File System Tree
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.

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 |
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Update this Branch |
Updates the statistical data for the selected subdirectory. This is usually faster than updating the whole directory. |
Update this Folder |
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:

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

