Calculate folder size from the command line

Even with the huge amount of space that I have, I am always running out. When that happens I start digging.

Usually I wait through this:

If you have more than just a few folders, it can be a huge waste of time.

I ran across a free tool from Microsoft called “Disk Usage”

You can download it from here

It is a command line tool. Point it at any folder, and get the same information:

With one catch – it is much faster than using Windows Explorer 

For example, I went to the properties of a development folder on our server. It took 1 minute and 10 seconds to get the total size.

With Disk Usage it took 15 seconds.

The next part I am about to show you is even better. It is the real reason I love this tool. If you use the -v option, it will show you a breakdown of how much each sub folder is taking up:

Now with a quick glance, I can see what folders are taking up the most space. From there I can investigate and clean out anything that is not needed.

How to create Name Less Folders: Windows Simple Hack Trick.

Though creating a single file or folder with no name is not a very tough task as many of us already aware of this… just use spacebar instead of any other key and save a file or folder it will be created.

But the real surprised will be if someone is able to create another file or folder at the same location as the earlier one as we all know no two files or folders with the same name can be exists at the same location, even typing spacebar twice or thrice would not solve the issue.

Now are you looking for a trick here? Yes! There can be so many folders or files as wish just follow the simple steps given below:

1) Select file, Press ‘F2′.

2) Hold ‘Alt’ key and type ’0160′ from the numpad.

3) Release the ‘Alt’ key. Now without doing anything else, again hold ‘Alt’ key and type ’0160′.

4) Press ‘Enter’ and you will have second nameless file in the same directory.

5) Repeat step 3 to create as many nameless files or folders in the same directory.

Though it looks that the name less folders easily created with the trick, but to deal while deleting them is more tricky… use either Unlocker or  start your computer in ‘Safe Mode’ and delete it from there.