Directory Usage Monitor Copyright (C) Moose O'Malley, ----------------------- September 2007. +===========================================================+ | T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S | +===========================================================+ | * Introduction | * Using Directory Usage Monitor | * The Future | * Reviews / Awards / CDs | * Freeware Information | * Warranty | * Amendment History | * Contacting the Program's Author +===========================================================+ Introduction : -------------- Directory Usage Monitor for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, etc. This program is free software. Anyone - any person, any company, or any business - can use this program for free. No fees or payment is required. See "Freeware Information" below. Directory Usage Monitor enables you to analyse the disk space used and the number of files present in a directory and all of its sub-directories on a harddisk, floppy disk, CD ROM, Network Drive, or any other form of disk. If you have ever asked the questions : - Where the hell has all my disk space gone ? - Which directories are using the most disk space ? - Which user's on a Network drive are using the most disk space ? - How much disk space is Fred using on the Network Drive ? - How many files are there in this directory tree ? Then Directory Usage Monitor could be of great use to you ! This utility could be used by Network Administrators, Systems Administrators, or by users who need extra disk space or find out where / what directory is using lots of disk space. Using Directory Usage Monitor : -------------------------------- Simply select the Drive and Directory you wish to analyse and click the "Update Dir Info" button. Directory Usage Monitor will then work out the disk space used by the particular directory and all it's sub-directories and the number of files in each directory. The "Total of All Directories" (KB used and number of files) is displayed for the total of all directories under consideration. If you wish to "Stop" this process at any time, simply click the "Stop" button. (This will result in the process being stopped and the text "*** Aborted !!" appearing in various cells. You can sort in ascending or descending order on Directory name, KB of space used, and the number of files present in each directory under consideration. The Future : ------------ Much new functionality can be added to this program in the future, such as : - Make the program a *LOT* more userfriednly. For example, log the space used by all directories on a disk and then allow the user to instantly drill down and drill up through directory structures, and see the space usage as they go. - Keep a history of disk space usage so that comparisons can be made to see how usage has changed. - Command Line mode - like Checksum Calculator - so that the program runs automatically at (say) Windows startup. - Ability to display file sizes in KB, MB, GB, TB. - Make the application reside on the Windows Tray Bar. - Add in ability to log all directories on a given drive and store this information, so that as directories are traversed are revisited, the data does not need to be logged again. - For each sub-directory, display the number of sub-sub-directories it has. - Display the maximum file size, average file size, etc for each directory. - Format all numbers with a comma thousands separator. - Anything else ? If anyone requires any of this or other functionality, or has any other suggestions, please email me and let me know ! Reviews / Awards / CDs : ------------------------- None yet ! Freeware Information : ----------------------- This is free software. Anyone - any person, any company, or any business - can use this program for free. No fees or payment is required. However, if you find the program useful, then please consider making a PayPal donation to support my efforts. (To make a donation, please run the program and select the "About" option under the Help menu, and then click the PayPal link on the "About" screen). Warranty : ---------- This software and the accompanying files are provided "as is" and without warranties as to performance or merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. The user assumes the entire risk of using this software. If you do find any faults with this program, email me and let me know. Amendment History : -------------------- Vers Date Description 1.0 13-Apr-1998 First Public Release. 1.1 01-Feb-2001 Store the INI settings file in the program's directory, rather that in the Windows' directory - there's enough crap there already ! ;) Fix an old bug in Borland Delphi / Windows NT to fix NTDLL.DLL errors on closedown which occured on some Windows NT configurations. (7,823 lines of code / comments.) 1.2 17-Apr-2001 Add in support for "Big Fonts" and "Other Sized Fonts" - with these Windows resizes the windows automatically - but only sometimes and it doesn't always do it right, so now I make sure my main window is the right size before doing any scaling, etc. i.e. I make it fit the component(s) that extend the furthest right and furthest down the form. See the Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Pannel -> Display -> Settings Tab -> "Advanced" button -> "General" tab for your PC's settings in this area. Bring program up-to-date with my latest code libraries. (8,669 lines of code / comments.) 1.2b 20-Nov-2002 Bring the program up to date with my latest code libraries. (33,104 lines of code / comments.) 1.2f 3-Sep-2007 This program is now FREEWARE - see "Freeware Information" above. If this program was not downloaded from my Home Page, then it is possibly an old version. The latest version of this program is available from my WEB page - see below. Mike "Moose" O'Malley ____________________________________________________ Moose's Software Valley - Established July, 1996. WEB: http://move.to/moose ____________________________________________________