Displaying size in file explorer

[TheMarkC1]

Currently in File Explorer, columns like Size and Total Size only display sizes in KB (which is actually a false representation since Microsoft has been using Kibibytes instead of Kilobytes).

Would it be possible to multiply the value by 1.024 and display it with the appropriate scaled units (MB, GB, TB, etc.) in the File Explorer rather than the not-directly-useful value that we currently see? Apologies if this is not particularly straightforward to implement with Windows as it is.

[ff66theone]

To be fair, Microsoft certainly just didn't update that part of explorer since Windows NT 4.0, released in 1996. The 1998 convention didn't exist at the time
I don't think the factor is 1.024, but rather 1/1.024, which is 0.9765625 as it is already using powers of 2. Also, this factor has to be squared or even cubed depending on the unit, as a gibibyte for example is 2³⁰=1024³. Moreover, you may also want an option to make the correct binary units (KiB, MiB, GiB, etc...) shown instead of using (and showing) decimal units all the time.

[pyrates999]

try windhawk for what you want: https://windhawk.net/mods/explorer-details-better-file-sizes