Menu Items
Main Form Menu Items
File
New
Prompts you to select a new folder for which stats should be displayed.
Open
Prompts you for the name of a file that contains a previously saved set of folder statistics.
Save
Use this option to save the current root folder’s statistics to an XML formatted file that can be used later to refresh the statistics display on the main form
Save As
Allows you to change the name of the file before saving the current root folder stats.
Delete
Deletes the file referenced in the Current Folder area of the form.
CAUTION: This delete does not first save the file to the Recycle Bin. Use Windows Explorer to delete files if you need to have the deleted file retained in the Recycle Bin.
Export
To Excel
XLS Format
Copies statistics for the current root folder to an Excel XLS formatted file.
XLSX Format
Copies statistics for the current root folder to an Excel XLSX formatted file.
WARNING: You must have Excel 2007 or later installed on your machine for export to an Excel spreadsheet file to work.
To CSV Text File
Copies statistics for the current root folder to a text file with data in comma separated values.
To Delimited Text File
Copies statistics for the current root folder to a text file. This option allows you to specify the column and line separators. You would use this option, for example, if the file or folder names contain commas which would throw off the column separations.
To MS Access Database File
MDB Format
Copies statistics for the current root folder to a Microsoft Access database file. Access MDB file format will be used.
ACCDB Format
Copies statistics for the current root folder to a Microsoft Access database file. Access ACCDB file format will be used.
WARNING: You must have Access 2007 or later installed on your machine for export to an Access database file to work.
To XML File
Copies statistics for the current root folder to a XML formatted file.
Page Setup
Click this item to specify printer settings.
Prints the statistics for the folder represented in the Current Folder area of the form.
Print Preview
This item outputs the Current Folder statistics to a Print Preview screen. You can send the formatted output to a printer from the preview screen.
Recent Files
Item contains a list of the recently saved and read root folder statistics files.
Exit
Terminates the application.
Tools
Options
Launches form that allows you to override various application options.
See Tools Options Overview for complete discussion.
Context Menu
Add
Adds right-click context menu for pfFolderSize to Windows Explorer.
Context menu will be titled Get Folder Size Details.
You can open the selected folder in the Windows Explorer in the pfFolderSize application.
Remove
Removes right-click context menu for pfFolderSize from Windows Explorer.
Reset
Empty Recent Files List
Removes all file names from the Recent Files list.
Reset Last Viewed Folder
Blanks out name of last viewed folder so that stats for that folder will not automatically be reloaded on restart.
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