Size column in Everything uses different method than other programs do

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

My large test file shows in

● Windows [10 Enterprise 20H2 x64] Explorer: 31.4 GB (33,811,154,600 bytes) - for Size in Properties
● Windows [10 Enterprise 20H2 x64] Explorer: 31.4 GB (33,811,156,992 bytes) - for Size on disk in Properties
● Windows [10 Enterprise 20H2 x64] Explorer: 33,018,706 KB - for Size column
● FreeCommander XE 2023 Build 906 64-bit Donor Portable: 31.49 GB - for Size Auto column
● Mp3tag 3.25 x64 Portable: 31.49 GB - for Size column
● Everything 1.5.0.1372a x64 Portable: 33.811 GB - for Size column

Where is this difference coming from between Everything and also used by me on a daily basis FreeCommander and Mp3Tag? I do not really care for what Windows Explorer is showing in its column for size of items, but how can I switch in Everything to reporting method used by these 2 other my go-to programs?

[tuska]

That's how it looks for me:

Everything.ini

Code: Select all

size_ceil_search=0

2024-04-20_Size in Everything and Total Commander.png (31.58 KiB) Viewed 117 times

 
References:
size:
Request: Number value exactness tolerance and approximation
Total-Size-On-Disk, Total-Disk-Size, Free-Disk-Size, Available-Free-Disk-Size

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Thank you for these detailed references


It seem that I would have to switch back from using

Tools > Options > View > Size standard > Metric

to

Tools > Options > View > Size standard > JEDIC

but then it would brig back this issue: viewtopic.php?t=14336

But then I could workaround it by switching from

Tools > Options > View > Size format > Auto

to e.g.

Tools > Options > View > Size format > MB

but I just do not know which trade-off is worse for me. Maybe I should adjust what my FreeCommander is showing- if it is possible at all? But then again I would also have to change it in Mp3tag [which apparently uses JEDIC with auto]- which to my knowledge is impossible

This is hell of a conundrum

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

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This is hell of a conundrum

Yep, this is what I get in [left to right] FreeCommander, Everything and Mp3tag for the same set of files with unit bordering sizes:

SIZE TEST.jpg (611.15 KiB) Viewed 30 times

I like what I see in Everything, which was achieved by using

Tools > Options > View > Size standard > Metric
Tools > Options > View > Size format > Auto

settings - but despite turning on every possible version in FreeCommander I still always get different numbers. [While Mp3tag I can leave out as it is as I seldomly need to take a precise info about size from that particular program]