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Exclude Folders from Size Calculation
Posted: 23 Aug 2019 15:52
by FrankBKK
Would be great if we can exclude certain folders from file size calculations.
I have Media-Server and CCTV-Folders that contain millions of files - it takes several minutes to calculate these folder size ...
Re: Exclude Folders from Size Calculation
Posted: 23 Aug 2019 16:25
by jupe
This is already possible via saving a Folder View Setting (FVS) and using this menu item:
Tools | Customize List | Show Folder Sizes
https://www.xyplorer.com/tour.php?page=fvs
There are various ways to do it, but basically save a default FVS that has sizes enabled, then save a different specific FVS's for the locations where you don't want sizes shown with the above menu setting disabled.
Disable the following setting if you have it enabled, and let a default FVS perform the same purpose:
Configuration | General | Tree and List | List | Always show folder sizes
Alternatively (or additionally) you could just enable the folder size cache, then the long calculations you mentioned in your initial post would be infrequent:
Configuration | General | Tree and List | List | Cache folder sizes
Re: Exclude Folders from Size Calculation
Posted: 09 Sep 2019 13:59
by admin
There is a
tweak to do that:
Code: Select all
v16.70.0008 - 2016-05-12 20:46
+ Show Folder Sizes: Added a tweak to exclude specific locations,
separated by "|", from Show Folder Sizes. For example:
ShowFolderSizesExclude=F:\Downloads|T:\
Note that also all sub folders of those locations are automatically
excluded.
Note that the exclusion has no effect in these contexts:
- Reports
- SC foldersize()
- Selection Stats
- Find Files by Size
- Menu View | Calculate Folder Sizes (Shift+F5)
How to tweak:
https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=tweak