Arrange folders according to their size in Windows

When you select “Details” view in Windows Explorer(inside My Computer) it will show you everything about the folders and files the only thing it will not show you  is the size of your folders. It also does not allow you to arrange your folders according to their size. I often have to find which folder is taking most of my disk space and I have to go to properties of each and every folder to find out the culprit.

Today I finally found out the solution to this problem. Folder size for Windows Explorer is an open source project which will help you to see the folder size inside Windows Explorer. See this screen shot.

How to use it??

1. First, make sure you’re running Windows 2000 or XP. Sorry, it doesn’t work in Vista.
2. Download the installer (regular 32-bit) (XP x64).
3. Run the downloaded file to start the install wizard. It has boring template text, so just keep clicking Next. Typical and Complete installs do the same thing, Custom lets you change where it gets installed.
4. Now the Folder Size column is available to Explorer, but Explorer isn’t displaying it yet. Open an Explorer window in Details view.
5. Right click on the column headers to see a list of columns you can add. Choose Folder Size.
6. Now we can replace the existing Size column with the new Folder Size column. Right click on the column headers and uncheck the Size column. Drag the Folder Size column header to where Size used to be.
7. Make this the default view for all folders. Go to Folder Options from the Tools menu. In the View tab, click Apply to All Folders.

If you are running an old system you may feel like you computer has become little slower then usual. At any point of time you can uninstall it from Add/Remove programs.

Folder size for Explorer (regular 32-bit)

Folder size for Explorer (64-bit)