How do I show folder size column in Windows 7 Explorer?

Allow me to rephrase…

There is not currently an option in Windows 7 to show “FOLDER Size”.  There is a built in option to show “Size”, but this built in column heading (in the view setting “Details”) does not load folder sizes unless viewing in the recycle bin (?!?!?).  The column heading “Size” will display the size of file within a folder, but will not show the size of a folder.

Here is an example of what I run across on a daily (if not hourly) basis:

I open a folder which contains many folders which have been created as templates since we use the same format for each project we work on.  At first glance, it is difficult to understand what (if any) information is within the set of folders unless I either a.) open each one up to view the contents, b.) hover over each one to see the contents, or c.) right click and choose properties for the contents.  This is very time consuming when there could be 10 to 15 folders to go through for each project and I might work on 5 to 10 projects in any given day.  If there is an option to view folder sizes, the task of finding data is much faster since I won’t waste my time clicking on a folder that doesn’t have any data.  There is a 3rd party program called FolderSize (previously used with Windows XP), but it doesn’t work with Windows 7.

The answer is simple.  Buy a mac.  I have both Macs and PCs on my desk.  I had FolderSize in XP but for the life of me I could never understand why they got rid of it in Windows 7.

So to answer the question.....Mac OSX has this.  Sorry.  Best solution.  When I view network shares on the Mac side, I can see what I need to see.  Such a bummer and such a workaround.

To solve most of the problems mentioned in this forum discussion regarding folder size display, I use a free program called TreeSize Free v3.0.

  Program Description: Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs

  Available from here:  http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/download.shtml

For all of the other problems and inadequacies associated with Windows Explorer, do the following:

 1) Give up on Windows Explorer, it is next to worthless, and it gets worse with every O/S release that Microsoft comes out with. They never listen to the user and every new intern they hire from India only wants to make a name for himself.

 2) Download FMNT32.EXE [1.74 MB, English]:

    http://www.mdgx.com/files/FMNT32.EXE

    AND: Save it in the directory: C:\FMNT32 (XP, Vista, Win7-8)\Download

 3) Download the NT6 Restriction Fix Tool from here:

    http://www.jsware.net/jsware/nt6fix.php5#restfix

    AND: Save fix6r.zip in this directory: C:\FMNT32 (XP, Vista, Win7-8)\Download

 4) Download the File Manager ReadMe Guide in plain text (ASCII) format:

    http://www.mdgx.com/files/FMNT32.TXT

    AND: Save it in the directory: C:\FMNT32 (XP, Vista, Win7-8)\Documentation

    READ IT, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS, INSTALL WINFILE for Win 7 and enjoy file management again:

 5) ENJOY using WINFILE for Win 7. The right-click context menu you see in the screen print below was easily user-configured by me to meet my custom needs.

Based on my usage experiences, you will probably find out that you use Winfile for 95% of your file management tasks and only use Windows Explorer for viewing thumbnails and some file properties.

    (SCREEN PRINT "Winfile Screen Print.jpg")

What resources you are talking about???

Computers are getting stronger every day.

What about the time the user spend to search for the right folder?

That information is important for the user.

Windows creators are destroying the windows version after version.

They are removing useful options and adding useless ones.