# How can I sort my folders by properties?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840 "2009-01-04T19:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![EverLearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EverLearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EverLearner)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840/1 "2009-01-04T19:28:37Z")

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When I use the “arrange icons by” feature in File Explorer, it only arranges the files by the property I choose. The problem is that most of my files are located in separate folders and I need to sort those folders by their size. What’s the easiest way to do so?

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840/2 "2009-01-04T20:11:21Z")

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I used a bit of freeware which adds a “folder size” to Windows Explorer. Is that perhaps what you’re looking for?

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**Author:** ![EverLearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EverLearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EverLearner)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840/3 "2009-01-04T20:51:28Z")

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Yes, that’s what I’m looking for. I hope the program can arrange the folders by their size. And I hope you have the name of the program.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840/4 "2009-01-04T21:16:07Z")

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Try Treesize Pro.

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840/5 "2009-01-04T23:08:10Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Try Treesize Pro.

That one looks good.

The one I used is, apparently, [FolderSize](http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/). It looks as if it doesn’t work in Vista, however.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-sort-my-folders-by-properties/479840/6 "2009-01-05T02:55:16Z")

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I’ve been using [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) for quite some time now.