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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

12-May-2025

DiskSavvy v17.0 adds the disk space analysis reports sidebar view allowing one to open previously saved disk space analysis reports directly from the DiskSavvy GUI application. In addition, the new product version improves the layout of the DiskSavvy Server GUI application, improves the disk space analysis log view and fixes a number of bugs.

27-Mar-2025

DiskSavvy v16.9 adds disk space usage pie charts to the built-in disk space monitor allowing one to continuously monitor one or more disks or network shares and send E-Mail notifications or perform automatic disk space analysis operations when the amount of the free disk space drops below the user-specified limit. In addition, the new product version improves the main DiskSavvy GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

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