Issue with program size not displaying in Programs and Features

Question

Recently I have reset windows and completely reinstalled it and in my fresh reinstall the size of some of my programs is nolonger displayed in the programs and features area. For example before the reset the size of steam and all steam games installed was displayed allowing me to easily figure out what games were consuming the most space.

Answer 1

Yeah, this is a bug and there no plans to fix it.

Are you not seeing the size either in Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & Features?

Answer 2

Size is not displayed in Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & Features either. Why didn't I have this bug in my previous install which was only a month ago or so.

Answer 3

Microsoft continually changes things for one unknown reason or another. You should send in feedback to the Windows Engineering Team to let them know.

Press Windows key + F

This will open the Feedback app which you can use to send in feedback.

Answer 4

That looks like the control panel > Programs and Features.

There is an equivalent view in settings > System > Apps & Features.

These values are populated by the system. I have not seen any method of "nudging" the system to update the values.

There are other alternative freeware programs you can use to get the same information, for the whole drive. The can present it in text form like this and some have a "tree view" or "tree map" view that graphically displays the relatitive size of each folder and file. Makes it easier to narrow in on files and folders that use lots of space:

10 BEST FREE TOOLS TO ANALYZE HARD DRIVE SPACE ON YOUR WIN PC – TREE MAP HD – SPACE MAP

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SPACESNIFFER

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffe...

(2012 09 – Ron) I have played with it I like that you can filter out files & folders as you identify you can’t touch them allowing you to focus on remaining space. I also like that it redraws space allocations in real time as files are deleted.

HERE SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO FREE UP HD SPACE. – TREE MAP – SPACE MAP

Note: Buy the USB drive first, then make a Full Image Copy backup BEFORE you start deleting. That way when you realize you “oopsed” and deleted something you REALLY NEED, you will have something to recover from. Use a tool that will allow you to easily extract the files. DriveImage XML

External USB drive

Buy an external USB drive in the 1TB or larger size range. That way you could move all of your data files to the drive if needed. PLUS you will have space to make several image copy backups to this drive. If you plan on buying a new computer in the next year or two, you should consider buying a “USB 3” type drive. Although USB3 is not important for your current machine (it will work at USB 2 speeds), on a new computer it will work up to 10 times faster than a USB 2 connection. So you might as well consider planning for the future.

“Decrapify”

If you are deleting apps, take a look at other apps you have and do not use regularly. Here is a link to a review of a couple of tools to help you “decrapify” your computer:

• www.7tutorials.com/removing-bloat-crapware-pc-decrapifier-or-slimcomputer

• Consider using 3rd party tools to uninstall apps. The third party tools often are more aggressive about deleting everything with old apps.

Disk Cleaner Utilities

It won’t hurt to use a couple of disk cleaners. They are tuned to look for different things. But don’t let any of them run automatically. Do a scan and check the results to ensure it doesn’t get over enthusiastic

CCleaner is a free util that will identify and delete many unused files: http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER http://pcsupport.about.com/od/registry-cleaner/... (review)

http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisediskcleanerfree.... - another one I use periodically

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-restore-ma... - I don’t know if it will work on XP. What it does is allow you to see and delete system restore points you may not need.

• Clean up XP SP’s (1-2-3) and updates

• http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

• How to remove XP SP uninstall files: http://www.ehow.com/how_5143388_remove-service-...

how to remove XP SP2 uninstall files: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/safely-remo...

How to Remove the Uninstall Files for XP SP3 - http://www.ehow.com/how_6346248_remove-uninstal...

• Cleanup Win7 SP1

• http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/158356-extend...

• http://www.worldstart.com/windows-7-desktop-cle...

Duplicate File Finders

Use one or more duplicate file finder tools, i.e.:

http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/23/featured/5-...

http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate...

NOTE: do no rely on “automatic” file selction. Confirm each file deletion manually

Note: there are a lot of small system and application files that are duplicates that you really don’t need. The main example is alternate language support. You will see things like the EULA and HELP files in a dozen or more languages you don’t read. You can delete them.

Locate Large files to delete

Find a “tree space” type disk mapping utility. They display file and folders sizes as relatively sized boxes. This makes it easier to identify places to focus on because they have the largest impact. Here are some examples:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/download-free-dis...

• http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffe...

• http://www.worldstart.com/windirstat/print/

• http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-...

File Compression

After you do all other file cleanup, and before Defragging, consider turning on XP System File Compression. File compression will add a little delay when you read and write file, but is a worthwhile trade when you are short of space. You can identify a lot of data files you don’t use frequently. The same goes with Applications. While you don’t want to compress the whole “Programs” folder, you could compress application subfolders for applications and application sub elements you don’t use frequently. Things like “graphics” or “artwork” or “samples”, or even “Help” are very rarely used, so taking a little longer to open them is not going to be a significant impact on your performance.

Defragment Utility

After you finish all of the file deletion, run a file defragmentation utility. This will consolidate files and free space. it may coincidentally free up a little space. The main thing is by defragging your HD it will read and write files faster.

XP comes with a simple defragger: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848

there are also better freeware. I’ve been using defraggler for a while, but have used others in the past.

http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

HOW TO USE NTFS COMPRESSION AND WHEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO

http://www.howtogeek.com/133264/how-to-use-ntfs...

The NTFS file system used by Windows has a built-in compression feature known as NTFS compression. With a few clicks, you can compress files, making them take up less space on your hard drive. Best of all, you can still access the files normally.

Using NTFS compression involves a trade-off between CPU time and disk activity. Compression will work better in certain types of situations and with certain types of files.

You do NOT want to compress program files, EXE COM, especially ones that you use frequently. Compressing will only slow the program down, especially when starting them.

Compression does not work well on:

• COM EXE program file types
• Office 2007 and newer “X” and “M” file types. They are already compressed.

Compressions works best on large text files such as TXT and HTM.

3 WAYS TO LEARN HOW MUCH SPACE WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS ARE USING

http://www.7tutorials.com/3-ways-learn-how-much...