Is there a faster way to get the size of a folder??

[Electric Amish]

Faster than going to properties and waiting for it to count up??

amish

 

[BruNgoLD]

how long does it take to count up its size?
when i right click the folder and go to properties it comes up right away.. i would think your sweet system would be about the same?

 

[Electric Amish]

This is at work on a P2-400 server with folders full of thousands of small files.

amish

 

[Kelvrick]

I'm curious about this question too. I figured winXP would show folder size in the details thing, but alas, no...

 

[rh71]

If you click the folder and then hit ALT-ENTER, that'll shave off a good .45 seconds to the process.

All kidding aside... as long as I've known Windows, there's no other way to do it.

 

[911paramedic]

In windows explorer

View>details

it will show it in the bottom of the window, on the bottom bar

 

[Electric Amish]

<< In windows explorer

View>details

it will show it in the bottom of the window, on the bottom bar >>



That will tell you a file size, but not a folder.

amish

 

[Kelvrick]

You don't have to view details for that to work.

That only shows the files in your current folder. It doesn't count the files in subfolders and such.

 

[b0mbrman]

Do it at the dos prompt?

 

[911paramedic]

My bad, was thinking of my burning software.

How long does it take to right click and pick properties? It has to count them? Mine shows it as quick as it comes up, fast.

 

[Electric Amish]

Well, one folder had nearly 30,000+ files and 8.5 gb of data. It took about a minute or so.

amish

 

[thomsbrain]

<< Well, one folder had nearly 30,000+ files and 8.5 gb of data. It took about a minute or so.

amish >>



Yeah, it can take a really long time when there are lots of little files to count up. I don't think there is anything you can really do to make it faster. Except get a faster hard disk, of course.

 

[Hammer]

Dude, that's a lot of porn.



<< Well, one folder had nearly 30,000+ files and 8.5 gb of data. It took about a minute or so.

amish >>