Finding total number of Folders and Files on C: drive

(Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click on
"HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get information on used
space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There is no
information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders (88) or the
total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive. I got the total folder and
total file information by MANUALLY counting the number of folders ("Top
level") and right clicking for properties on EACH of the (88) ("Top level")
folders. This was a lot of work. Is there an easier way to get this
information?

(Q#2) When I ran AOL's program "AOL Spyware Protection" it scanned 51,743
files which is 132 more files than I counted. I double checked my manual
counting and got the exact same results. I then ran the NoAdware v3.0
(Spybot) spyware program and it scanned 60,323 files which is 8712 files more
than I counted. What are these extra files and where are they?

1) Open Windows Explorer, select the C: drive in the left pane.
Press CTRL+A, which will select all visible files and folders in the right pane.
In the right pane, right-click any one of the selected files, and click Properties
on the menu that appears.
The Properties box will show you a total count of all files and folders on C:

2) There are hidden files, that will not show up unless you set your folder options
to show all files:
Click Start Settings Folder Options View tab, set the Hidden Files setting to
"Show All Files", and uncheck the box for "Hide file extensions for known files
types", then click OK.
See he
http://home.mindspring.com/~glee29/images/f-opt98.jpg
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PSRumbagh" wrote in message
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(Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click on
"HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get information on used
space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There is no
information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders (88) or the
total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive. I got the total folder and
total file information by MANUALLY counting the number of folders ("Top
level") and right clicking for properties on EACH of the (88) ("Top level")
folders. This was a lot of work. Is there an easier way to get this
information?

(Q#2) When I ran AOL's program "AOL Spyware Protection" it scanned 51,743
files which is 132 more files than I counted. I double checked my manual
counting and got the exact same results. I then ran the NoAdware v3.0
(Spybot) spyware program and it scanned 60,323 files which is 8712 files more
than I counted. What are these extra files and where are they?

"glee" wrote:

1) Open Windows Explorer, select the C: drive in the left pane.
Press CTRL+A, which will select all visible files and folders in the right pane.
In the right pane, right-click any one of the selected files, and click Properties
on the menu that appears.
The Properties box will show you a total count of all files and folders on C:

2) There are hidden files, that will not show up unless you set your folder options
to show all files:
Click Start Settings Folder Options View tab, set the Hidden Files setting to
"Show All Files", and uncheck the box for "Hide file extensions for known files
types", then click OK.
See he
http://home.mindspring.com/~glee29/images/f-opt98.jpg
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PSRumbagh" wrote in message
...
(Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click on
"HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get information on used
space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There is no
information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders (88) or the
total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive. I got the total folder and
total file information by MANUALLY counting the number of folders ("Top
level") and right clicking for properties on EACH of the (88) ("Top level")
folders. This was a lot of work. Is there an easier way to get this
information?

(Q#2) When I ran AOL's program "AOL Spyware Protection" it scanned 51,743
files which is 132 more files than I counted. I double checked my manual
counting and got the exact same results. I then ran the NoAdware v3.0
(Spybot) spyware program and it scanned 60,323 files which is 8712 files more
than I counted. What are these extra files and where are they?


Glee:
Your Windows Explorer approach worked fine in Windows 98 First Edition. It
revealed that I have 52,371 files including hidden files in 2883 folders.

I also discovered that the MSDOS command C:\dir/s would reveal the total
number of non-hidden files (48,626 files in 8,217 dir(s)). Also, the MSDOS
command C:\dir/s/ah revealed the total number of hidden files (510 files in
20 dir(s)). The results were the same from either the MSDOS Prompt Windows
shortcut or from booting up under MSDOS. Why does Windows Explorer show
52,371 files while MSDOS shows 49,136 (48,626 + 510 = 49,136) files? Note,
running a full scan using the program "AOL Spyware Protection" reveals that
it scanned 52,371 files, the same number as the Windows Explorer approach.

Thanks for the hint.

Paul Rumbaugh

Paul,
When you use DIR /s you get an output of all files EXCEPT hidden files *and* system
files.
When you use DIR /s /ah you are getting only the hidden files, but not the system
files.

Just use: DIR /s /a
When you use the /a switch without specifying attributes, DIR displays all files,
*including* hidden and system files.

Windows Explorer will list all files regardless of attributes when you select all
and right-click choose Properties, as long as you have your Explorer View settings
at "Show All Files" (Start Settings Folder Options View tab)
http://home.mindspring.com/~glee29/images/f-opt98.jpg
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PSRumbagh" wrote in message
...


"glee" wrote:

1) Open Windows Explorer, select the C: drive in the left pane.
Press CTRL+A, which will select all visible files and folders in the right pane.
In the right pane, right-click any one of the selected files, and click
Properties
on the menu that appears.
The Properties box will show you a total count of all files and folders on C:

2) There are hidden files, that will not show up unless you set your folder
options
to show all files:
Click Start Settings Folder Options View tab, set the Hidden Files setting to
"Show All Files", and uncheck the box for "Hide file extensions for known files
types", then click OK.
See he
http://home.mindspring.com/~glee29/images/f-opt98.jpg
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PSRumbagh" wrote in message
...
(Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click on
"HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get information on used
space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There is no
information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders (88) or the
total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive. I got the total folder and
total file information by MANUALLY counting the number of folders ("Top
level") and right clicking for properties on EACH of the (88) ("Top level")
folders. This was a lot of work. Is there an easier way to get this
information?

