ViewFolderSize for Windows ME Help

Table of contents: About View Folder Size for Windows ME Features comparison Minimum requirements Using View Folder Size for Windows ME Adding folder size column Adding "View Folder Size Bar" Saving settings as default for all folders Configuring View Folder Size Configuring using "View Folder Size Bar" Configuring using "View Folder Size Properties" window. F.A.Q. How to set "sorting by size" mode in Windows Explorer? Why do View Folder Size works slowly sometimes?   About View Folder Size for Windows ME    View Folder Size for Windows ME helps you to view total folder and file sizes directly in the Windows Explorer. With it you can view file and folder sizes in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes. MAIN FEATURES: Integration with Windows Explorer All information about total folder and file sizes will be represented directly in Windows Explorer. View Folder Size tweaking can be also realized clicking button on the toolbar.   File sizes representation in any units Windows Explorer represented total file sizes only in kilobytes. Using View Folder Size you can view file and folder sizes in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes. You can also use automatically mode for folder sizes to select units optimally.   Convenient interface We care about your convenience. All the results will be always in the face of yours, settings will be always close at hand.   Features comparison This table lists the feature differences between View Folder Size for Windows ME and View Folder Size. Feature View Folder Size for Windows ME View Folder Size Cache (fast size calculation speed) No Yes Sorting in any mode (including "Auto") No Yes Advanced settings No Yes Subfolders percents comparison No Yes Working under Windows 2000, XP Yes Yes Working under Windows ME Yes No x64 OS support No Yes Complete Unicode support No Yes   Minimum requirements The View Folder Size for Windows ME requires: Microsoft Windows® ME Microsoft Internet Explorer® 5.0 or higher   Using View Folder Size for Windows ME This page contains detailed instruction, how to add new feature in the Windows Explorer: 1. Adding folder size column. 2. Adding View Folder Size Bar. 3. Saving this settings as default for all folders. 1. Adding folder size column: Open Windows Explorer at drive root folder (e.g. c:\).   Set Detailed view mode. Open View menu and select Details.   Click View menu again and select Choose Details. This opens Choose Details dialog. Tip: There is another way to open the Choose Details window: right-click any column and select More.... All these variants open this window.   Now look to the window and find a string SizeEx. Check a box near the SizeEx line and move it up using appropriate button. Move this line into second place. Then disable standard Size column. Press OK button.   Result is shown below. 2. Adding View Folder Size Bar: Right-click on Windows Explorer toolbar"s area to open toolbar menu.   Select View Folder Size Bar from menu. View Folder Size button will apear on you Explorer toolbar. You can place new toolbar where you will want. Note: To remove TotalSize bar just deselect that menu item. 3. Saving this settings as default for all folders: Open Windows Explorer at drive root folder (e.g. "C:\"). Set any settings that are required. Open Tools menu. Select Folder optins ... menu item. Open View tab. Click Apply to All Folders button. Press OK.   Configuring View Folder Size View Folder Size can be configured using "View Folder Size Bar" and "View Folder Size Properties" window. 1. Configuring using "View Folder Size Bar". 2. Configuring using "View Folder Size Properties" window. 1. Configuring using "View Folder Size Bar". View style. This option allows selecting view objects from: - Files and folders - show both files and folders size; - Files only - show current folder files size; - Folders only - show subfolders size; - Nothing - do not show anything.   Size units. This option allow setting files or/and folders sizes in Bytes, Kbytes, Mbytes, Gbytes and even set optimal metrics using Auto metrics.   Properties. Open "View Folder Size Properties" window 2. Configuring using "View Folder Size Properties" window. "View Folder Size Properties" window can be opened in 2 ways: 1. Select "Properties:" menu item in "SizeEx" toolbar. 2. Select "View Folder Size" > "View Folder Size Properties" in Microsoft Windows "Start menu". Column title. View style. Size units. Separator. View Folder Size Properties window is always on top. Menu. Note: All settings changes will be applied after View Folder Size Properties window close. Column title. By default column is called "SizeEx". Any other title can enter but changes will be applied after reboot.   View style This option allows selecting view objects from: - Files and folders - show both files and folders size; - Files only - show current folder files size; - Folders only - show subfolders size; - Nothing - do not show anything.   Size units. This option allow setting files or/and folders sizes in Bytes, Kbytes, Mbytes, Gbytes and even set optimal metrics using Auto metrics.   Separator. By default separator is null ("Don't use") but any other separator can be selected from the list or entered using corresponding key.   View Folder Size Properties window is always on top. Keep "View Folder Size Properties" window on top. This option is very convenient for rapid metrics and style configuring.   Menu. Menu has the following items: Icon Item Feature Help index Open help file. F.A.Q. Open F.A.Q. chapter of help file. Moveax web site Go to www.moveax.com Support Go to support.moveax.com. Order license Go to registration page. Enter registration code ... Open registration dialog. About Open "About" dialog.   F.A.Q. 1. How to set "sorting by size" mode in Windows Explorer? 2. Why do View Folder Size works slowly sometimes? 1. How to set "sorting by size" mode in Windows Explorer? Because of there are some differences in Windows Shell versions the View Folder Size requires different settings for different Windows platforms. If you want to sort Windows Explorer files/subfolders list by the item's size please set these options as shown below: OS Use separator Size units. Windows XP OFF Any* Windows 2000 Any Any* Windows Me Any Any* Any* - you can use any metric values but excluding "Auto". This is sole mode when the sorting by size mode is impossible due to differences of the values in the same listing.   2. Why do View Folder Size works slowly sometimes? Probably you sort files by folder sizes. This operation may take a lot of time. Hint: We don't recommend you to use this sort order without absolute necessity. If you were use this sort order often buys View Folder Size Pro.