WinDirStat

Version documented: 2.1.0 Installer type: .exe (NSIS) / Portable Hives written: HKCU, HKLM

📁 Registry Paths

Path	Hive	Purpose
`SOFTWARE\WinDirStat`	HKCU	User preferences
`SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinDirStat`	HKLM	Uninstall entry

🔑 Keys

HKCU\SOFTWARE\WinDirStat

Value Name	Type	Example Data	Description
`LanguageId`	REG_DWORD	`0`	UI language (0=system default)
`MainWindowLeft`	REG_DWORD	`100`	Window left position
`MainWindowTop`	REG_DWORD	`50`	Window top position
`MainWindowWidth`	REG_DWORD	`1200`	Window width
`MainWindowHeight`	REG_DWORD	`800`	Window height
`ShowTimeSpent`	REG_DWORD	`0`	Show scan time in status bar
`TreeListColorCount`	REG_DWORD	`8`	Number of treemap colors
`FollowMountPoints`	REG_DWORD	`0`	Follow mount points during scan
`FollowJunctionPoints`	REG_DWORD	`0`	Follow junction points
`UseFallbackLocale`	REG_DWORD	`0`	Fallback to English locale

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinDirStat

Value Name	Type	Example Data	Description
`DisplayName`	REG_SZ	`WinDirStat 2.1.0`	Display name
`DisplayVersion`	REG_SZ	`2.1.0`	Version
`Publisher`	REG_SZ	`WinDirStat Team`	Publisher
`InstallLocation`	REG_SZ	`C:\Program Files\WinDirStat`	Install path
`UninstallString`	REG_SZ	`"...\unins000.exe"`	Uninstaller

📝 Notes

The portable version writes no registry keys.
FollowMountPoints and FollowJunctionPoints should remain 0 to avoid infinite recursion on systems with loop mounts.
WinDirStat 2.x is the maintained community fork of the original WinDirStat 1.x.

# Check if WinDirStat is installed
(Get-ItemProperty "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\WinDirStat" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).PSPath

# Disable junction point following (safety for shared/VM drives)
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\WinDirStat" -Name "FollowJunctionPoints" -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\WinDirStat" -Name "FollowMountPoints" -Value 0 -Type DWord

🗑️ Cleanup

# Remove WinDirStat user preferences
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\WinDirStat" -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

📦 Package Managers

Manager	ID / Command
winget	`winget install WinDirStat.WinDirStat`
Chocolatey	`choco install windirstat`
Scoop	`scoop install extras/windirstat`