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DiskSavvy Options Dialog

Select the 'Tools - Advanced Options' menu item to open the options dialog.

DiskSavvy Options Dialog General

The 'General' tab allows one to control the following options:

  • Show Main Toolbar - Enables/Disables the main toolbar
  • Always Show Profile Dialog Before Start - This option instructs DiskSavvy to show the profile dialog before starting the analysis process.
  • Auto-Close Successfully Completed Tasks - select this option to automatically close the process dialog and show analysis results.
  • Automatically Check For Product Updates - select this option to instruct DiskSavvy to automatically check for available product updates.
  • Show Scanning Access Denied Errors - select this option to see error messages when DiskSavvy is prevented to scan files in a directory
  • Process System Files - select this option to analyze system files and directories
  • Abort Operation On Critical Errors - by default DiskSavvy is trying to process as many files as possible logging non-fatal errors in a process log. Select this option to instruct DiskSavvy to abort operation when encountering a critical error.

The 'Shortcuts' tab provides the user with the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts. Click on a shortcut item to edit the currently assigned key sequence. Press the 'Default Shortcuts' button to reset all keyboard shortcuts to default values.

DiskSavvy Options Dialog Shortcuts

The 'Proxy' tab provides the user with the ability to configure the HTTP proxy settings. DiskSavvy uses the HTTP protocol in order to inquire whether there is a new product version available on the web site.

DiskSavvy Options Dialog Proxy

By default, DiskSavvy detects proxy settings and connects to the Internet directly or through an HTTP proxy depending on the configuration of the host computer. Depending on a specific host and network configuration, the user is provided with the ability to connect to the Internet directly, trough automatic HTTP proxy discovery or manually by entering the HTTP proxy server name and port.

DiskSavvy News

30-Oct-2025

DiskSavvy v17.4 adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins allowing one to categorize and filter disk space analysis results by the file type. In addition, the new product version improves the performance of the disk space analysis operations on multi-core and multi-CPU systems and fixes a number of bugs.

30-Sep-2025

DiskSavvy v17.3 adds the ability to export the disk space analysis results file categories to the JSON report format allowing one to generate various types of bars charts and pie charts using AI data analysis platforms. In addition, the new version improves the main DiskSavvy GUI application, improves the network search dialog and fixes a number of bugs.

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