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A new PC Magazine product bulletin says FolderSizes "integrates with Windows to provide a clear analysis of disk space usage."

Version 2.4 is Released

Hey there, version 2.4 of FolderSizes is currently being released to the public.

Download it from here if you want to check it out. Relase notes follow:

Version 2.4.0.3 (Released Mid-May, '04)

• New feature: Added an "Allocated" column to the detail list view that shows the actual "space on disk" consumed by a given file or folder. Also added the new "allocated" value to the report exports (including XML, which has a literal value in bytes and a string representation). Note that the "allocated" column value could be smaller than the "size" column value if compression has been applied to the file system object in question.


• Improvement: Added a new option to the graph option window that allows the pie graph to hide pie slices that constitute less than XX% of the scanned total. This is really useful for keeping the pie graph labels under control, especially when scanning folders with a lot of small sub-folders. This now defaults to a value of "1%" - if you want to see every subfolder in the pie graph (as in previous versions), just change it to "0%".


• Improvement: Pie graph slices now show percentage information during folder scans (previously, percentages didn't appear until the folder scan completed).


• Improvement: The Windows used for product registration have all be re-designed. This includes the trial period reminder window, the registration key entry window, etc. The key entry window is now also accessible via the Help menu.


• Improvement: When a file system scan is completed, the status bar now shows the span of time the scan required (in HH:MM:SS format). This metric can be handy for scheduling scan jobs, etc. Note that this metric is affected by whether or not FolderSizes has scanned the folder recently (it caches scan data).


• Improvement: Labels on the "File Types" report graph can now be moved manually after the report has been generated. This allows you to tweak the label positions slightly prior to printing, for example.


• Bug fix: Resolved a minor cosmetic issue with build 2.3.0.1 that caused the about box to display an incorrect number of days remaining in the software's trial period (applied only to users still in their evaluation period). The evaluation window that displays during application start-up did show the correct number of days remaining.


• Bug fix: Resolved a minor defect that caused an incorrect number of "folders scanned" to appear in the status pane when accessing the same folder more than once.


• Bug fix: Some pop-up window styles were interfering with the ability to switch back to FolderSizes with Alt-Tab. This has been resolved.


• Bug fix: Quick key access has been restored to the detail list view and the "temporary files" report.


• Change: The default colors used to indicate "hidden" and "compressed" folders and files were swapped to more closely match the colors used by Windows explorer. Blue is now used to compressed folders and files, and red is used for hidden folders and files. Of course, you can still change these to be whatever you like (any existing custom settings will remain in tact).

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Version 2.3 is out!

BulletProof FolderSizes version 2.3 was released late last week. Lots of improvements, focusing mostly on reporting output, exporting, and performance.

Please visit the website to download.