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When you right-click on a folder or file in the tree on the left, TreeSize Professional will display the Explorer context menu. Additionally you will find the following menu items in the TreeSize Professional submenu.

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Apply NTFS Compression

Compresses the entire directory branch using NTFS Compression. TreeSize Professional updates its statistical data while it compresses the branch. This operation can take a long time, depending on the amount of data that needs to be compressed.

Decompress

Decompresses all files in the selected directory branch for which NTFS compression is turned on. This operation can be used to reverse the above operation.

New Folder

Creates a new folder in the selected folder

Expand

See below

Update this Branch

Updates the statistical data for the selected subdirectory. This is usually faster than updating the whole directory.

Update this Folder
(non recursively)

Reads the contents of this directory again and updates the statistics, but does not recurse into subfolders.

Find Deepest Nesting

Searches the folder with the deepest directory level. This can be useful to find folders that violate the path limit of Windows of 255 characters.

Remove from TreeSize (Temporarily)

Using this menu item you may remove a folder from TreeSize Professional  and its calculations. The removal is only temporary, the folder will not be deleted physically from the disk. Thus it will show up again during the next scan.

Remove from TreeSize (permanently)

The selected folder will be permanently removed from  TreeSize Professional  and its calculationsby adding it to the Exclude list.

Search with TreeSize File Search

Opens the TreeSize Professional File Search and makes this folder the active folder for searches.

Copy Branch Data to Clipboard

Copies the collected statistical data of all folders in the selected directory branch to the clipboard

Export As

Allows to export this subbranch of the file system to Excel, HTML or text file, similar to File > Export.

Copy List of Files

Copies a list of all files in the selected directory branch to the clipboard

Copy Full Path to Clipboard

Copies the path of the current directory to the clipboard as text.

The topmost item of each scanned folder has a different context menu which looks like this:

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Open

Opens the selected folder in a simple Windows Explorer window

Explore

Opens the selected folder in a Windows Explorer window with directory tree on the left

Properties

Shows the Properties dialog of the folder or drive

New Folder

Creates a new folder

Windows Explorer

Shows the context menu of the Windows Explorer for the scanned folder or drive.

Update

Rescans the current directory branch

Update this Folder
(non recursively)

Reads the contents of this directory again and updates the statistics, but does not recurse into subfolders.

Expand

See below

Export data

See Export Submenu

Find Deepest Nesting

Searches the folder with the deepest directory level. This can be useful to find folders that violate the path limit of Windows of 255 characters.

Merge in Virtual Root

Using this feature it is possible to group scans under a virtual root folder. This virtual root folder shows a summary of all scans that are part of this group. This way you can merge different scans together e.g. for printing or exporting.

Remove From TreeSize

This menu item will remove the currently selected scan from the view.

Search with TreeSize File Search

Opens the TreeSize Professional File Search and makes this folder the active folder for searches.

Scan Always on Startup

If this option is is activated, TreeSize Professional will start scanning this folder if it is started and no other paths are passed on the command line or from the Explorer context menu.

Show All Errors

Displays a list with all errors that occurred during the scan, e.g. directories that could not be listeed due to missing access rights.

The Submenu "Expand"

Full Expand

Expands the selected folder and recursively all its sub-folders

To Level X

Selecting this menu item will show the first x levels of the current folder

Expand Folder over

This menu item allows you to expand only those folders in the tree which are larger than a certain size.

Remove Folder <xxxMB

Selecting this menu item will remove all folders which are smaller than a certain size from the directory tree.

Set Size

Allows you to specify the folder size for the above two operations

Context Menu on the "Details" tab

The list on the Details tab shows the Windows Explorer context menu when you right-click on an item. Additional a submenu labeled TREESIZE is included which shows all information that is available about the selected item including the columns that are currently not activated. This submenu may also be used to activate or deactivate columns.