Calculate subfolders size automatically

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Simicro
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Calculate subfolders size automatically

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Hi,

In Tools > Options > Advanced, I activated the "Calculate subfolders size automatically"

It works except for the folders at the root of a drive?

Please see the screenshots:
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Re: Calculate subfolders size automatically

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that's by design, see here for more information
www.zabkat.com/blog/23Aug09-folder-size.htm
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Re: Calculate subfolders size automatically

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Thanks for your fast answer on week end and the link to the blog's post. I'll read it.
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Re: Calculate subfolders size automatically

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nikos wrote:Why would one want to continuously monitor the space occupied by some subfolder hierarchy? This is a question for a different type of human psyche specialist but the plain fact is that many people want to see a total size in the folder size column instead of a plain <folder> tag
That is funny :lol:

I did a <Ctrl+D> :wink: