UltimateSilence Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) Hello,I am wondering why Windows XP (SP3?) does not show the size of a selected folder in the status bar? I was told that Windows 95 does show the size, but my Windows 98SE installation exhibits the same behavior as XP SP3 (no status displayed).Is there a way to get it to show? Or is this another instance of Microsoft brutally murdering another useful feature for no apparent reason? Edited May 14, 2012 by UltimateSilence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Windows 2000 doesn't show it either. You may want to try Folder Size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateSilence Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) Windows 2000 doesn't show it either. You may want to try Folder Size.Tomasz86,Thank you for your reply.That's really unfortunate. Is there a way to show it without resorting to a program(s)? Not that I don't love SourceForge! Edited May 13, 2012 by UltimateSilence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I don't think so I've always used Folder Size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateSilence Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 I don't think so I've always used Folder Size.Tomasz86, Do the previous versions of Windows show the size in the status bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Frankly speaking, I don't remember. It's been such a long time since I used Win9x... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) No, at least 98SE doesn't and I don't believe any of them ever did.edit - could check W95, but not sure if yes/no...P.S. thx for Folder Size link - got it. Edited May 13, 2012 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateSilence Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) No, at least 98SE doesn't and I don't believe any of them ever did.edit - could check W95, but not sure if yes/no...P.S. thx for Folder Size link - got it. Submix,I am relieved. Windows 95 does not display the size of folders! This means that it isn't removed in Windows XP!I am currently running 95 in a virtual machine in VirtualBox. Edited May 14, 2012 by UltimateSilence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 So, false alarm then? "Problem" solved?Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 @UltimateSilence - be so kind as to change title to "Solved" leaving this as an FYI topic plus a nice utility to do said function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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