(Q#2) When I ran AOL's program "AOL Spyware Protection" it scanned 51,743
files which is 132 more files than I counted. I double checked my manual
counting and got the exact same results. I then ran the NoAdware v3.0
(Spybot) spyware program and it scanned 60,323 files which is 8712 files more
than I counted. What are these extra files and where are they?


Glee:
Your Windows Explorer approach worked fine in Windows 98 First Edition. It
revealed that I have 52,371 files including hidden files in 2883 folders.

I also discovered that the MSDOS command C:\dir/s would reveal the total
number of non-hidden files (48,626 files in 8,217 dir(s)). Also, the MSDOS
command C:\dir/s/ah revealed the total number of hidden files (510 files in
20 dir(s)). The results were the same from either the MSDOS Prompt Windows
shortcut or from booting up under MSDOS. Why does Windows Explorer show
52,371 files while MSDOS shows 49,136 (48,626 + 510 = 49,136) files? Note,
running a full scan using the program "AOL Spyware Protection" reveals that
it scanned 52,371 files, the same number as the Windows Explorer approach.

Thanks for the hint.

Paul Rumbaugh

| Just use: DIR /s /a
| When you use the /a switch without specifying attributes, DIR displays
all
| files, *including* hidden and system files.

That's true, EXCEPT it drove me batty one day to discover "/s /a" will
not cross the barrier of a Hidden OR a System FOLDER. Thus...

C:\dir system.sav /s /a
....snip...
Directory of C:\system.sav\WINDOWS\TASKS
DESKTOP INI 65 04-23-99 10:22p DESKTOP.INI
1 file(s) 65 bytes
Total files listed:
105 file(s) 3,974,332 bytes
107 dir(s) 6,769.41 MB free

....shows TASKS & counts it's file, but will not do so if TASKS is made
Hidden or System...

C:\attrib +s C:\system.sav\WINDOWS\TASKS
C:\dir system.sav /s /a
....snip...
Total files listed:
104 file(s) 3,974,267 bytes
105 dir(s) 6,769.41 MB free


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"glee" wrote in message
...
| Paul,
| When you use DIR /s you get an output of all files EXCEPT hidden files
*and* system
| files.
| When you use DIR /s /ah you are getting only the hidden files, but not
the system
| files.
|
| Just use: DIR /s /a
| When you use the /a switch without specifying attributes, DIR displays
all files,
| *including* hidden and system files.
|
| Windows Explorer will list all files regardless of attributes when you
select all
| and right-click choose Properties, as long as you have your Explorer
View settings
| at "Show All Files" (Start Settings Folder Options View tab)
| http://home.mindspring.com/~glee29/images/f-opt98.jpg
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "PSRumbagh" wrote in message
| ...
|
|
| "glee" wrote:
|
| 1) Open Windows Explorer, select the C: drive in the left pane.
| Press CTRL+A, which will select all visible files and folders in
the right pane.
| In the right pane, right-click any one of the selected files, and
click
| Properties
| on the menu that appears.
| The Properties box will show you a total count of all files and
folders on C:
|
| 2) There are hidden files, that will not show up unless you set
your folder
| options
| to show all files:
| Click Start Settings Folder Options View tab, set the Hidden
Files setting to
| "Show All Files", and uncheck the box for "Hide file extensions
for known files
| types", then click OK.
| See he
| http://home.mindspring.com/~glee29/images/f-opt98.jpg
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "PSRumbagh" wrote in message
| ...
| (Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click
on
| "HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get
information on used
| space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB).
There is no
| information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders
(88) or the
| total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive. I got the total
folder and
| total file information by MANUALLY counting the number of
folders ("Top
| level") and right clicking for properties on EACH of the (88)
("Top level")
| folders. This was a lot of work. Is there an easier way to get
this
| information?
|
| (Q#2) When I ran AOL's program "AOL Spyware Protection" it
scanned 51,743
| files which is 132 more files than I counted. I double checked
my manual
| counting and got the exact same results. I then ran the
NoAdware v3.0
| (Spybot) spyware program and it scanned 60,323 files which is
8712 files more
| than I counted. What are these extra files and where are they?
|
|
| Glee:
| Your Windows Explorer approach worked fine in Windows 98 First
Edition. It
| revealed that I have 52,371 files including hidden files in 2883
folders.
|
| I also discovered that the MSDOS command C:\dir/s would reveal the
total
| number of non-hidden files (48,626 files in 8,217 dir(s)). Also,
the MSDOS
| command C:\dir/s/ah revealed the total number of hidden files (510
files in
| 20 dir(s)). The results were the same from either the MSDOS Prompt
Windows
| shortcut or from booting up under MSDOS. Why does Windows Explorer
show
| 52,371 files while MSDOS shows 49,136 (48,626 + 510 = 49,136) files?
Note,
| running a full scan using the program "AOL Spyware Protection"
reveals that
| it scanned 52,371 files, the same number as the Windows Explorer
approach.
|
| Thanks for the hint.
|
| Paul Rumbaugh
|
|

