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		<title>ShowSize 5.1.8 now available</title>
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I&#8217;m happy to announce a new version 5.1.8 with big improvements in the Pie Chart feature. 
New in version 5.1.8, Pie Chart improvements:

The Pie chart now appears in 3D and takes less vertical space, quite useful for printing. You can switch off the 3d option to get the earlier 2D chart. We have also fixed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/showsize-5-1-8</link>
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		<title>How to exclude certain folders from scanning to make it more efficient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to get information about most of the folders on a specific hard drive, but would like to exclude 6 folders on that drive. How do I do that?
Please click on the Options and look at the Scan page. It has a button &#8220;Exclude these folders from scan&#8221; that allows you to add a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/exclude-folders-from-scanning</link>
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		<title>How to prevent ShowSize from scanning when it starts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The newer ShowSize has this option ON by default so that it doesn&#8217;t start the scan till you click on the button &#8220;Start processing this folder.&#8221; But you can switch off that option too.
Is it possible to prevent ShowSize from automatically starting to scan (whatever machine was last scanned) when the program is started?
Click on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/prevent-automaticdisk-scanning</link>
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		<title>How I analyze user disk space with ShowSize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I use ShowSize as a tool to assist in the development of Excel Workbook Reports for our IT staff. The tool has also become valuable in the migration (virtualization) of our servers into an IBM Data Center running VMware Infrastructure and analyzing data at the multi-terabyte level.
At my most routine use, ShowSize allows me to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/managing-user-disk-space</link>
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		<title>Reporting last used files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated information on this feature: This article is old. Now ShowSize does not show Unused Files report or Last Used column on Windows Vista/7 or later systems. It shows it on earlier systems like XP but only with a warning. In general, it is advisable not to depend on Last Used Date feature of Windows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/last-used-files</link>
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		<title>ShowSize on Windows Vista/7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: The following discussion applies not only to Windows Vista but to Windows 7 too.
I will attempt to explain why we had to discontinue the &#8220;Unused files report&#8221; starting with Windows Vista and why I advise not to use it even on earlier Windows systems now.
Vista breaks the &#8220;Unused Files&#8221; feature for NTFS:
On Vista, by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/showsize-on-vista</link>
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		<title>I already use another disk utility to see folder sizes. What is different in ShowSize?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good question. The reason you came to see ShowSize indicates that for some reason, you are not satisfied with this other utility. 
Please read the following articles to see what is different in ShowSize and why we call it heavy-duty software:

Scans can take time
Show is fast!
Why can&#8217;t I use Windows Explorer to see Folder Sizes?

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		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/other-folder-sizes-programs</link>
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		<title>Do you have anyway to run a report that lists file age (i.e. creation date and/or last modified date)?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The reports &#8220;Only Files&#8221; and &#8220;Folders and Files&#8221; show modified date. Moreover an advanced option allows you to use modified time as &#8220;later&#8221; of create and modified time making it even more useful. 
Other useful report from this point of view is the Active Folders report which allows you to see how much activity occurred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/file-age-reports</link>
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		<title>How do I get a columnized text file export?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New ShowSize has many reports now. Moreover they are highly customizable. But columnized text output won&#8217;t work properly, especially with longer column text available in the reports now. Hence, we removed this feature from the Exports menu. 
A better alternative: You can select all or some items in any report and right-click to copy to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/text-report-with-columns</link>
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		<title>How do I see the Pie Chart in new ShowSize?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated March 2011: In the latest version, we have now made it easier to locate the Pie Chart button. Please look at the toolbar above any report. You will see a button &#8220;Chart.&#8221; Click it and it should show you the pie chart on the currently sorted column in the report.
For example, if you are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://showsize.com/blog/index.php/where-is-pie-chart</link>
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