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# Welcome

In today’s digital landscape, effectively managing data has become a critical challenge for many organizations. Information is scattered across various storage systems, hidden within complex folder structures and network shares.

TreeSize empowers you to regain control over your data. This versatile tool for Windows offers comprehensive file and disk space management, allowing you to visualize and analyze storage usage down to the folder level.

Use this guide to maximize your productivity with TreeSize and manage your disk space effortlessly. Take a visual tour or explore the product data sheet to discover all the ways TreeSize can optimize your file and disk space management.

- Overview
  - Why Choose TreeSize
  - Key Capabilities
- Installation
  - Unattended Installation
    - Roll-out on various work stations
    - Activation
  - Default Settings
- Quickstart
- Using TreeSize
  - Ribbon Bar
    - Application Menu
    - Quick Access Toolbar
    - Home tab
    - Scan tab
    - Tools menu
    - View menu
    - Help tab
  - Scan Targets
    - Local File System Paths
    - Remote File System Paths
    - Mobile Devices and Smartphones
    - WebDAV Server
    - Linux/Unix Server via SSH
    - Google Drive
    - Amazon S3 Cloud Storage
    - Azure Blob Storage
    - SharePoint
    - Outlook mailboxes
  - Selecting a scan target
    - Available scan targets
  - Directory Tree
    - Notes
    - Expand or collapse the Directory Tree
    - Group scans in the Directory Tree
  - TreeSize Views
    - Charts
    - Details
    - Extensions
    - Users
    - Age of files
    - Top Files
    - History
  - Drive list
    - Context tab
  - Snapshots
    - Creating a snapshot
    - Comparison with a snapshot
  - Disk Usage Comparison
    - Enabling comparison mode
    - Comparison with a snapshot
    - Comparison with saved scan
    - Displaying the comparison
  - Scanning SharePoint
    - Microsoft Entra ID (formely Azure AD) Configuration
  - Options
    - Display
    - Directory Tree
    - File groups
    - Age of files
    - Charts
    - Top files
    - General scan options
    - Scan filters
    - Printer
    - PDF
    - Excel
    - HTML
    - CSV
    - XML
    - SQLite
    - Text
    - Email
    - Application start
    - Context menu
- Using File Search
  - 1 Ribbon Bar
  - 2 Search Types
  - 3 Results List
  - 4 Status Bar
  - 5 Drive List
    - File Search Ribbon Bar
    - Search paths
    - Basic search
    - Duplicate file search
    - Advanced search
    - File search templates
    - How to exclude files
    - Process search results
    - File Operations
    - Mass renaming files
    - Search options
- Using Scheduled Tasks
  - How to schedule tasks
    - Scheduling scans
    - Command line options
    - How to schedule a file search
    - How to schedule a move or delete operation
- Tips & Annotations
  - Notes on NTFS
    - Access Control Lists
    - File Based Compression
    - Sparse Files
    - Reparse Points: Volume Mount Points and Symbolic Links
    - Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
    - Hardlinks
    - Automatic Data Deduplication
    - Offline Files
  - Regular expressions
    - More examples
    - Tools for creating regular expressions
  - Translations
- Copyright & Contact