To quickly see the size doesn't work as it doesn't show the size even if a single subfolder is selected, so I have to specifically exclude folders from the selection. The very least expectation is an option to turn this on even if Microsoft chooses by default to not show any of the information (just add all the details back to status bar but keep them off by default).Įvery time I need to see free disk space, I don't wish to go to My Computer, nor do I wish to do Ctrl-A, then de-select subfolders, just to simply view size of all files. Why is it that Microsoft continually makes changes to Explorer that make users' life more difficult, remove features and now does not even allow third parties to fix Explorer problems by making use of private controls instead of standard Windows UI controls?
Select more than 100 files and the status bar doesn't show size any more. Also, if Classic Shell wants to add its own bar,Įxplorer provides no notification when the selection changes.Įven for total size of selected files, Windows 8 Explorer status bar only shows sizes up to 99 files. So Classic Shell is no longer able to fix these issues ever. Plus, in Windows 8, the status bar control is no longer a standard status bar control but uses some private undocumented control (DirectUI stuff).
(It can fix all of status bar issues on Windows 7/Vista). This is the status bar from Windows 7 with Classic Shell installed. Microsoft should just disable this info by default but not take it out. Having the status bar show this info from Windows 95 to Windows XP didn't make these Windows versions unacceptably slow or unusable, this is a feature power users need all the time. At most, I was told this info was removed for performance reasons because calculating size is computationally intensive or some bullshit reason like this but that is unacceptable.
In Windows 8, again these features are removed and the only feature left now is total number of items, items selected and size of selected items (but only up to 99 files) (not total size of all files, but selected files) Free disk space on any volume at the current location In Windows 7, again three features were removed: In a folder on the status bar without selecting them all, then excluding folders - Tooltip information of single selected file In Windows Vista, two features were removed: - Total size of ALL files From Windows 95 to Windows XP - Explorer has had this very useful STATUS BAR that displayed very useful information at a glance.
With Windows 8, Windows Explorer's status bar has taken a major step back.
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