What's new in Portable Folder Size 5.3.0.2
Jun 18, 2022
- Fixed: Scanning network drives from Explorer context menu in Windows 11, 10
- Fixed: Crash if rename canceled by switching the focus to another node in Windows 11, 10
New in Portable Folder Size 5.3.0.1 (Jun 15, 2022)
- Added: Improved navigation with back and forward actions
- Added: Improved support for mapped drives in Windows 11, 10
- Added: New installation defaults to AUTO folder sizes
- Fixed: Crash on scanning mapped drives from context menu in rare cases
- Fixed: Updated action states for scan
New in Portable Folder Size 5.2.0.1 (Jun 6, 2022)
- Added: CTRL+C / CTRL+INSERT - Copy, CTRL+V / SHIT+INSERT - Paste, CTRL+X - Cut keyboard shortcuts
- Added: Delete keyboard shortcut (DEL, or SHIFT+DEL) uses the native Windows Explorer delete feature
- Added: Folder tree displays cut state
- Fixed: Application popup items were left disabled if invoked on empty project
- Fixed: First or all item(s) in folder were listed twice on copy/paste of entire folde
New in Portable Folder Size 5.0.0.1 (May 25, 2022)
- Added: Full Windows Explorer context menu for files and folders
- Added: Copy, Cut, and Paste files and folders in the application
- Added: Copy, Cut, and Paste from and to Windows File Explorer
- Added: Improved support for long paths - more than 260 characters
- Added: Monitoring and update of file and folder changes for the scanned locations
- Fixed: File time was not adjusted to the local time zone in rare cases
- Fixed: Very rare issue related to nested folders with the same names
- Fixed: Double-click in drives list was not displaying administrator privileges warning message
New in Portable Folder Size 4.9.5.0 (Oct 7, 2021)
- Added: Support for Windows 11.
- Fixed: Crash on deleting nested folders in certain cases.
New in Portable Folder Size 4.9.0.0 (Jan 13, 2021)
- Added: Empty folders report - zero size
- Added: Empty folders report - zero items
- Added: Empty files report - zero size
- Added: Increased largest, oldest, newest and other report items from 50 to 100
- Added: Faster startup
- Fixed: Position application inside screen area after switching from dual (multiple) to single monitor
- Fixed: Help file was not displaying if the application is started from Windows Explorer context menu
New in Portable Folder Size 4.7.0.0 (Dec 22, 2020)
- Added: Option to show/hide A: and B: floppy drives
- Added: A: and B: floppy drives hidden by default - improves startup speed on Windows 10
- Added: Folder tree sorted by size by default
- Added: Multiple new command line flags to customize export settings
- Added: Lighter background colors for bar charts for easier readability
New in Portable Folder Size 4.5.0.0 (Nov 3, 2019)
- Added: Print Folder tree
- Added: Folder tree popup menu - Expand All Subfolders - Shortcut: CTRL Numpad +
- Added: Folder tree popup menu - Collapse All Subfolders - Shortcut: CTRL Numpad -
- Added: Updated display of Internet Explore 9 requirement for charts on a system with older IE version
- Added: "Others" in chart displayed with a more perceivable color
New in Portable Folder Size 4.2.0.0 (Mar 5, 2019)
- Added: Improved chart performance and hardware acceleration - at least 3 times and higher performance depending on the hardware configuration (video card installed)
- Added: Smoother chart graphics - better antialiasing. Smoother edges and fonts
- Added: Better chart colors - soft yet pleasing colors that are easy on the eyes
- Added: Display error if export file can not be saved
- Fixed: Moving vertical splitter was laggy and could cause a crash
New in Portable Folder Size 4.1.0.0 (Feb 22, 2019)
- Fixed: Access to application's data folder on systems with UAC
- Fixed: Chart and scan issues on 64 Bit systems with UAC enabled
- Fixed: Issues with folders for which permission is denied on 64 bit operating systems
- Fixed: Chart was not cleared on empty folder
- Fixed: Chart was not painted properly if comma was used instead of dot as decimal symbol
- Fixed: Chart was not painted properly if file names contain quotes, commas or other special characters
- Added: Display of Internet Explore 9 requirement for charts on system with older IE version
- Added: Display of items with zero sizes in chart
New in Portable Folder Size 4.0.0.0 (Feb 18, 2019)
- Changed: Removed Adobe Flash dependency - charts no longer use Flash
- Added: Native 64 Bit version is now available - support for larger drives and faster performance
- Added: Improved support for scanning and displaying very long paths
- Added: Command line registration parameters in PRO version
- Added: Shortcut - ALT+UP - Folder Up (Same as Backspace)
- Added: Shortcut - Alt+Enter - Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item
- Fixed: Missing computer name on network locations
New in Portable Folder Size 3.8.0.0 (Jan 30, 2018)
- Added: Loaded/saved project name is displayed in the File Menu - next to 'Load...' instead of 'Save...'
