Windows File Explorer Not Showing Correct Folder Size If Folder Named 'Applications'

Anonymous
2018-05-03T21:08:26+00:00

Since installing the 1803 update, Windows File Explorer doesn't display the correct folder size if the folder is named 'Applications'.

There seems to be a bug that if the folder name is 6 characters or more and starts with 'Appli', the folder size shows significantly less than it actually is.  For example if the folder is named 'Apps' or 'Appli', it will display the size correctly.  If however it is named 'Applications' or 'Applix' or 'Appliy', then it won't display correctly.

The Feedback app doesn't work on my computer due to having telemetry settings set to 'Basic', therefore I am reporting the bug here instead.

OS Version:

Windows 10 Pro X64 (17134.1, 1803)

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-06-17T02:05:00+00:00

    It is interesting, but I don't have the desire to try and figure out what the difference is! This is much better than it was.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-07-22T16:41:08+00:00

    It looks like 6 files were missing in the 1703 release compared to the 1903. I wonder what was significant about them to be ignored.

    It's probably just some desktop.ini and/or thumbs.db files that were generated some time after taking the 1703 capture. Thumbs.db files are autogenerated by windows when viewing directories that contain photos.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-07-22T17:01:16+00:00

    DataM

    Thank you for posting the reply.

    I ran the script ages ago (was it from Win10forums?) that uninstalls all built in win10 apps except "store"

    As a result I can no longer open the Feedback Hub, it runs as a proprietary app.

    It's a small price to pay for being permanently rid of Photos, TV and Movies, Groove, all their BS apps that only exist to stimulate your addiction centers and grab your cash in a moment of weakness. 

    True, I had to install Youcam because Camera was gone, VLC to cover movies and music.

    It's not a perfect solution but it's (as I said) a small price to pay.

    I'd be willing to give MS a few bucks for this OS, but I'll bet that within a few years they'll start to realize that having access to every move we make and all our "personal data" wasn't all it was cracked up to be, and that all they accomplished was to give away a free OS while receiving virtually nothing of value in return.

    Someone mentioned that 1903 fixed the folder size issue, and I also read that 1903 allows the uninstall of Movies&TV and a few other apps. We'll see :)

    Wow. People like you really make me facepalm.

    "apps that only exist to stimulate your addiction centers and grab your cash in a moment of weakness."

    • Really? Besides that assertion being completely illogical, are you saying that you've gone through the trouble of uninstalling/hiding those applications and creating OS usability problems just because you don't trust that you have enough fortitude to avoid spending "your cash in a moment of weakness"? LOL. Sad. I am curious though wha cash grab the camera and photos apps have. I've never come across anything for sale in those apps.

    The tv&movies app is just another source of content (like Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, Redbox, etc) for consumers that like to consume that type of material.

    You then go on and install replacement apps (which you could have just installed without all the rigamarole and crippling your system) which do the same thing and I guess would also "stimulate your addiction centers and grab your cash in a moment of weakness". No... this deserves a double facepalm.

    "I can no longer open the Feedback Hub, it runs as a proprietary app"

    -I mean WOW. What else is it supposed to be beside a proprietary app? A commercial app used by Apple and Google and Toms Plumbing? It's a feedback tool for their own software for goodness sake.

    Keep on fighting the boogeymen out there...

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-07-24T01:55:34+00:00

    I've just discovered the same problem.  Used to work, now it doesn't.  :-/

    I'm NOT a fan of MS forcing updates on us...

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-07-24T02:07:08+00:00

    Unfortunately sometimes due to forging ahead, updates are required to restore compatibility with newer operating systems.  I think resisting these updates in the long run will leave you far behind with even more issues, especially security updates!  Definitely make sure your motherboard bios is up to date too...

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