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.
v9.1 [Jun 21, 2020]
Version 9.1.274 (Released September 23, 2020):
- Bug fix: Fixed issue with default scheduled task name containing an invalid character.
Version 9.1.272 (Released September 15, 2020):
- Improvement: Improvements to text clarity in the folder map view.
- Improvement: Improved performance when executing specific file report scenarios from the command line or scheduler.
- Bug fix: Fixed issue with main window detail view horizontal scrollbar positioning.
- Bug fix: Fixed minor GDI handle leak in device context management system.
- Bug fix: Other minor fixes.
Version 9.1.269 (Released September 2, 2020):
- Improvement: Minor performance and memory usage improvements.
- Improvement: Improvements in file reporter progress window minimize behavior.
- Improvement: Improved default reparse point traversal and processing behaviors.
- Bug fix: Resolved rare crash involving folder tree map shell icon index retrieval.
- Bug fix: Fixed issue with snapshot exclusions using incorrect string case matching.
- Bug fix: Product splash screen was showing incorrect minor version number.
Version 9.1.264 (Released June 17, 2020):
- Improvement: Dark theme option has returned, and existing themes have been refined.
- Improvement: Improvements to resolution scaling systems, including icons for 200% scaled displays.
- Improvement: Improvements to product installer for high resolution environments.
- Improvement: Upgraded to latest edition (3.32.1) of SQLite embedded database library.
- Improvement: Improved safety of shell context menu integration functions.
- Improvement: User interface control persistence now operates independently of DPI settings.
- Improvement: Minor improvements to main window tab navigation semantics.
- Improvement: Reports exported to XSLX now include a warning if Excel row limit is reached.
- Improvement: PDF exports with multiple sections now provide headers and bookmark navigation.
- Improvement: Improved default experience when analyzing DFS shares.
- Improvement: Dozens of minor user interface enhancements and corrections.
- Improvement: Added option for disabling reparse point notices upon file system node selection.
- Bug fix: Docking scan data window toolbar was using incorrect resolution scaling factor.
- Bug fix: Implemented fixes for a rare potential node deletion and view refresh crash.
- Bug fix: Fixed issues with print (and print preview) scaling on high-resolution displays.
- Bug fix: Resolved issues with report view tooltips not being displayed.
- Bug fix: Resolved several minor memory leaks.
- CHANGE: Minimum OS requirements are now Windows 7 SP1 or later (Server 2012 R2 or later).
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