I'm using Vista Ultimate SP2 32-bit and the bug is still in it. Geoff up above clearly doesn't know what he's talking about - it has nothing to do with the width of the window.

Anyways, this bug is VERY similar to the way the desktop icons shrink temporarily from time to time (when the desktop/explorer automatically refreshes itself), but go back to the user's set size with a manual desktop refresh.

Windows 7's design of everything from the Taskbar and start menu to the Windows Explorer is totally screwed and makes even LESS sense than the ambiguous crap of Vista.

In other words, HOLD ON TO XP FOREVER!!!!!!!!! Or try Ubuntu if you can get all the drivers to work HAH!

any updates?

this just didn't work for me. I followed all the steps but i still can't see the sizes of my drives and folders. they used to visible and suddenly...gone!

it would be nice to have them back.

thanks!

With status bar enabled,you should stretch the folder to the width of your screen

Then click on a file

The file size will appear (but it appears in the second segment)

The first segment is so wide that you cannot see the second segment unless the folder window is wider.

Having viewed the file size you can reduce the width of the window and the file size remains visible

You can then click on other files and their file sizes will also be visible

So the issue revolves solely around the width of the folder window

There seems to be no way to reduce the length of the first segment.

I have no idea why the first segment has been set so wide as it doesnt seem to serve any useful purpose other than to indicate the number of items selected
So space for say 40 characters would have been more enough

But Hey Ho, thats microsoft in action - again

VG - Have you had any response ?

This has been a bug in every version of windows. Its annoying not being able to see the size or free space. It does not only happen in root but in different folders also. People who work with windows (more specifically: file management in explorer) a lot and have been doing so in the past too, will confirm this. I'm amazed MS has not noticed/fixed it yet. From windows for workgroups 3.11 filemanager and upwards.