Show Free space in target of junction/link?

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Show Free space in target of junction/link?

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Apologies if this has been asked and answered before.

When you navigate into a folder junction or directory symbolic link whose target is on a different drive, would it be possible to have the status bar show the free space of the target drive rather than the location of the junction/link?
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if you want to see the real free space, instead of ENTER press CTRL+L to enter the linked folder
(GOTO > FIND TARGET menu command)
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Of course.

But I'd like to see the free space without having to go into the target.
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that kind of thing requires some CPU effort
so you want to burden all the good people's computers that don't have a clue what a folder junction is, on a constant basis and repeatedly, to satisfy your personal fetishes? :)
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Well, I was thinking maybe it could be one of those advanced options that I could turn on to satisfy my personal fetishes without burdening everyone else.

But if I'm the only that would use this, forget it.
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ok I suppose as an option it could go in somewhere!
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Cool!

One more note should this someday considered as worthy of adding as an option:

It would need to find the free space of the ultimate target rather than the immediate target in the case that the target of a junction is another junction.
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I think ctrl+L command already tackles this situation (?)
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