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!



Eureka, its copy-handler! Its freely available for download with manuals, FAQs, installtion guide, screenshots, 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 ! You can download source code 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