windirstat.info

This software was suggested by a reader, Patrick, who commented on TreeSize Free. After checking out WinDirStat, it’s clearly a great utility. WinDirStat helps you manage your hard drive space. Packed with features, not only does this free software list the size & percentage of disk space used for all folders & sub-folders on your computer, it also gives you a graphical representation of your files, sorted by the type of file extension. There are also no limits on this software, this isn’t a trial version but genuine freeware, so you can scan specific folders, multiple local drives and even network drives without any restrictions (scanning network drives can be especially useful for network administrators trying to keep things lean and tidy). More handy features include user defined cleanup jobs, so you can run regular cleanups on different folders as well as shortcuts to command prompt and windows explorer for fast access to folders and files.

The main file view is also packed with information, not only do you get shown the size of folders but extra attributes as well such as total files, the number of sub-directories, last modified date and even details such as folders being read-only or hidden.

Tip: Just hit F9 to toggle the Treemap (graphical view) on/off for a clearer view of the scan results.