This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the drive space indicator bar for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The drive space indicator bar gives you a visual display of available free space for each drive shown on This PC in File Explorer.
The drive space indicator bar is blue until free space gets below 10%, then the bar turns red to help let you know the drive is low on free space.
If wanted, you can remove the drive space indicator bar to no longer show on drive tiles.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the drive space indicator bar for all drives.
The drive space indicator bar will only show while using either the Tiles or Content layout view in This PC.
EXAMPLE: Add and remove drive space indicator bar
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
2 Add Drive Space Indicator Bar for All Drives
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_drive_space_indicator_bar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive]
"TileInfo"="prop:*System.PercentFull;System.Computer.DecoratedFreeSpace;System.Volume.FileSystem"3 Remove Drive Space Indicator Bar for All Drives
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_drive_space_indicator_bar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive]
"TileInfo"="prop:*System.Computer.DecoratedFreeSpace;System.Volume.FileSystem"4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 If File Explorer is currently open, then close and reopen File Explorer to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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