Filter

Define filtering options for TreeSize Free. Please find more detailed information in the topic "Filter".

Clear Filter

Remove active filtering options.

Hide empty folders

If this option is enabled, all folders that contain no files (after the current filter settings have been applied) will be hidden.

Tooltips

Allows to select the type of tooltips shown for folders hovered within the Directory Tree:

User Interface

Allows you to switch between the classic and the touch optimized user interface .

User Interface > Use classic UI

Check to start TreeSize Free with classic user interface on every start.

User Interface > Use touch optimized UI

Check to start TreeSize Free with touch optimized user interface on every start.

User Interface > Detect automatically

This option allows TreeSize Free to automatically detect which user interface should be used.

Options

Shows up a collection of additional options.

Options > Show Size Indicators

Determines whether the gradients should be drawn in the background of the directory tree or not

Options > Show Compressed Files and Folders in blue

If this option is selected, compressed files on an NTFS volume are shown in a blue color. Folders that are partially compressed will have a dark blue color, files and folders that are entirely compressed will show up in a light blue color.

Options > Show dates with time values

Defines whether date values (e.g. in "Last Modified" or "Last Access") should include exact time information.

Options > Show Files in Directory Tree

Determines whether just folders should be shown in Directory Tree or the contained files are only displayed.

Options > Expand also [Files] items

Enable this option to extend also the [Files]-Directory when expanding the directory tree.

Options > Show preceding values in details view

If activated, the caption of the standard view is used for the name column in the details view. If deactivated, the "Name" column on the details view will show the name of the element only.

Options > Show Error Messages after Scan

If activated, a window with errors collected during the scan will show up once the scan has finished. This window may also be opened by clicking the errors-link in the status bar.

Options > Scan with one Thread only

To achieve a better performance, TreeSize Free uses multi-threading as default to scan drives and folders. This option determines to only uses one thread to run through file systems.

Show TreeSize in Explorer Context Menu

Configures the Windows Explorer context menu integration of TreeSize Free.

Always start this application as administrator

Checking for administrator priviliges every time TreeSize Free is started.