FastCopy
computer software
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At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
is a file and directory copier that runs under
Microsoft Windows. It was originally
open-source
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, under the GPLv3 license, but later
freeware
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releases reported "Due to various circumstances, distribution of the source code is temporarily suspended". In version 5.0.0, it changed the license for a newly added Pro version with addition features, and separated the use case in non-domestic environments, while previous versions allow using FastCopy in workplace.
[
There are 32- and 64-bit versions, which run under Windows 7 and later, and Windows Server 2012 and later. The total size of the executable and DLL files comprising 64-bit version 4.1.7 is 1.3MB. It can run as a free-standing ]portable application
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or be integrated into the Windows shell
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, and claims to achieve reading and writing performance close to the device limit.lifehacker
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, Fastcopy was several times faster than its rival Teracopy
TeraCopy is a freemium file transfer utility designed as an alternative for the built-in Windows Explorer file transfer feature. Its focus is data integrity, file transfer reliability and the ability to pause or resume file transfers.
Design ...
, a program with similar functionality. However, both programs have been updated since then. A more extensive comparison was performed between TeraCopy v2.07beta, KillCopy v2.85, FastCopy v1.99r4, SuperCopier
Ultracopier is file-copying software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supersedes ''SuperCopier''.
Features
Main features include:
*pause/resume transfers
*dynamic speed limitation
*on-error resume
*error/collision management
*data security
* ...
v2.2bet and published on a forum in 2009.
In Microsoft Windows prior to Windows 10 v1607, programs that use the Win32
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API, such as Windows Explorer
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, do not support path names longer than 260 UTF-16
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characters; later versions of Windows allow this to be changed via the registry Registry may refer to:
Computing
* Container registry, an operating-system-level virtualization registry
* Domain name registry, a database of top-level internet domain names
* Local Internet registry
* Metadata registry, information system for re ...
or group policy. FastCopy does not use Microsoft's API and places its own calls to the NT kernel, allowing operations with path names longer than 260 characters.
In 2015 FastCopyV2.11 (BSD License
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) was ported to Mac OS X by Japanese PostProduction L'espace Vision. It is sold on the Mac App Store
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as "RapidCopy". In 2016 L'espace Vision released the Linux version of "RapidCopy for Linux" on GitHub
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under a BSD 2-Clause license.
Screenshots
Image:FastCopy.jpg, FastCopy On Windows 7
Image:FastCopy-GenSettings.jpg, FastCopy General Settings Window
Image:FastCopy-ShellSettings.jpg, FastCopy Shell Settings Window
Reception
Bogdan Popa, who reviewed FastCopy 3.92 in Softpedia
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Website
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, praised the product as being "An overall efficient and reliable file management tool" and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars. User ratings by 419 users gave it an average of 4.2 out of 5 stars.
On December 25, 2015 (JST), FastCopy was given Grand Prize in the .
Ported versions
* macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
: RapidCopy
* Linux
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: RapidCopy for LinuxRapidCopy for GNU/Linux
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See also
* RichCopy
RichCopy is a file copy utility program developed by Ken Tamaru of Microsoft Corporation, discontinued in 2010. It is multi-threaded, which permits it under some circumstances to copy files faster than some other copiers available for the Windows ...
* Robocopy
Robocopy, for "Robust File Copy", is a command line interface, command-line directory and/or file replication command (computing), command for Microsoft Windows. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. Created by Kevin Allen and ...
* Teracopy
TeraCopy is a freemium file transfer utility designed as an alternative for the built-in Windows Explorer file transfer feature. Its focus is data integrity, file transfer reliability and the ability to pause or resume file transfers.
Design ...
* Ultracopier
Ultracopier is file-copying software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supersedes ''SuperCopier''.
Features
Main features include:
*pause/resume transfers
*dynamic speed limitation
*on-error resume
*error/collision management
*data security
* ...
References
External links
*
* {{github, laurent22/fastcopy
Utilities for Windows