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The status bar's functionality in Windows 7 (and maybe Vista, but I don't know for sure) is no longer showing me what it used to in previous Windows. I have tried all possible options such as Classic Shell and so on. Basically, the one thing I miss most is seeing at a glance the total size of my selected files.

I know I can press Alt+Enter or whatever, but that's not the point. The point is that the so-called 'details' pane stops providing details if more than 15 files are selected. Cannot understand the reason behind such a stupid arbitrary limit, that doesn't seem to be user-configurable at all.

Anyway, what I'm looking for is a way to change that limit, either via the registry or otherwise. Is this at all possible?

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Put this in a text editor, save it as a .reg file, then apply it. this changes it from 15 to 256, but you can use whatever number you want.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Sets maximum files allowed to be opened concurrently to 256. (Default is 15.)
; Hexadecimal.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"MultipleInvokePromptMinimum"=dword:00000100
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This does not work on my machine, not even after reastarting explorer.exe or the machine itself. – István Zachar Jan 13 '12 at 16:47
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When I select more than 15 items, and click Show more details in the pane at the bottom, it tells me how big the selection is. I'm not sure what the issue here is.

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yeah, the issue is that I need to keep pressing that $#^% link every single time I select more files. If it can show the combined size for up to 15 files automatically, why not more? I'm looking for a way to increase that limit of 15 somehow. – Paul Feb 25 '11 at 14:20
Bearing in mind that Windows is on so many computers all over the world, you may find you're in the minority here. Try switching to a different file manager, like Total Commander. I'm a fan of it. – Randolph West Feb 25 '11 at 18:02
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@Randolph, That is the same line of thinking that Microsoft is using and is leading to the problem. They tried to simplify the OS for novice users who barely use the system, but did not bother to leave the option available for "advanced" users. – Bobson Sep 30 '11 at 1:27
Windows 8 isn't much better, though. – Randolph West Sep 30 '11 at 3:53

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