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Title: Windows Software: Copy Handler to replace windows worst built-in file copy/paste Post by: Khushi on May 31, 2007, 01:18:11 AM How many time you wished you could have nice file copying feature in your windows! Following is short list of problems I feel windows built-in copy feature suffers from:
* Multiple copy starts same time, resulting in higher defragmentation (or you have to wait till first completes, before starting next) * No priority control so no matter how important is copy operation to you, other programs will suffer performance loss * In case source and destination folder have same name windows return error no matter the folders have different content * No special provision for bulk data transfer (No auto shutdown after batch-copying, etc) * If window restarts between copy operation, all the progress just get lost without any recovery! * No logging at all so chances are more after some time you may loose track of what have you copied , where you have copied and so on! * No buffer management which can result in performance variations for devices with different speed * No pause/resume of a copy operation * N0 disk space check. (Ideally a copy operation should check it before hand whether destination have enough disk space to continue with copying) * Gush... The list is endless... I am tired now :-( But as someone said if there is a wish, there is a way and like most of the windows problem this one have third-party but open-source solution! (http://www.copyhandler.com/images/zoom/chscreens/thumbs/main.png) Eureka, its copy-handler (http://www.copyhandler.com/)! Its freely available for download (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/downloads/index.php) with manuals (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/manual/index.php), FAQs (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/faq/index.php), installtion guide (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/manual/installation-uninstallation.html), screenshots (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/screenshots/index.php), etc! I tested it for more than a year now and I just cant think of using windiows without it! It solves all problem listed above with additional features like... * Auto-start with windows (optional) * Overriding default windows copy-operation (optional) * Changing target after copy operation is started * Allocate custom buffer size for different devices * Can shutdown when copy finishes * Ask to resume/restart remaining operation after accidental reboots! * Can provide default actions for things like delete source file if already exist and so on.. * There are more... For developers, development manuals are here (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/development/index.php) ! You can download source code (http://www.copyhandler.com/en/downloads/3.html) from this page! I am using tons of third-party software on my windows machine! Starting from today I will write about those I liked and tested over the years! Hope you will enjoy this and find it useful :-) Source: Devil's Workshop (http://rb286.blogspot.com/2007/04/windows-software-copy-handler-to.html) |