Vista - Total file size.

Anyone notice that when you open a folder, the bottom right hand corner does
not show you the total size of all the files in the folder when you have the
status bar turned on? If you select a file, it will show you the size of the
fie in that spot, but not the total when nothing is selected. Why they got
rid of this in vista, I have no clue.

workaround: If you do a ctrl-a (selecting everything) it will show you the
total size.

"auser" <auser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone notice that when you open a folder, the bottom right hand
> corner does
> not show you the total size of all the files in the folder when you
> have the
> status bar turned on? If you select a file, it will show you the
> size of the
> fie in that spot, but not the total when nothing is selected. Why
> they got
> rid of this in vista, I have no clue.

It's another one of the backwards steps they took.

I'm more upset about the lack of tools in the toolbar, such as cut,
copy, paste, delete, etc., and the lack of customization.

> workaround: If you do a ctrl-a (selecting everything) it will show
> you the
> total size.

Sucks...I know.

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When that was discussed in TechBeta with the Vista Team the answer was that
it caused a serious performance hit.

"auser" <auser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone notice that when you open a folder, the bottom right hand corner
> does
> not show you the total size of all the files in the folder when you have
> the
> status bar turned on? If you select a file, it will show you the size of
> the
> fie in that spot, but not the total when nothing is selected. Why they got
> rid of this in vista, I have no clue.
>
> workaround: If you do a ctrl-a (selecting everything) it will show you the
> total size.

Which doesn't make sense as that number displays instantly on my XP machine
with rather large directories. Just how many files does it take for the
performance hit to register? Or is it only a problem with network shares or
other non-file Explorer namespaces (in which case it could be disabled for
those)?

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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> When that was discussed in TechBeta with the Vista Team the answer was
> that it caused a serious performance hit.
>
> "auser" <auser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A23050A-231E-4148-A40C-B71BAE3CA3EF@microsoft.com...
>> Anyone notice that when you open a folder, the bottom right hand corner
>> does
>> not show you the total size of all the files in the folder when you have
>> the
>> status bar turned on? If you select a file, it will show you the size of
>> the
>> fie in that spot, but not the total when nothing is selected. Why they
>> got
>> rid of this in vista, I have no clue.
>>
>> workaround: If you do a ctrl-a (selecting everything) it will show you
>> the
>> total size.
>

I am trying to remember, but now that you mention it bandwidth did come up
in the discussion so maybe that's it.

"Chris Altmann" <someone> wrote in message
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> Which doesn't make sense as that number displays instantly on my XP
> machine with rather large directories. Just how many files does it take
> for the performance hit to register? Or is it only a problem with network
> shares or other non-file Explorer namespaces (in which case it could be
> disabled for those)?
>

All new layout panes lag anyways. And to think, no file size information at all is given in a User folder from the Desktop, but when you go to that same folder from Computer, you get that information once you click in a folder inside that User folder and then going back. If this bug wasn't enough, refreshing the folder doubles every files size. Only because I just prefer to use the status bar than the Details Pain for quick non-moving information about the file sizes.

Talking about refreshes, the "Wow" Microsoft was marketing about was probably for things like that: you rename a folder, all customizations data doubled. You get a favorite that has the same name that one already had, it substitutes the old url association in cache. And I hope you'd rather not prefer to work without an annoying Details bar. Aero List View columns adapt in first case but then you get the much larger minimum width than on Classic once you come back.

Oh well... Report it and do with it meanwhile. Maybe some programmers got mad working at Microsoft so they don't care anymore about being conscientious, so you end with a less intuitive OS. Even MSN looked more friendly than Windows Live even if it's "more advanced". Being lovely seems to be way out of Microsoft, so I'm less confident that my data are safe with their programmation code, if there is any, whatever the big security features Microsoft announced, if they can't even get simple programmation details right.