{"id":20910,"date":"2021-02-25T09:27:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=20910"},"modified":"2021-02-25T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:27:56","slug":"windirstat-a-visual-drive-space-tree-mapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windirstat-a-visual-drive-space-tree-mapper\/","title":{"rendered":"WinDirStat &#8211; A Visual Drive Space Tree Mapper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">WinDirStat &#8211; A Visual Drive Space Tree Mapper<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/windir0.png\" alt=\"WinDirStat - a colorful free drive treemapper - Cloudeight Freeware Pick\" width=\"400\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WinDirStat was recommended to us by Mike R. Thanks so much for your recommendation.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WinDirStat is a free drive space tree mapper that uses directory treemaps that show you each file or folder as a colored rectangle. This allows you to see immediately what files and folders are using your hard drive space and how they are distributed across the drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/windir.png\" alt=\"WinDirStat - a colorful free drive treemapper - Cloudeight Freeware Pick\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">File types are color-coded. You can click on them or right-click on them, and show the file name, type, and more details. You can also access any file or folder via Windows Explorer, or copy the path, and\/or even delete the file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/windir1.png\" alt=\"WinDirStat - a colorful free drive treemapper - Cloudeight Freeware Pick\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WinDirStat examines all your hard drives and all external drives that are connected to your computer; it is not limited to your Windows drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">A word from the author of WinDirStat&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows&#8230; On startup, it reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The directory list, which resembles the tree view of Windows Explorer but is sorted by file\/subtree size. The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away. The extension list, which serves as a legend and shows statistics about the file types.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The treemap represents each file as a colored rectangle, the area of which is proportional to the file&#8217;s size. The rectangles are arranged in such a way, that directories again make up rectangles, which contain all their files and subdirectories. So, their area is proportional to the size of the subtrees. The color of a rectangle indicates the type of the file, as shown in the extension list. The cushion shading additionally brings out the directory structure.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you&#8217;re interested in how your drives are being used, or you want to find out what files and\/or folders and hogging your drive space, WinDirStat is a freeware program that can help you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WinDirStat is safe and useful freeware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can read more about WinDirStat from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/windirstat.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">program&#8217;s website<\/a><\/span>, but we highly recommend you download it from SnapFiles as it&#8217;s much easier to find the correct download link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapfiles.com\/downloads\/windirstats\/dlwindirstats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download WinDirStat from SnapFiles here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-editor-squiggler\" style=\"color: initial; 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