"PSRumbagh" wrote in message
...
(Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click on
"HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get information on
used
space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There is no
information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders (88) or
the
total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive. I got the total folder
and
total file information by MANUALLY counting the number of folders ("Top
level") and right clicking for properties on EACH of the (88) ("Top
level")
folders. This was a lot of work. Is there an easier way to get this
information?

Run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt.

"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
...

"PSRumbagh" wrote in message
...
(Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click on
"HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get information on
used
space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There is no
information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders (88) or
the
total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive.
snip

Run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt.

That only gives total and available disk space, in bytes. It does not give a file
count of any kind.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I hesitate to do it, having over 11,549 files in 772 folders, but can it
be a file count would be provided with a "/V"...?...

C:\CHKDSK/?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKDSK [drive:][[path]filename] [/F] [/V]

[drive:][path] Specifies the drive and directory to check.
filename Specifies the file(s) to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V Displays the full path and name of every file on the
disk.

Type CHKDSK without parameters to check the current disk.

Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably
detect
and fix a much wider range of disk problems.


C:\CHKDSK

CHKDSK has NOT checked this drive for errors.
You must use SCANDISK to detect and fix errors on this drive.

Volume P C R HARD created 06-25-2005 5:29p
Volume Serial Number is 3843-EC05

8,171,472 kilobytes total disk space
6,931,204 kilobytes free

4,096 bytes in each allocation unit
2,042,868 total allocation units on disk
1,732,801 available allocation units on disk

655,360 total bytes memory
612,608 bytes free

Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably
detect
and fix a much wider range of disk problems.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"glee" wrote in message
...
| "Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "PSRumbagh" wrote in message
| ...
| (Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click
on
| "HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get
information on
| used
| space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB). There
is no
| information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders
(88) or
| the
| total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive.
| snip
|
| Run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt.
|
| That only gives total and available disk space, in bytes. It does not
give a file
| count of any kind.
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|

Nope! No manner of "/V" seems to do a thing. It is ignored...!...

C:\chkdsk /v C:

CHKDSK has NOT checked this drive for errors.
You must use SCANDISK to detect and fix errors on this drive.

Volume P C R HARD created 06-25-2005 5:29p
Volume Serial Number is 3843-EC05

8,171,472 kilobytes total disk space
6,931,204 kilobytes free

4,096 bytes in each allocation unit
2,042,868 total allocation units on disk
1,732,801 available allocation units on disk

655,360 total bytes memory
612,608 bytes free

Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably
detect
and fix a much wider range of disk problems.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"PCR" wrote in message
...
| I hesitate to do it, having over 11,549 files in 772 folders, but can
it
| be a file count would be provided with a "/V"...?...
|
| C:\CHKDSK/?
| Checks a disk and displays a status report.
|
| CHKDSK [drive:][[path]filename] [/F] [/V]
|
| [drive:][path] Specifies the drive and directory to check.
| filename Specifies the file(s) to check for fragmentation.
| /F Fixes errors on the disk.
| /V Displays the full path and name of every file on the
| disk.
|
| Type CHKDSK without parameters to check the current disk.
|
| Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably
| detect
| and fix a much wider range of disk problems.
|
|
| C:\CHKDSK
|
| CHKDSK has NOT checked this drive for errors.
| You must use SCANDISK to detect and fix errors on this drive.
|
| Volume P C R HARD created 06-25-2005 5:29p
| Volume Serial Number is 3843-EC05
|
| 8,171,472 kilobytes total disk space
| 6,931,204 kilobytes free
|
| 4,096 bytes in each allocation unit
| 2,042,868 total allocation units on disk
| 1,732,801 available allocation units on disk
|
| 655,360 total bytes memory
| 612,608 bytes free
|
| Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably
| detect
| and fix a much wider range of disk problems.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "glee" wrote in message
| ...
| | "Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | "PSRumbagh" wrote in message
| | ...
| | (Q#1) In the "Folders" section of Windows Explorer I right click
| on
| | "HP_Pavilion (C" then select "Properties". I only get
| information on
| | used
| | space (6.89GB), free space (2.72GB) and capacity (9.61GB).
There
| is no
| | information concerning the total number of ("Top level") folders
| (88) or
| | the
| | total number of files (51,611) on the C: drive.
| | snip
| |
| | Run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt.
| |
| | That only gives total and available disk space, in bytes. It does
not
| give a file
| | count of any kind.
| | --
| | Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| | http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| |
|
|

snip

Run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt.

That only gives total and available disk space, in bytes. It does not give a file
count of any kind.
=====================

Win98 CHKDSK does show files and directories.

Jack