The Weirdest Thing Windows XP

[honsbeek]

HI ,

I have a weird problem ...
When I right click and choose properties for a folder (containg downed mp3's) to see how large the size is of the total folder, I get about 1.69 Gigabytes. However there is much more in the folder. When I enter the folder and select all folders in it, and right click and properties then I get a totally different size amount, about 5.50 gigabytes. How is this
possible ???

Please advise
thank you
Ralph

 

[bigstanklo]

Do you have other folders inside the top folder?

 

[dnoch]

Do you have other folders inside the top folder?

That problem does not happen with XP, only prior versions of windows.

Are any of the files within the folder hidden?

 

[honsbeek]

Yes there are more folder in that main folder.
But I think I know what is causing it. The very first folder's size
in that main folder is the cause i believe. The size of the first folder
is 1.59 Gigabytes, and all following folders are not recorded when the main folder is selected and properties. But when I move the first folder of mp3's to another location and leave the rest , then recheck the properties, then I see a larger amount (actual amount) of gigibytes of size.

So i guess the folder itself in crooked

your thoughts