Disk File Searcher UWP tracks down file types, but is confusing as heck

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Working out where all your disk space has gone is a perennial puzzler - as is trying to work out where the heck you put those WAV recordings from last Christmas. And Disk File Searcher UWP is well placed to help, though I ultimately found its interface too quirky and confusing. See below for screenshots.

From the Store description:

This APP shows a count by file type , grouped by photos , videos, music and documents. It features memory space occupied by each file type , and lets you open files by running the associated application.

So here goes with some screenshots to explain how it presents your phone's (or laptop's - this is a full Windows 10 UWP app) storage:

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The UWP app and its hamburger menu - it's all quite well laid out and wonderfully... orange! (right) some helpful tips included, though it's never entirely clear when a search is running as to whether you need to search again afterwards for something different. I was left confused several times.

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Reporting on file types found, here showing 38 WAV files, then (right) reporting on where they were found. Right, let's dig down...

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Tapping into the folder shows the files and can be opened to see what they are, etc; (right) in Settings you can pick the file types scanned for.

There's quite a bit that I'd like to take up with the developer, not least that stepping 'back' one too many times exits back to the phone Start screen. I kept having to go back into the app over and over again! Look, if a user wants to go back to Start in Windows phones then they HIT THE START navigation control! Plus I then got 'stuck' on the root of my microSD card and couldn't get 'back'. Oh well. Something for an update, I think?

Anyway, you can grab a free trial in the Store here. This is ad-supported and then the idea is that you remove the ads with an IAP if you find it useful enough.

(Discovered through MyAppFree)

Source / Credit: Store