System Default: | No |
Checking this box forces Explorer++ to calculate and display folder sizes in the Files pane. The feature might be useful if, for example, you were house-cleaning your drive and wanted to merge smaller folders with larger ones; folder sizes would be listed is the Size column, if enabled.
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Caution: Although it sounds obvious, when this option is enabled, Explorer++ calculates folder sizes - always. If you are walking through your folder tree to get to a particular location, large folders in the files pane will be calculated, even if they are only momentarily displayed. Windows is a multi-tasking, multi-threaded operating system; calculations continue even though the folder is no longer displayed. This may greatly impact your system's performance - use this option with care. |
When folder size calculation and display is enabled, you may check this box to turn off the feature for removable and network drives, as a time-saving convenience. For network drives, this is a safety feature, as the system may not know ahead of time just how large the network drive is; time will be saved. In addition, network and removable drives are transitory - it may not be useful to know the sizes since tomorrow, the drives may not be connected.