Windows 10: tree size and file explorer showing different used space

how did i notice?my dirive allocated space is about 176.44gbwhen i was trying to free space i opened tree size to see what was going on i notice that it said i had 121.34gb usedso about 55.1gb freebut when i opened file explorer it said i have 61.1 gb free so the difference is about 6 gbbut when i opened cmd and typed this command 'fsutil volume diskfree C:' it showed i had the same as file explorer but it showed i had 5 gb reserved and that is almost the difference but the rest of the diff is coming from windows folder on treesize it shows it's 28.47gb but in file explorer 27.1gb so this is

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File Explorer shows wrong folder size

I think the issue is solved. The problem of File Explorer Properties showing greatly reduced folder size was present in my Documents folder and my two most used folders under Documents. Looking at the TLPD results I noticed that along with the 17,000 results from the folders "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" and "C:\Users\[me]\AppData", there were about 4 results from each of these two most used folders. I went to those files in the first folder and shortened the names to well below 255 characters. Then File Explorer Properties showed the correct folder size (that is to say the same size as Tree Size Free shows), but Documents folder size was still wrong. Then I went to the second of these two folders and carefully did the same fix. Now File Explorer Properties folder size is correct for this folder and is correct for Documents.

Documents and both of these folders are present in my Quick access. Before this fix, I noticed that if I checked folder size in File Explorer, I got the wrong size whether I used the left pane under Quick access, or the right pane; but if I hovered over the folder in question in the right pane, the pop-up showed the correct size. I don't know if either of these are pertinent to the original problem.

Strangely, the wrong folder size problem never appeared in the two folders for which TLPD returned 99% of it's results: "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" and "C:\Users\[me]\AppData". File Explorer Properties and Tree Size Free always agreed.

So I guess that if you want your File Explorer Properties to work correctly, you must run TLPD occasionally and rename any long file names under Documents; or carefully avoid long names.

Any suggestions on how to avoid this problem or an easier fix would be appreciated.

Thanks for everybody's help.

 

C drive free space reduced by hidden files

Tree Size free shows space used of 107.5Gb

File Explorer >This PC shows details of C:\ ie xxgb free of xxGb

 

File Explorer not showing disk size

Hey there guys,

For the past few days the file explorer is not showing any disk sizes, even when I connect a USB. But in the properties it shows me how much is the total space, used space and free space. Don't know how to resolve this.

Thank you, hoping for a quick reply.

Alan