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I happen to have quite a few symlinks floating around on my SSD that link to large files on another drive (.ost,.pst,.msi etc).

WinDirStat seems to count these files as being on the SSD, when in fact they are not.

Is there a tool that is:

  1. Free (beer)
  2. Does at least the core of what WinDirStat does? (Gives a graphical overview of where space is being taken up)
  3. Runs on Windows (8)

Are there programs that meet these criteria?

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    I used to use Spacemonger for a while but I noticed that it too, gets tripped-up by Windows 10's filesystem trickery - but I don't know if Windows 10 is using symlinks or hard-links or reparse points or junction points or something else. Then there's also the new stuff they added for OneDrive and "reserved files". Hmmm.
    – Dai
    Commented Aug 16, 2020 at 3:32
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    WinDirStat 1.1.2 does not have this problem any more (in fact it's configurable and off by default)
    – Thomas Weller
    Commented Aug 18 at 17:40

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Experiencing the exact same issue with WinDirStat and found SpaceSniffer, which seems to handle symlinks as you'd want it to (i.e. it doesn't include them in the current drive's space).

I think it's no longer being actively developed but it seems to work okay for me (on Windows 10 and 11).

I found it on this thread on Hacker News so have a look there for other potential alternatives if this doesn't fit for whatever reason.

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Wiztree was much faster (6s for my drive) than WinDirStat (440s for the same drive) and does not count symlinks. It's free for personal use. It has the same useful block view as WinDirStat.

Wiztree

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