Folder Size Explorer (FREE) - View Size of Folders and Organize Them on Windows

Windows Explorer that comes with Windows doesn't show size of folder in 'Details' view. 

Right clicking at the target folder then select 'Properties' will show you the size of folder.

But if you want to see the size of multiple folders, it is a waste of time and you will end up with multiple windows of properties on the screen.

If you select multiple folder by holding down Control key, then right click and select 'Properties', you will get the total size of selected folders. That might not what you want.

There is no size of folder in 'Details' view, so you can not sort folders by size.

If files and folders are in the same folder, you can sort files by size, but all folders will be at the end of the list. That looks funny to me.

Someone says "Do you have to download the 3rd-party app to view size of folders?"
I think it depends on what you do, what you are working on. If it gets your task done faster, why not?

This free app show size of folder in MB,KB and GB. And it adds Windows Explorer's right-click menus so you don't have to make a switch for managing your stuff.

The test steps - Folder Size Explorer 2.0
Download from: https://www.folder-size-explorer.com/
OS: Windows 11 Home

1. Download the app.

Right click the downloaded file.

Select 'Extract All...'

Click 'Extract'. A new window shows, open a file 'FolderSizeExplorer'.

Install the app.

Open the app.

A program's window shows.

You can sort by size.

Select to make app show size in KB,MB,GB.

Right-click menus for managing files/folders.

The test steps - Folder Size Explorer 2.0
Download from: https://www.folder-size-explorer.com/
OS: Windows 11 Home

Hide Files and Text Inside Image or Audio - SilentEye - Windows 11

A dedicated app for hiding files inside picture or audio file. It provides many options. To decode a file you need to set the same values when that file is encoded.

The test steps - SilentEye 0.4.1
OS: Windows 11 Home
Download from the developer's website: https://achorein.github.io/silenteye/download/?i2


1. Download, install and open the app.

I dragged .png image to the app's window.

 

The image is in the tab in the app's window.

Click 'Encode', a new window shows.

Click a button to select a file ( a green circle in the picture above).

I added a video file, the app showed '-164995/115 octets available'.

I clicked 'Encode', the message showed 'Selected media doesn't have enought space to encode your message!'.

It did not let me encode a file. I thought when negative value presents (-164995/115 octets available), the encoding is not allowed.

I removed a file and selected 1 KB text file (its size is smaller than the size of an image file) but the negative value still presented.

I changed the encoding format to BMP.

There was no negative value. Then set the destination. 

The values in the picture below is based on the quality of image which was set to 'best'

I checked 'Enable encryption' and set key.

Set the image quality to 'best'.

 

Clicked 'Encode'. The window disappeared, I checked in the folder, the output file can be viewed by Photo app.

To decode, I dropped .bmp file into the app's window.

Clicked 'Decode', selected the right encoding format which was 'BMP', checked 'Encrypted data', entered key, set the image quality to 'best', clicked 'Decode'.

 

Clicked a button to save file. 

2. This app lets users hide a file inside .wav file. I haved tested it, there is no issue.

The test steps - SilentEye 0.4.1
OS: Windows 11 Home
Download from the developer's website: https://achorein.github.io/silenteye/download/?i2

Encrypt Files with a Key File Free on Windows 11

 Its website says 'unbreakable one time pad file encryption'

 

A key file in this app means a file that is qualified to be used for encryption/decryption. The message in the app's window will tell you which file is.

The test steps - FinalCrypt 6.8.0
OS: Windows 11 Home
Download from the developer's website: https://www.finalcrypt.org/

1. I downloaded .msi file.

 

Opened the downloaded file, the new window showed.

 Clicked 'More info' then clicked 'Run anyway'

 The window showed progress bar.

 After it finished, FinalCrypt is ready.

2. I opened the app.

From the picture above, the left pane is for selecting files to be encrypted or decrypted, the right pane is for selecting a key file.

The message in the box tells what users can do in the next step.

From the picture above, a file 'vv.mp4' is ready to be a key file, so the message box says 'Encrypt Files'. After clicking the button 'Encrypt', the encrypted file has the extension '.bit'

If something is not updated, try refreshing by righ clicking at the left/right pane and click 'Refresh'

When a file is qualified to be a key file for decryption, the message box shows like the picture below.

You can set password too, it's optional. Password is set after pressing Enter, the app shows message 'Password (set)'

The message box shows 'Wrong Key/Pass?' when a key file is wrong or a password is wrong or both are wrong.

This app can batch encrypt files. 

If a folder is selected to be encrypted, this app will encrypt all files in that folder.

If a file is not allowed to be a key file, the message box shows 'Select Key Directory'.

In this case, try using a file that has a bigger size.

FinalCrypt on GitHub.com

 

The test steps - FinalCrypt 6.8.0
OS: Windows 11 Home
Download from the developer's website: https://www.finalcrypt.org/