TreeSize will run on Windows 9x, NT, 2000, and XP workstations. Just follow the onscreen instructions, accepting the defaults or changing the selections to your liking.
TreeSize installs using a traditional Windows Setup Wizard. The file is only 683 KB in size, so it will download very quickly.Īfter you’ve downloaded the file, execute it. Click the download button to download TreeSizeSetup.exe, the TreeSize Setup Wizard. The current version of TreeSize at the time of this article is TreeSize 1.7. You can obtain TreeSize directly from JAM Software, the company that creates and distributes it. You can still freely download and distribute the program just like regular freeware. Rather than actually having to pay for a piece of software, you merely drop a postcard or letter to the author and let them know where you are and what version of the program you’re running. In case you’ve never heard of it before, mailware is similar to freeware or shareware. TreeSize is a mailware program that can display directory sizes for every directory on your hard drive. One way to total a directory size is by viewing the Properties screen from Explorer.Īlthough either method is good if you want to check an individual directory, if you want to get a quick glance for all of the directories on a hard drive, you’re out of luck. The Properties window will then tally the number of files in the directory and how much space the total directory consumes, as shown in Figure A. Or second, you can right-click a folder in Explorer and select Properties. First you can run dir /s on a directory and wait until the command completes to see how much space a directory consumes. To view how much space directories take, you have two complicated choices. But what about directories on hard drives? You can find out how much space a file is taking on a workstation by either doing a directory from a command line or by using the Details view in Explorer. But if you use the TreeSize utility, you can quickly view how much space is being consumed by directories on your users’ systems. Though it once seemed inconceivable, brand new multigigabyte drives run out of space and you’re left wondering what happened to it all.
You put larger hard drives on your users’ computers and they fill them right up, and then come back asking for more space. TreeSize can give a quick snapshot of directory sizes.Īs hard drive sizes grow, the amount and size of files on those hard drives also grow. When it comes time to figure out where all of the space went, you'll probably need help. View folder sizes at a glance with TreeSizeĮvery time you give a user a larger hard drive, the user will fill it up.