How to Add a Visual Disk Space Analyzer Tool to the Context Menu in Windows 10 & 11

Disk space analyzers are software packages that scan your PC’s storage drive and display visual reports. Such analyzers provide a visual overview of the biggest and smallest folders and files within directories in bytes and percentage terms. File Explorer doesn’t have any such graphical disk space analyzer for scanning specific folders.

RidNacs are Disk Savvy are two disk space analyzer tools that integrate with File Explorer’s context menu. They enable you to analyze disk space by right-clicking folders and selecting their scanning options. This is how you can add and utilize those disk analyzers in Windows 11/10.

RidNacs is a freeware disk analyzer app with which you can scan whole drives, folders, or removable storage devices (USB sticks). This tool displays storage usage reports with percentage bars that give users a clear picture of what’s hogging the most space. You can add the RidNacs analyzer tool to Explorer’s context menu like this:

1. First, open this RidNacs download page.
2. Click Download Now to view location options for downloading the software.
3. Select Secure Download (US) or External mirror 1 depending on preference.
4. Press Win + E to open File Explorer (see how to open File Explorer for more methods) and double-click RidNacs-2.03-Setup.exe to open the app’s installer.
5. Select your preferred language for the software on the drop-down menu and click OK.
6. Click Next to view the license terms, and select the I accept the agreement option.
7. Keep clicking Next to reach additional task settings. There make sure the Add RidNacs to Windows Explorer Context Menu checkbox is selected.

   

8. Select Next again, and then press the Install button to proceed with the installation.

   

Now you start analyzing folder storage space usage on your PC with RidNacs. Open the Explorer file manager window, and right-click a folder to select Show more options. Click the Analyze Disk Space Usage with RidNacs option on the classic context menu to start the scan.

RidNacs will open and display drive storage usage for all subfolders and files within the directory, as shown in the snapshot directly below. The graphical bars there show you the percentage volume of all the subfolders and files within the selected directory. That window also shows the number of files in each subfolder along with standard size details.

You can select other directories or a whole drive to scan within the RidNacs window. To do so, click File and the Choose Directory option. Then choose another folder or an entire drive to scan and click OK.

RidNacs doesn’t have lots of customization settings. However, you can change the percentage bar style. To do so, click the Preferences button. Then select a different color option on the Percentage bar style. Select Apply > OK to save the new bar style setting.

Disk Savvy is a slightly more advanced disk analyzer tool to RidNacs that includes a variety of pie and bar charts for users to view for analyzed folders. However, the freely available unregistered version’s file analysis is restricted to a maximum of 500,000 files. You’ll need to upgrade the software to its $50 pro version to remove that limitation. These are the steps for adding the Disk Savvy tool to File Explorer’s context menu.

1. Open the Disk Savvy download page.
2. Click the Win 64-Bit Download option for the Disk Savvy v14.7.26 product version.
3. Double-click disksavvy_setup_v14.7.26_x64.exe.
4. Select Next and I Agree to confirm acceptance of the end user agreement.

   

5. Then press Install to add the Disk Savvy tool to the Windows context menu.
6. Select Next when installation is complete.
7. Click Finish to exit the Disk Savvy setup window.

Now you can try out the Disk Savvy analyzer utility. Go into File Explorer, and right-click a folder to analyze to select Show more options > Disk Savvy – Analyze Disk Space. Click the Analyze button on the Default Profile to confirm the selected directory.

The Disk Savvy window that opens displays similar disk usage info to RidNacs. It includes columns that tell you how many files are in the subfolders, the byte size of each folder and file, and the percentage of their root directory’s total size they amount to. However, Disk Savvy also includes a Categorize by submenu that includes various options for viewing categorized file info.

What sets Disk Savvy apart from RidNacs are its bar and pie graph options for viewing disk space usage info. Click the Charts button to access those options. Then you can select an option like Disk Space Per File Type, Disk Space Per Directory, and Disk Space Per Extension to view a pie chart like the one below.

Disk Savvy also has a feature that displays all the top (biggest) files within an analyzed folder. To utilize that feature, click the Top Files button. Then select an option like View Top Images Sorted By File Size or View Top Music Files Sorted By the File Size to see what the biggest ones are.

This software can analyze multiple folders at once. To select multiple folders in the Disk Savvy window, click Default profiles on the left and the + Add input button for directories. Then select the Add Input Directory option, click the ellipsis button, choose a folder to add, and press the OK buttons. Click Analyze to scan all selected folders.

You can save and export disk usage reports to various file formats. To do so, click the Save option. Select a file extension option on the Report format drop-down menu; click the Report type drop-down menu to choose an option there, and press the Save button. You can view the report by opening it from the default Documents folder save location.

Get a Visual Overview of Folder and File Disk Usage in Windows

RidNics and Disk Savvy are useful tools that enable users to quickly analyze disk space usage in selected folders or entire drives. Those context menu utilities give you a comprehensive visual overview of what files and folders are taking up the most space on your hard drive. They’ll come in handy for freeing up drive space through manual user file deletion.