- Added: Better scaling for systems using large fonts
- Fixed: Loading of old project files
- Fixed: Loaded project name was not displayed if a project file was opened by a double-click from Windows Explorer
New in Portable Folder Size 3.7.0.0 (Jan 5, 2018)
- Added: Compressed files and folders are displayed in different color
- Added: Drive names and letters displayed instead of just drive letters
- Added: Current file/folder path displayed in application title
- Added: Longest Paths and Longest File Names reports
- Added: Export Details View option in file menu
- Added: Optional thousands separator
- Added: Loaded/saved project name is displayed in the File Menu
- Added: The cell text is displayed in a hint for items that do not fit in the current column size - was missing for Largest/Oldest reports
- Added: Double-click in drives list scans the selected drive
- Fixed: Settings file could not be saved in rare cases
New in Portable Folder Size 3.4.0.0 (Nov 17, 2014)
- Added: Oldest Files Report
- Added: Oldest Folders Report
- Added: Oldest Files and Folders Report
- Added: Newest Files Report
- Added: Newest Folders Report
- Added: Newest Files and Folders Report
- Added: Complete list of System Files, Backup Files and System Volume Information folder
- Added: Administrator privileges detection and button to restart with elevated privileges
- Added: Size information in the chart near the percentage value in the tool tip
- Added: Reports column states, sizes and positions are stored and re-loaded on startup
- Added: The cell text is displayed in a hint for items that do not fit in the current column size
- Fixed: Removed context menu item "Scan with Folder Size" from Recycle Bin
- Fixed: Position of download buttons on application resize
New in Portable Folder Size 3.0.0.0 (Jan 24, 2014)
- Added: Simultaneous scan of multiple locations for drag and drop items and command line
- Added: Simultaneous scan of multiple locations and setup dialog. Option to scan some or all local drives or multiple folders
- Added: Full UNICODE support
- Added: UNC paths can be added in the folders list for multiple locations - ie \\servername\c$ etc
- Added: Support for mouse Back and Forward buttons
- Fixed: Drives list size units notation is now synced with the rest of the UI
- Fixed: Better refresh of progress bar in Windows 7 and newer operating systems
New in Portable Folder Size 2.6.0.0 (Jul 30, 2012)
- Added: Largest Files Report
- Added: Largest Folders Report
- Added: Scan multiple folders on Drag and Drop (Only in Professional version)
- Added: Scan multiple folders using the -scan command line option. The list of folders is delimited with semicolon. E.g. -scan C:\Folder1;"C:\Folders With Spaces" (Only in Professional version)
- Added: Multiple search masks in filter
- Added: Total size of selected items in status bar
- Added: ESC - clear selection in files list
- Fixed: Some applications were opened in hidden mode on double click. Issue reported on Win7 x64
- Fixed: Corrected navigation button states after New and Load.
New in Portable Folder Size 2.4.0.0 (Jul 2, 2012)
- Added: Reduced project save/load time and size
- Added: Reduced project save/load time and size
- Added: Extremely optimized memory consumption during scan
- Added: Extremely optimized memory consumption for XML and CSV export (close to zero)
- Added: Extremely optimized export speed for XML and CSV
- Added: File New, File Open, File Save toolbar buttons
- Added: Option to hide the download buttons from the toolbar
New in Portable Folder Size 2.1.0.0 (Jul 2, 2012)
- Added: Option to include or exclude the file information in the export
- Added: Option to specify the maximum depth level for the export operation
- Added: Option to export drive or network share size information
- Added: -exp "File Path\Name.xml;File Path1\Name.fsp" - Export command line parameter. Depending on the file extension will export the corresponding file type. Multiple formats can be exported at once by separating the paths with semicolons.
- Added: -s - Silent command line parameter. The application window will not be displayed and the application will exit after the operations are complete
- Fixed: Refresh issue when mixing folder-tree and chart navigation
- Fixed: Missing network machine dates are now exported as NA
- Fixed: Issue when loading projects with network paths
New in Portable Folder Size 2.0.0.0 (Apr 4, 2012)
- Added: Filter (only in Personal and Professional versions)
- Added: Save/Load scan results (only in Personal and Professional versions)
- Added: Export to XML and CSV (only in Professional versions)
- Added: Print (only in Personal and Professional versions)
- Added: Directory attribute in attributes column marked with "D"
- Added: Some columns are formatted to the right for easier reading - file size, folder size, file count etc.
- Added: 5 to 50 times faster scan speed
- Fixed: Shift+Delete keyboard shortcut was not working in files list
- Fixed: Removed zero size files and folders from chart in order to prevent overlapping
- Fixed: Folder Size will install for all users. By default Folder Size was installed for the current user and trying to use it with a different user caused errors
- Fixed: Some small GUI improvements
New in Portable Folder Size 1.9.5.0 (May 18, 2011)
- Fixed: Rare scan termination issue mostly on Win7
- Fixed: Font is changed to Tahoma as it is clearer and supports better ClearType