Exporting CSV with a separator other than comma

October 1, 2008

I’m trying to export a files-only listing that is quite large (over 80000 files). About 550 of these files have commas in the filename. Because of this, when I try to do a CSV import, it is looking at the comma in the filename and thinking that it is supposed to be used as a [...]

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Seeing files created or modified today

September 5, 2008

Can ShowSize list ALL files even in sub-folders that were created on a certain date, such as, all files created today or a date I can enter? I would love to be able to see all the files created or modified today because I have a disk that is filling up fast and not [...]

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Scans for folder sizes take time

April 1, 2008

Have you wondered why Windows Explorer does not show sizes of folders? It would become too slow as a file manager. You need special disk software like ShowSize that is not a file manager.
Scans for folder sizes take time. It depends on how big the folder is in terms of number of folders and files [...]

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ShowSize on Windows Vista/7

February 7, 2008

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 “Unused files report” starting with Windows Vista and why I advise not to use it even on earlier Windows systems now.
Vista breaks the “Unused Files” feature for NTFS:
On Vista, by [...]

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ShowSize displays values in KB, MB, GB or TB. Can I change it to display values in bytes only?

January 30, 2008

Yes, you can put on the option to display values in bytes in the General page of the Options screen. The option is called “Show column values in bytes.”
Note that when you export a CSV file from ShowSize, the values are always exported in bytes because you may need to do your custom calculations in [...]

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ShowSize is fast!

January 30, 2008

ShowSize has been designed carefully for optimized performance. It is important to understand the following concepts when you use such a program that can produce huge reports:
Great capacity for huge listings and their printout:
ShowSize uses virtual list technology to accommodate even millions of items in the reports without using too much memory.
Most of the operations [...]

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I already use another disk utility to see folder sizes. What is different in ShowSize?

January 30, 2008

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’t I use Windows Explorer to see Folder Sizes?

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I can find size of a folder by Windows Explorer ‘Properties’ menu. Why do I need ShowSize?

January 30, 2008

But you can’t compare sizes of different folders using Windows Explorer because it doesn’t list all the folder sizes in a single report.
It would be a painful process to see the properties for each folder, then note down the folder sizes separately and compare them.
ShowSize gives you convenient reports listing the sizes of [...]

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Do you have anyway to run a report that lists file age (i.e. creation date and/or last modified date)?

January 30, 2008

The reports “Only Files” and “Folders and Files” show modified date. Moreover an advanced option allows you to use modified time as “later” 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 [...]

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How do I get a columnized text file export?

January 30, 2008

New ShowSize has many reports now. Moreover they are highly customizable. But columnized text output won’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 [...]

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