want Search to have the "Classic" Windows look, you can specify
that in TweakUI > Explorer. Check the boxes next to "Use Classic
Search in Explorer" and "Use Classic Search in Internet Explorer."

If you don't already have TweakUI installed, you'll find it on this
page:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Of course, this assumes you are using WinXP...

Larc



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Which is rubbish as it actually takes longer to figure out what is going on!

Talk about reinventing the wheel.

Brian

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