checking available disk space in the shell

wintermoot

Anyone find a location where this may be viewed? It does not appear in the shell, Cortana does not know, and I'm not seeing it in the device portal. Thanks!

HoloSheep

According to the docs :

"Unlike Windows on a PC or phone, HoloLens does not have a File Explorer application."

Apps are also restricted to a number of special folders, so it does not look like the current implementation of the HoloLens shell provides a way to look specifically at disk space information.

I am guessing that the shell might warn the user if they try to install a new app and there is insufficient space with some message telling them they may need to uninstall another app to make space.

There is also likely an error that gets returned from the save api call when you are writing to one of the three allowed areas so that your app can warn users that the destination does not have enough space to complete the operation, please choose another location (aka One Drive).

There may be some power user way (that we haven't found yet) but it looks like the Shell UI is not yet providing access to disk information.

Wiredcoach

I also have not been able to find it.

HoloSheep

According to the docs :

"Unlike Windows on a PC or phone, HoloLens does not have a File Explorer application."

Apps are also restricted to a number of special folders, so it does not look like the current implementation of the HoloLens shell provides a way to look specifically at disk space information.

I am guessing that the shell might warn the user if they try to install a new app and there is insufficient space with some message telling them they may need to uninstall another app to make space.

There is also likely an error that gets returned from the save api call when you are writing to one of the three allowed areas so that your app can warn users that the destination does not have enough space to complete the operation, please choose another location (aka One Drive).

There may be some power user way (that we haven't found yet) but it looks like the Shell UI is not yet providing access to disk information.