File Explorer Missing Disk Space Readout From Drives With Long Names

So, basically.. I know exactly what is happening here, but I don't know how to fix it. This was something changed in an earlier update that I've been putting up with for a few months now.

I tend to use longer names for my drives to keep things organized and looking nice. It used to be that if a name was too long it would truncate the name in file explorers tile view, basically the end of it would fade away behind the drive letter. What it does now, is it puts the rest of the name and/or the drive letter on a second line, moves the bar indicating disk usage down a line, and completely removes the actual digital readout of drive space. If I shorten the name it returns the readout, but I would prefer not to have to do that. Does anyone know a way to make this return to its old behavior?

For what it's worth, I AM on the Insider Preview builds (16299.19 currently) but seeing as its been doing this for some months now, I believe it would do this on an up to date consumer build as well.

Here is a screenshot if you can't quite understand what I'm describing.

That's been like that since almost forever. Not something new. Long device/partition names truncate or totally wipe out the space needed for the numbers. Hover over the partition/drive and it pops up. I've never found a solution for it. As a test one time, I set my default font down to something around 8pt at default 100% resolution, and the disk space free and total size would show. Unfortunately, I could not see or read anything else in the system! :) So I just live with it knowing it's currently unavoidable, and has been for a long time.

Bree said:

No, that's not new. What is new is that the space allocated to the drive icon has suddenly doubled (and hence the space for the name shrunk). Names that were an acceptable length in all version up to 1703 are now far too long in 1709 - that's the change being complained about.

If you say so. Mine are just like they have been last few versions. Insider, too. Bottom line, if the name is now too long, it shrinks. Feedback Hub, or change the font/size to accommodate.

Or use a different display format.

First sight of the whitespace to the left of the drive icon being used for its planned purpose. Look at the Recipes folder here...

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