I'm new to Vista's Explorer and have been going nuts trying to figure
some of this mess out.

When I click on a folder, then look down in the Details Pane at the
bottom it shows the number of files in the folder but NOT the
accumulative file size total.

I also noticed the same thing when I had the Recycle Bin Folder open.

I like knowing the exact size of the folder, I don't really care how
many files are in it.

Can anybody answer my question, please ..

Have I got a setting wrong somewhere??

Thank you so much.

Jenn


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JennB213

JennB213 wrote:
I'm new to Vista's Explorer and have been going nuts trying to figure
some of this mess out.

When I click on a folder, then look down in the Details Pane at the
bottom it shows the number of files in the folder but NOT the
accumulative file size total.

I also noticed the same thing when I had the Recycle Bin Folder open.

I like knowing the exact size of the folder, I don't really care how
many files are in it.

Can anybody answer my question, please ..

Have I got a setting wrong somewhere??

Thank you so much.

Jenn



Hi Jennb213,

When you have the folder open, click Editselect all. The total size
will be in the details at the bottom.

--
Dave T.

"Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried
until they are seventy-five".
Benjamin Franklin

Simply hover your mouse over the folder.

"JennB213" wrote in message
...

I'm new to Vista's Explorer and have been going nuts trying to figure
some of this mess out.

When I click on a folder, then look down in the Details Pane at the
bottom it shows the number of files in the folder but NOT the
accumulative file size total.

I also noticed the same thing when I had the Recycle Bin Folder open.

I like knowing the exact size of the folder, I don't really care how
many files are in it.

Can anybody answer my question, please ..

Have I got a setting wrong somewhere??

Thank you so much.

Jenn


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JennB213

Ohhhhh Holy Cow, do I ever feel stupid ... lmbo

I was making it WAY to hard.

I was so intent on looking for a setting ... *laughing at myself*

Thank YOU so much Bob.

Jenn


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JennB213

Bob wrote:
Simply hover your mouse over the folder.

Hmmm...mine doesn't do that. I don't get size info until the contents of
the folder are selected.

--
Dave T.

"Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried
until they are seventy-five".
Benjamin Franklin

Jenn,

You can also right click the folder and click Properties to see the
size of it.

Shawn


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"Dave T."
Bob wrote:
Simply hover your mouse over the folder.

Hmmm...mine doesn't do that. I don't get size info until the contents of
the folder are selected.

before opening it, when it's in the right pane.
windows seems to calulate it on the fly, so if the folder is big it takes a
while.
for a folder whose properties say 15.8 gb, the tooltip in explorer after a
couple seconds said 'bigger than 2.45 gb'.
ciao, ZC

Been there, done that!

You're welcome Jenn.

"JennB213" wrote in message
...

Ohhhhh Holy Cow, do I ever feel stupid ... lmbo

I was making it WAY to hard.

I was so intent on looking for a setting ... *laughing at myself*

Thank YOU so much Bob.

Jenn


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JennB213

Zebra Code wrote:

"Dave T."
Bob wrote:
Simply hover your mouse over the folder.

Hmmm...mine doesn't do that. I don't get size info until the contents
of the folder are selected.

before opening it, when it's in the right pane.
windows seems to calulate it on the fly, so if the folder is big it
takes a while.
for a folder whose properties say 15.8 gb, the tooltip in explorer after
a couple seconds said 'bigger than 2.45 gb'.
ciao, ZC


It just ain't there. Not a big deal for me since floppies went away I've
never been concerned about file size, but what you guys are seeing
isn't on my computer. I just noticed though that "Documents" is in a
pictures format. Something new to work on...

--
Dave T.

"Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried
until they are seventy-five".
Benjamin Franklin

"Dave T."

It just ain't there. Not a big deal for me since floppies went away I've
never been concerned about file size, but what you guys are seeing isn't
on my computer. I just noticed though that "Documents" is in a pictures
format. Something new to work on...

sorry, i fear i dont understand.
if i doubleclic the desktop link with my login name, then i hover the mouse
over documents, i get the tooltip '1.46 gb'.
'a picture format' means?
ciao, ZC

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Dave T.

"Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried
until they are seventy-five".
Benjamin Franklin

cool :

many people think they're existing
-- mallarme'