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Under the

Tools > Settings > View > Status Bar > Content > Define Details > Text Pattern

and

Tools > Settings > View > Status Bar > Content > Define Details > Hint Pattern

user scan utilize
to see info about the real size of selected items


But what about size on a given drive, i.e. in accordance to its allocation unit size?

I think there should be separate codes for that ["size on disk" as it is described in Windows Explorer], something like
perhaps?

What about existing [fc_sizeOnDisk...]?

What about existing [fc_sizeOnDisk...]?

It seems that this is currently not working.

Are you merely taking an aducated guess here - or were you actually using this variable in the past?

I get zero results when I search for "fc_sizeOnDisk" [https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... eOnDisk%22, https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=%22fc_ ... %22&ia=web, https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22fc_siz ... cc=0&ghpl=]

Karol wrote: 20.09.2023, 20:59 [...]
currently not working.

Forez wrote: 21.09.2023, 10:02 Are you merely taking an aducated guess here - or were you actually using this variable in the past?
[...]

Well?

But what about size on a given drive, i.e. in accordance to its allocation unit size?

You can select from the popup menu the "Size on disk ..." items.
The info "Size on disk..." is showed only if the column "Size on disk..." exists.

Yes I can, thank you

But why does it need to have SizeOnDsk Column turned on in order to be able show such on disk size?

Providing information about the allocated memory on the hard drive slows down data loading.
Most users don't need this info.

OK, I have added option to define in the freecommander.ini (next release): If you want always load the size, change the line to

Will this be an equivalent of turning on the Size of folders option, which option when used shows the size of folders in the Column named Size Auto?

Has this been implemented?

I get zero result when I search for

AlwaysLoadFileAllocatedMemorySize

within files of

C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\AppData\Local\FreeCommanderXE\Settings

Forez wrote: 06.04.2024, 12:42 Has this been implemented?

I get zero result when I search for

AlwaysLoadFileAllocatedMemorySize

within files of

C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\AppData\Local\FreeCommanderXE\Settings

This entry definitely exists, at least for me

In the FreeCommander.INI file? In what section of it?

Section: You can just close FC and add it there manually, at the end of the list.

Forez wrote: 06.04.2024, 14:53 In the FreeCommander.INI file? In what section of it?

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