Show Item Info is not really showing info

Well, here is the problem:
On my desktop I like the icons to show item info. So, I check that option in view options. It works out well enough, but it does not show the amount of free space in my HD. On my MacBook I got it to work with one account, but not with the others. On my MacBook Pro it will not at all. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Joanthan

There seems to be two ways to fix the issue of not having the free space info displayed:
1. Turn off "Show item info" in the View Options
2. Repair permissions with Disk Utility
3. Restart
4. Turn on "Show item info" in the View Options
which didn't fix the problem in my case and:
"force the finder to update how many items you have in a folder [or volume] is to add a new empty folder in the folder showing the wrong items number . Go back and you will see the right numbers of elements/folders in that window [or display option].
Than you can delete the empty folder and the number will be the correct one. It should work for the size too."
which did fix the problem in my case.
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