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Crios

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:15 am
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How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead of KB ?

Thanx,
Crios

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Sparda

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:24 am
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Carn't you just work it out your self?

1000KB = 1MB

heance 100KB = 0.1MB etc.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Hi The default in Windows Explorer is the size of the file. Any file under 1MB is shown in either Bytes or KBs. Any file size over 1MB is shown in MBs. What are you seeing? -- Will Denny MS MVP Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "Crios" wrote in message > How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead of KB ? > > Thanx, > Crios >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Sparda wrote: > "" wrote: > > How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead > > of KB ? > > > > Thanx, > > Crios > > Carnâ€™t you just work it out your self? > > 1000KB = 1MB WRONG > > heance 100KB = 0.1MB etc. > >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

Sparda

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:16 am Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.]

I know, 1024KB = 1MB, although acording to hard drive manufacturers 1000KB is 1MB, but taking 1M to be 1024 makes the KB to MB conversion that bit harder. For example 353KB would not simply be 0.353 (simple device by 1000), you would first have to work it out as a percentage of 1024, and then convert that percentage into decimal, (in the case of 343KB that works out to be 34.47265625 as a percentage, which is 0.3447265625 as a decimal so 353KB is 0.3447265625MB) >> Stay informed about: File size in MB Last edited by Sparda on Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:15 pm; edited 2 times in total

Ken Blake MVP

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:52 am Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Sparda wrote: > "" wrote: >> How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead >> of KB ? >> >> Thanx, >> Crios > > Carnâ?Tt you just work it out your self? > > 1000KB = 1MB The difference may not be important to him, but then again it may. Actually 1024KB equals 1 MB. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

Crios

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In "Details" view I see all sizes in KB (regardless of file size), i.e. a GB file is shown #,###,### KB. "Will Denny" wrote in message > Hi > > The default in Windows Explorer is the size of the file. Any file under > 1MB is shown in either Bytes or KBs. Any file size over 1MB is shown in > MBs. What are you seeing? > > -- > > > Will Denny > MS MVP Windows Shell/User > Please reply to the News Groups > > "Crios" wrote in message > >> How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead of KB ? >> >> Thanx, >> Crios > > >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

Ken Blake MVP

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Sparda wrote: > I know, 1024KB = 1MB, although acording to hard drive manufacturers > 1000KB is 1MB, but taking 1M to be 1024 makes the KB to MB conversion > that bit harder. Yes, that's true. I also recommend that instead of using a value of 3.14159 for pi, you use just 3. It makes the arithmetic so much easier. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Windows uses kibytes (2^10) and Mibytes (2^20). But these weren't invented when Windows was first written so it uses k to mean ki and M to mean Mi. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read David defending the concept of violence. http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/10/entering_the_...html#mo ================================================= "Sparda" wrote in message > "" wrote: > > Sparda wrote: > > > "" wrote: > > > > How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB > > instead > > > > of KB ? > > > > > > > > Thanx, > > > > Crios > > > > > > Carnâ€™t you just work it out your self? > > > > > > 1000KB = 1MB > > > > WRONG > > > > > > > > heance 100KB = 0.1MB etc. > > > > > I know, 1024KB = 1MB, although acording to hard drive manufacturers > 1000KB is 1MB, but taking 1M to be 1024 makes the KB to MB conversion > that bit harder. For example 353KB would not simply be 0.353 (simple > device by 1000), you would first have to work it out as a percentage > of 1024, and then convert that percentage into decimal, (in the case > of 343KB that works out to be 34.47265625 as a percentage, which is > 0.3447265625 as a decimal so 353KB is 0.3447265625MB) > > -- > Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's request > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards > Topic URL: http://www.windowsforumz.com/File-size-MB-ftopict446139.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1511409 >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Actually 1024B= 1KB abd 1024 KB=1MB... "Sparda" wrote in message > "" wrote: > > How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead > > of KB ? > > > > Thanx, > > Crios > > Carnâ€™t you just work it out your self? > > 1000KB = 1MB > > heance 100KB = 0.1MB etc. > > -- > Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's > request > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards > Topic URL: http://www.windowsforumz.com/File-size-MB-ftopict446139.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: > http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1509825 >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

Crios

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: File size in MB [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Can any of you actually give a solution ???? I know how to make the conversion, all I want is the file size to be shown in MB. "Crios" wrote in message > How can I set Win Explorer to show me filesizes in MB instead of KB ? > > Thanx, > Crios > > > >> Stay informed about: File size in MB

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