Disk Usage Analyser v3 by Glenn Delahoy (C) Copyright 2011 All rights reserved Description ----------- Disk Usage Analyser is a Windows Explorer clone but with tools to help you track down disk usage. It scans the selected disk to generate statistics on size, files and folders. A configurable list of preset filters can be used to show only files of specific types. Reports can be generated in text, csv, xml and html format. An optional disk monitor will update the display in real time when changes are made to the folders on display. Disk Usage Analyser is written for .Net v3.5. Works for 32 bit and 64 bit Windows. License Agreement ----------------- This software is distributed free of charge. It may be used as many times as you like, for as long as you like. You may copy and distribute copies of this program provided that you keep all original documentation including this readme.txt file with copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty intact. You may not charge money or fees for the software product to anyone except to cover distribution costs. Warranty -------- This program is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will any copyright holder be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the program (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the program to operate with any other programs). Technical Support ----------------- No guarantees whatsoever are implied that technical support will be provided or that technical support, when provided, will be accurate. This software is basically unsupported and supplied on an as-is basis. Usage ----- I will assume you can drive Windows Explorer and won't bother going into too much boring detail. When you select a drive it will be scanned, the list view will display folders and files as you would expect then each folder will be scanned to determine the number of files and folders contained therein and the total size of everything in the folder. As you continue navigating down the tree, the folders will be scanned in the background as you go. The favourites button allows you to bookmark the places you go to often. The add option will add the currently selected folder to the list. The file system watcher will watch for changes to files in the background. When changes are detected in any file or folder that you are currently viewing, the list will be refreshed. This is off by default. You can use the refresh button to manually refresh the display at any time. Note that it is not advisable to switch on the file system watcher at the root level of the Windows system drive (C:) as Windows is constantly updating files in the background which will cause the display to constantly refresh and interrupt itself. You can choose from various report formats to output the information of the currently selected folder. The report is saved to a temporary file and then opened in the associated application for that file type. If there is no associated application you may be prompted to select an application to view the file. You may filter the display by selecting the file and/or user filters. You can provide your own file filter by typing a wildcard spec into the area at the end of the drop down menu. It can be a single wildcard spec or a number of specs separated by semi-colons. The preset file filters are contained in the config.xml file so if you're handy with xml you can modify it to your own requirements. The user filter will slow things down so only use it when you need it. The list view style button provides a number of different styles; the most useful in this situation are the details and tile views. -------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes Version v3.00 ------------- Initial release of version 3. -------------------------------------------------------------- Comments/suggestions to: support@delahoy.com http://www.glenn.delahoy.com