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Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 18 Feb 2023 18:34
by CLM
Configuration - General - Tree and List - Always show folder size ...
Should be an option to ignore external drives!
Thanks.
Re: Always show folder size, Should ignore External drives.
Posted: 19 Feb 2023 15:40
by admin
Why?
Re: Always show folder size, Should ignore External drives.
Posted: 19 Feb 2023 17:41
by Horst
I agree with the request because external or network drives may be much to slow
for calculating folder sizes all the time.
Re: Always show folder size, Should ignore External drives.
Posted: 19 Feb 2023 18:08
by CLM
admin wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023 15:40Why?
I always plugin large drives full of staff (Terabytes of files),
Why:
* I have to wait in that tab and do nothing, until it's done calculating!
* Even if i choose to stop it, it will kick in the next directory.
* And even if i wait for it to finish, the next time i plugin that drive, things will be added and others will be deleted, so the cashed sizes are incorrect!
For internal drives yes, externals i cant really see the point!
Re: Always show folder size, Should ignore External drives.
Posted: 20 Feb 2023 11:50
by admin
Horst wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023 17:41
I agree with the request because external or network drives may be much to slow
for calculating folder sizes all the time.
You already can control it for network locations:
Configuration | General | Tree and List | List | In network locations as well
Re: Always show folder size, Should ignore External drives.
Posted: 20 Feb 2023 11:51
by admin
CLM wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023 18:08
admin wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023 15:40Why?
I always plugin large drives full of staff (Terabytes of files),
Why:
* I have to wait in that tab and do nothing, until it's done calculating!
* Even if i choose to stop it, it will kick in the next directory.
* And even if i wait for it to finish, the next time i plugin that drive, things will be added and others will be deleted, so the cashed sizes are incorrect!
For internal drives yes, externals i cant really see the point!
Makes sense. Are these drives shown as "Removable Disk" in the "This PC" drives listing?
If yes, there is a tweak for you:
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v23.00.0104 - 2022-04-28 11:53
+ Added tweak to control whether folder sizes are shown for removable drives:
ShowFolderSizeInListOnRemovables=1
This allows you to skip removable drives when "Show folder sizes" is enabled.
Factory default is ON.
So, you would simply set it to 0:
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ShowFolderSizeInListOnRemovables=0
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 20 Feb 2023 17:43
by CLM
Mostly external drives, ShowFolderSizeInListOnRemovables=0 doesn't effect them.
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 20 Feb 2023 18:01
by admin
So how can I distinguish them from local hard drives?
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 20 Feb 2023 18:49
by CLM
admin wrote: ↑20 Feb 2023 18:01
So how can I distinguish them from local hard drives?
Maybe an option to show folder size only on specified drives!
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 20 Feb 2023 18:53
by highend
Em, you can at least manually exclude unwanted drives...
ShowFolderSizesExclude=C:\|T:\|U:\?
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 02 Mar 2023 18:36
by CLM
highend wrote: ↑20 Feb 2023 18:53
Em, you can at least manually exclude unwanted drives...
ShowFolderSizesExclude=C:\|T:\|U:\?
Completely missed your comment, sorry about that.
I'll give it a try!
Edit:
Doesn't seem to work, running it as script is not a valid command.
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 02 Mar 2023 18:56
by highend
oO It's a tweak, not a script^^
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 02 Mar 2023 21:06
by CLM
highend wrote: ↑02 Mar 2023 18:56
oO It's a tweak, not a script^^
Add it to the .ini?
Or the tweak was meant for don
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 02 Mar 2023 21:26
by highend
You don't need to add the tweak (it's already present), just fill the value for it...
Re: Always show folder size, Should be an option to ignore External drives.
Posted: 02 Mar 2023 21:33
by CLM
That's not working!
Thanks for the help though.