It is not difficult to find out the total amount of space occupied by files contained in a folder on any physical or virtual disk on your computer. To do this, you can use the standard file manager of your operating system. In Windows, this program is Explorer.
Instructions
Step 1
Start the explorer using the assigned hotkey combination WIN + E (Russian letter U). In addition to this method, there are others - for example, by right-clicking on the "My Computer" shortcut, you can select "Explorer" from the pop-up context menu. Alternatively, you can simply double-click this shortcut or select Run from the main menu on the Start button, type explorer and press Enter.
Step 2
Navigate to the folder you want to size by expanding the directories in the left pane of the explorer. When you reach the desired folder, click it and in the status bar you will see the total size of all files stored here. The status bar is located at the bottom edge of the file manager window. If it is not displayed in your explorer, then open the "View" section in its menu and click the item that is named so - "Status bar". Note that the number in the status bar only indicates the size of the files in that folder, not taking into account the presence or absence of subdirectories.
Step 3
Right-click the icon for this folder in the left pane of the explorer if the folder contains subdirectories and you want to know their total size. In the drop-down context menu, select the very bottom line - "Properties". A separate window of folder properties will open, where on the "General" tab (opens by default) in the "Size" line you will see the total weight of all files in this directory along with the weight of files in all subfolders. In addition to the total weight, you can also find out the total number of files and subfolders here.
