Hey everyone! Thanks to some great feedback, I just pushed a major update (v1.3.1) to the ValleySoft Disk Analyzer!

Here is what's new in this release:

⚡ Extreme Performance Optimizations We radically overhauled the scanning engine. SSD scanning speeds are now significantly faster, and we've completely eliminated the UI hangs and freezes that could happen when scanning massive drives.

🔥 Live UI Streaming You no longer have to wait for a scan to completely finish before seeing results! The UI now populates incrementally in real-time, showing you folders and sizes exactly as they are discovered.

🛡️ Always Run as Administrator Added a new built-in "Always Run as Administrator" toggle in the File menu! It automatically saves your preference and natively relaunches the app via UAC so you can deep-scan protected system directories and hidden files without restrictions.

🛠️ Command Palette Fixes Fixed critical COM bugs and duplicate entries in the native Command Palette Extension. Also, the Standalone App and Command Palette extension are now perfectly unified into a single 1-click installation!

You can grab the update right now: 📥 Microsoft Store: Search for "ValleySoft Disk Analyzer" 📥 GitHub Releases: https://github.com/valley-soft/powertoys-diskanalyzer/releases/tag/v1.3.1

Let me know what you think of the new speeds! Your feedback has been amazing!

Easily toggle Admin rights right from the File menu to scan your entire drive.

A few weeks ago, I shared a native Command Palette extension that I built to analyze disk space right from your keyboard.

The reception from this community was amazing, but a lot of you asked for a full dedicated window to better visualize the data with charts.

So, I’ve just released Version 1.3.0! I unified the Command Palette extension with a brand new, fully-featured Standalone WinUI 3 App—all combined into one single Microsoft Store package!

What's new:

• 🎨 Beautiful Standalone UI: Launch it directly from your Start Menu to view your disk usage in a modern, dark-mode optimized window.
• 📊 Visual Bar Charts: Instantly visualize your storage breakdown to see exactly which files and folders are taking up the most space.
• 📂 Drill-down Navigation: Double-click any folder in the grid to instantly dive deeper, or double-click a file to reveal it directly in Windows Explorer.
• 📦 Unified Installation: One single install now gives you BOTH the native Windows Command Palette extension and the Standalone Desktop App.
• 🤝 Official Extension Gallery: I've officially submitted the extension to the built-in Microsoft Command Palette Gallery (currently awaiting PR approval), so soon you'll be able to install it in one click!

Instantly visualize your storage breakdown to see exactly which files and folders are taking up the most space.

The brand new Standalone UI! View all your drives and instantly drill down into heavy folders.

Double-click any folder to dive deeper, or click a file to instantly reveal it in File Explorer.

Filter your view, show empty folders, and customize your layout right from the View menu.

The brand new Standalone UI! View all your drives and instantly drill down into heavy folders.

Where to get it: The app is currently in the certification process for the Microsoft Store and should be officially live very soon! In the meantime, you can grab the new unified .msix installer directly from the GitHub releases page:

👉 https://github.com/valley-soft/powertoys-diskanalyzer/releases

I'd absolutely love to hear your feedback on the new standalone UI and the visual charts! Let me know what features you want to see next.

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Hey r/PowerToys!

I just released a massive update (v1.2.0) to DiskAnalyzer, a disk usage plugin for PowerToys.

This update practically turns it into a 3-in-1 package. Whether you like living entirely in your keyboard launcher or prefer a full visual explorer, this update covers it all.

🚀 What's new in v1.2.0

✅ Native Windows Command Palette extension — No keyword needed! Just open the new Windows Command Palette, and results will stream in asynchronously while it scans your drives in the background.

✅ Standalone GUI window — A full WPF disk analyzer you can launch instantly by typing ds gui. Expand drives, drill down into folders, sort by size/allocated/items, and reveal files in Explorer with a double-click.

✅ PowerToys Run plugin — Still here, still blazing fast, and now packed with even more commands.

⌨️ PowerToys Run Commands (Trigger: ds)

• ds drives — List all drives with used / free / total + a visual usage bar
• ds C:\SomeFolder — Browse subfolders ranked by largest size
• ds top C:\ — Show top-level subfolders ranked by total size
• ds largest C:\ — Recursively hunt down the absolute biggest files
• ds ext C:\ .mp4 — Find the largest files of a specific extension
• ds empty C:\ — Locate empty folders
• ds gui — Launch the full standalone graphical window

(Pro-tip: You can right-click any result to open it in Explorer, copy the path/size, or drill down further!)

🖼️ Screenshots

• PowerToys Run — main menu with ds keyword
• Advanced commands: largest, top, ext, empty
• ds top C:\ — top folders ranked by size
• Folder scan — C:\WINDOWS subfolders by size
• Command Palette — ValleySoft Disk Analyzer with drives
• GUI — drive overview with usage bars for all 4 drives
• GUI — drill down into C:\WINDOWS showing 109 items

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💾 How to Install

• 📦 Standalone Installer (Recommended) — Download the .exe installer from GitHub. It automatically places the files in your PowerToys directory so you don't have to!
• 🪟 Microsoft Store — Search ValleySoft Disk Analyzer (Coming soon / currently in certification!)
• 📦 WinGet — winget install ValleySoft.DiskAnalyzer (PR pending!)
• 🔧 Manual — Grab the .zip from the releases page and extract it to your PowerToys plugins folder.

For the Command Palette Extension (.msix):

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🔗 GitHub & Download: https://github.com/valley-soft/powertoys-diskanalyzer

Feedback, bug reports, and feature requests are always welcome — feel free to drop them in the GitHub issues or down in the comments here.

Hope this saves you some disk hunting! 🚀

Hey everyone!

I love tools like TreeSize and SpaceSniffer for finding huge files taking up space, but I hated having to open a separate app just to check my drive storage.

So, I built an open-source PowerToys Run plugin called DiskAnalyzer! It lets you instantly scan any drive or folder and see exactly what is taking up your storage—directly from your Alt+Space search bar.

Features:

• Type ds drives to see all your drives with visual usage bars.
• Type ds C:\ to instantly scan and sort subfolders by size.
• Type ds largest C:\ to recursively find the absolute biggest files burying your storage.
• Full Context Menu: Right-click to open in Explorer, copy paths, or instantly drill down deeper into folders.

I just released v1.1.0, which adds "Allocated on Disk" sizes, parallel scanning for crazy fast speeds, and full .NET 10 support so it works perfectly with the newest PowerToys updates. (It even got a shoutout in the official PowerToys release notes!)

You can grab the download and see it in action here: https://github.com/thetsaw/PowerToys.Plugin

Would love to hear any feedback or feature requests from the community!

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