Windows shows more space used, than actually is

When I check the size of a directory via properties in windows 7 it shows 8,12 GBs are used. Since I am unable to locate those gigabytes in the subdirectories I checked with the powershell which shows not even a gigabyte is used.

Here are some screenshots: (sorry for the german)

http://imgur.com/a/c9ZjI

( 1003734516 kB should be 957.23 mB )

Could anyone tell me what to do to get those numbers right?

Solution 1:

It’s really quite simple: Apply -Force. ;)

Otherwise, hidden items (like the AppData folder) will be skipped. You need to use Get-ChildItem -Force -Recurse.

And if you want to find all those space hogs, use a specialized tool like WinDirStat.