# Bill Gate's Folder Size

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-folder-size/149747>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-folder-size/149747 "2003-01-20T05:02:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-folder-size/149747/1 "2003-01-20T05:02:56Z")

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A Windows question (I have XP):

Is there a way to find the size of folders and sub-folders in one report?

I find myself clicking on Properties a lot when trying to clean some disk space, and having one report would be nice.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-folder-size/149747/2 "2003-01-20T05:13:13Z")

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The best way I can think of is to recurse down the directory structure with a batch file, but I don’t know if XP still has batch files anymore.

I know some people out there know MS-DOS batch programming better than I do. Little help?

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**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-folder-size/149747/3 "2003-01-20T05:45:19Z")

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There is no native way to see folder sizes in Windows Explorer. Instead, download [TreeSize](http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_download.shtml). It will show you pie charts for any group of folders or subfolders, and a lot else as well.