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Why choose ShowSize over other such software?

Scans for folder sizes take time. Any software that performs such scans has to be cancelable. Read more about the superior design of ShowSize software in Why use ShowSize?.

Seven different reports

ShowSize produces seven different reports depending on the edition that you purchase. These are Folder Sizes, File Types, Folders and Files, Only Files, Only Folders, Active Folders and Owners report. You can see details of these reports on the Screenshots page.

Old report: There is another report "Unused files" that is discontinued on Windows Vista. Although, ShowSize can display this report on Windows XP or earlier with a caution note, we advise that you don't use this report, especially if you have any disk locations shared with Windows Vista.

Direct UNC path scanning

You can directly type a network path name in the address box of ShowSize to directly scan that network path. No need to assign a drive letter. Example, "\\Computer2\My Documents"

Command line operation

Lots of powerful command line switches to automate the use of ShowSize from a batch file. This feature is not available in ShowSize PE.

Export to CSV format

Save a report to CSV format so that you can import it in a spreadsheet or database to do your own analysis. This feature is not available in ShowSize PE.

Some Unique Features

Saving and Sharing of Reports:
(*** This feature is only available in 5-user-licenses or better of ShowSize, not in PE)

You can save a ShowSize report by using the menu Tools--Save Report. Other users can view such a report by opening it with the menu Tools--View Report. A report can be viewed this way even on a system where that drive location is not present.

The following picture shows a report being viewed. This looks quite the same as a live report except that the left pane is not there. Also, you CAN NOT do any LIVE operations on the files or folders of a report being viewed. For example, you can not open those folders in explorer, start a command prompt on them, delete folders and files, etc. Other than that, all the report viewing features, printing options and filters work on the saved report.

New, redesigned scanning, reporting and filtering engine:

• New design ensures that we can easily add new reports in future based on your suggestions.
• Elimination of System and Hidden items now does not require a rescan but just a change in the filters.
• Symbolic link skipping is now supported (but not in ShowSize PE).
• Customizable color features have been added to identify System/Hidden items, symbolic links and to test filtered items.
  
  

New Find Names feature:

Searching for a file or folder name in any report is now very convenient. Clicking on a Find Names tab on the right opens a search pane where you can enter the characters to search for in the name. It fill ups all the names found in the list. Click on any name, and it positions to that item on the main report.

Starting a command prompt:

You can right-click on the report and start a command prompt or administrator command prompt (Vista) on the selected folder or the containing folder of the selected file.

Auto refresh:
(*** This feature is not available in ShowSize PE)

The Auto Refresh feature allows you to leave a ShowSize window on for a long time, rescanning or refreshing automatically in a preset interval. The idea is that without any intervention, you get to see the latest reports on a disk location. The auto refresh stops as soon as you do any operation on that window. So if you don't want to disturb it, start another ShowSize to do your operations while leaving the Auto-refresh copy of ShowSize running.

More features

Designed for speed: The software directly scans a given folder and there are even features to do away with the left pane for slow network drives. Moreover, it uses its own cache when you drill down the folders in the same report. The virtual listing technology in ShowSize can list millions of items making it possible to produce the Only Files report described above. Ordinary software would choke on such a list. See more details in Why use ShowSize?
Wasted space display: Wasted space estimation based on the cluster size and the file system. Some limitations.
Interface with Explorer: Install a right-click menu in Windows Explorer to directly scan a folder with ShowSize.
Extensive printing: Ability to restart from a page number for huge listings.

You can depend on Optimized Performance

Scans can take time: Scans for folder sizes take time. Any software that performs such scans has to be cancelable. Read more about the superior design of ShowSize software in Why use ShowSize?.

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ShowSize as Folder sizes utility software

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