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Arrange folders according to their size in Windows

Filed under Computer tricks, Free Softwares, Open Source, Windows Tricks, Windows XP Tricks and Tips by on January 26, 2010 at 11:46 pm {no comments}

When you select “Details” view in Windows Explorer(inside My Computer) it will show you everything about the folders and files the only thing it will not show you  is the size of your folders. It also does not allow you to arrange your folders according to their size. I often have to find which folder is taking most of my disk space and I have to go to properties of each and every folder to find out the culprit.

Today I finally found out the solution to this problem. Folder size for Windows Explorer is an open source project which will help you to see the folder size inside Windows Explorer. See this screen shot.

How to use it??

  1. First, make sure you’re running Windows 2000 or XP. Sorry, it doesn’t work in Vista.
  2. Download the installer (regular 32-bit) (XP x64).
  3. Run the downloaded file to start the install wizard. It has boring template text, so just keep clicking Next. Typical and Complete installs do the same thing, Custom lets you change where it gets installed.
  4. Now the Folder Size column is available to Explorer, but Explorer isn’t displaying it yet. Open an Explorer window in Details view.
  5. Right click on the column headers to see a list of columns you can add. Choose Folder Size.
  6. Now we can replace the existing Size column with the new Folder Size column. Right click on the column headers and uncheck the Size column. Drag the Folder Size column header to where Size used to be.
  7. Make this the default view for all folders. Go to Folder Options from the Tools menu. In the View tab, click Apply to All Folders.

If you are running an old system you may feel like you computer has become little slower then usual. At any point of time you can uninstall it from Add/Remove programs.

Download links:

Folder size for Explorer (regular 32-bit)

Folder size for Explorer (64-bit)

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[Get]Microsoft Live SkyDrive – Free 25GB Online File Hosting

Filed under Featured, Internet tricks by on January 26, 2010 at 2:15 am {one comment}

SkyDrive from Microsoft Live is the most ultimate thing available to date. It is a free file hosting service from microsoft with a hefty storage space of 25GB.

Windows Live SkyDrive

Microsoft's Windows Live Sky Drive

The key advantages are:

  • The service is free
  • you can access it from your My Computer windows explorer like any other drive.(Though you need a seperate extention called SkyDrive Explorer(Free))
  • The entire system is Password Protected. (No one else can see without your permission)
  • If you share the files with your friends, They will need to sign-in to view the file.
  • There exists a public folder as well (You can share files easily with others).
  • All the data will be stored safely on Microsoft’s Cloud Servers.
  • No worries for HardDisk Failures or Reformatting your PC.
  • Easy access from every on internet (With just Few Clicks)

I personally loved this service. Though I am a frequent user of Google Docs, Ahem .. Which also has started allowing people to upload any type of files to Google Docs & they always had the Picasa service available online. However it is still limited to 1GB only. For additional space they require users to pay money.

So in my opinion, SkyDrive is a must for anyone who wants to keep files safe & loves sharing the files online.

Though sky drive has great number of features, You will need to download & install SkyDrive Explorer(Free) to use skydrive from your MyComputer windows explorer. Otherwise you will have to go to Skydrive’s Web Interface in order to access , upload or download files.

Click Here to visit SkyDrive

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[How To]Easily access and manage Google Bookmarks in Chrome

Filed under Computer tricks, Free Softwares, Google Chrome by on January 23, 2010 at 2:05 pm {no comments}

One thing I do not understand about Google Chrome is why they don’t have support for Google Toolbar. Both are product of Google itself and Google Toolbar is very much popular among Firefox users and if they really want users to shift to Google Chrome from Firefox then they should make Google Toolbar available for Google Chrome asap.

For now if you are looking for something to easily manage and access your Google Bookmarks then you can try using BoogleMarks. BoogleMarks is an easy to use extension to add to your Chrome browser.

Features:

  • Fast, loads bookmarks once in background.
  • Customizable Folder seperator.
  • unlabeled are grouped with customisable label.
  • reload button
  • selectable icon sets and folder images

Download the BoogleMarks extension for Google Chrome

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