Good free Windows Program

Another in my series of good free windows program series.
Well OK 'series' is too strong a word, but I did tell you all about 'Fences'.

This is another of those small things that you used to be able to do in Windows & then it has slowly disappeared as new version came out & is now impossible under Windows 7.
Basically it is the ability to see just what files/directories on any particular computer drive are taking up all the space.
It is called
Folder Size
& is freeware & downloadable from here:
http://www.mindgems.com/products/Folder ... -Size.html

It is a minute program size wise, but none the worst for that. That did take quite a while with my 1TB drive, but I was just looking on the net while it did it...
When you have installed it a screen looking very much like the Explorer screen appears. You just select which drive you want to examine & it goes away & gets the details for you.
The attached is the detail it did for me on my external drive that I am running out of space on.
As you can see the second largest directory on the drive is called 'Backup'. I had actually forgot that I had that directory on there as it was something that I did before I moved from Windows XP to 7 to protect some data - which I now have reloaded successfully already.. Oh well don't have to add another terabyte just yet then...

The detail within the directories can be 'driven down' to individual files just by clicking on the + . The files within the directory will then be sorted largest to smallest - including any sub directories which are sorted alphabetically but clearly show the size they are using...

As you can see there does appear to be a small issue with dates when I used it...I am not sure why that is, or what it is. It didn't especially concern me for how I was using it but I could see that it could do if you had a number of similar files & wanted to delete maybe the oldest - although you have to Windows Explorer to do any deleting anyway..

Thanks, Bob!

A good tip - and you can't get enough of good tips!

I see this is "another" tip - though I don't know what the other tips were. Might be a good idea for
you to continue with the tips in the same thread. That way, newbies and others can find your tips
in one place.

Cheers

Thanks for that scooter...

This was the other one that I still think remains a good tip.
windows-desktop-t19385.html

As it was 4 months ago you can see that I don't have them very often...
With 'fences' (because of the way I overuse the Desktop) I still think it is one of the best Windows add ons (free or not) that I have found..

I did do one on..Soluto here..
good-free-windows-program-t19832.html

After an initial 'thumbs up' I quickly discovered it was not all it seemed to be & I would not use it again. Although maybe interesting as a '1 off' if a PC is running very long on startup. A quick glance at the 'Start Menu' might solve it just as quick though...

Keep 'em coming, Bob.

Fences +1

Soluto -1

I will look at Folder Size tomorrow - too stuffed now, after a visit to Wat Phu Tok today.

Reports on both to follow.

Goody!

Now all of your tips are in one place. I'd often seen mention of "fences" in other threads, but had no idea
what they were about - other than they "were very good".

Now I've had a peek at your link - and it definitely looks like something for me. I have a whole host of icons and folders on my desktop, which normally would fill about 3 "pages" - if it wasn't for the fact that I've sorted many items into the folders - and it all looks rather ugly, too.
Mind you, I do use my computer for MANY different things, so it's not really surprising.

I'll try out the fences program, too, just to see if my desktop page will look any better......it can hardly look any worse, can it!

Cheers

Scooter
Yes- and please keep the good tips coming, they're very welcome!

Thanks Bob.

Folder Size +1

Does what it says, and gives a simple breakdown of what is taking up space on the various drives. I had forgotten about one folder, taking up 4GB.

I tried Soluto.....liked the way it timed the bootup process.....but in the end, reverted back to using Codestuff Starter once per month as part of my computer cleanup process. I run it on demand. Every now and then an adobe program or some other fangled program will work its way into the bootup process. Codestuff starter takes if off with a single click.
http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html


Second issue........sleep mode restarts:
I was having a small problem with my computer popping out of 'sleep mode' even when I wasn't near the computer. I don't think many people have this problem, but if you're one of them, this link might help....it did for me.
http://www.cravingtech.com/fix-windows- ... tself.html

Anything that Wanda Sloan recommends, I try......today's recommendation: Microsoft Safety Scanner, free from MS.

It found 1 trojan (spybot missed it)......unfortunately, I deleted the name of it and can't remember it.

You have to download the program from MS.....actually running the program takes just 5 minutes or so. The program automatically fixes any problems.