FolderSizes is a disk space analyzer that can create useful visualizations and reports. This application has the advantage of being scalable, as it supports analyzing the contents you keep in not only local folders but also servers, storage devices and even complete domains. The interface of this application is quite intuitive, which makes it easy to use regardless of its multiple features. Fortunately, there is even a welcome wizard that helps you configure the tool and at the same time gives you an overview of its usage.
The application is very effective in finding files and folders based on specific attributes. And not only that, it allows using programmable search rules. As it is normal for searches within large storage devices to take a long time, it is a blessing that you can also limit search scope.
The tool can scan the selected storage devices and create reports of the space used by each of the files and folders based on various criteria, such as type, size, creation date and owner. This allows identifying excessively large, duplicate, and old files. Moreover, you can schedule automatic report generation, which can even be sent by email. Luckily, the program supports various file formats, including Excel, PDF, HTML, CSV, and TXT.
One of the nicest features of this software is the availability of various visualization types, including a bar graph, pie graph, and folder map view. These allow you to actually view how much of your storage space is occupied by each type of content. Finally, the application lets you take snapshots of the state of a folder at a particular moment.
All in all, FolderSizes is, in my opinion, an indispensable tool if you really want to manage storage space more efficiently. In this regard, it may be extremely useful to network administrators.
v6.0.47 [Jun 18, 2012]
Feature: Minor (primarily cosmetic) improvements to PDF exports.
Feature: Mapped the backspace key to the "previous path" command in main window (Alt + Left Arrrow is also still supported).
Feature: Added keyboard shortcut (Alt + D) for accessing the main window location bar. This shortcut works within the File Report Generator window as well.
Feature: Added support for navigating between file report types via keyboard (use Alt key + underlined letter in the report navigation panel).
Feature: Modified main window ribbon bar tab shortcuts to ensure that only a single letter keystroke combination is required to access them.
Feature: Various help file clarifications and additions.
Bug fix: Exporting a duplicate file report in PDF file format could result in a crash.
Bug fix: Main window detail information panel was not updated properly when switching current view depth (or toggling visibility of files).
Bug fix: Resolved occurrence of "the parameter is incorrect" error when drilling down into file report detail views. The error would appear only if generating the file report from a drive letter without a trailing backslash.
Bug fix: Removed the expression "temp*" from the default temporary file report match string to reduce probability of false positives.
Bug fix: Corrected control tab orders on a handful of application dialogs.
Bug fix: Resolved a handful of installer-related issues.
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