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FastCopy
Developer(s)Shirouzu Hiroaki[1]
Initial releaseSeptember 28, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-28)
Stable release
3.25 / 19 October 2016; 8 years ago (2016-10-19)[2]
Operating systemWindows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10; Windows Server 2003/2008/2012
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
Available inEnglish/Japanese
Websiteipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en

FastCopy is free open source (GPLv3 license) computer software, a portable file and directory copier that runs under Microsoft Windows.

There are 32- and 64-bit versions, which run under versions of Windows from XP to 10, and Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2010. The files comprising 32-bit version 3.05 are about 900kB.[3] It claims to offer fast transfer of files between hard drives and copying of files within the same drive.[citation needed] It can run as a free-standing application, or be integrated into the Windows shell.

In a test conducted in 2008 by lifehacker, Fastcopy was several times faster than its rival Teracopy,[4] 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 v2.2bet and published on a forum in 2009.[5]

In Microsoft Windows up to and including at least Windows 7, the Win32 API and any program that uses it (like Microsoft's Windows Explorer) has a limitation of maximum 260 UTF-16 characters (MAX_PATH in windef.h) in file and directory paths when performing file copy and rename (including move or deletion) operations, but not in file access (e.g. execution or reading) operations; but this limitation becomes 32,768 when a program uses its own code over the NT kernel for file operations or unlimited if a program accesses the NTFS file system directly in low-level. FastCopy does not use Microsoft's API and places its own calls to the NT kernel, therefore enabling a user or system administrator to perform file copy, move or delete operations even if the file or directory paths involved exceed 260 characters.

Screenshots

  • FastCopy On Windows 7
    FastCopy On Windows 7
  • FastCopy General Settings Window
    FastCopy General Settings Window
  • FastCopy Shell Settings Window
    FastCopy Shell Settings Window

See also

Porting ver

References

  1. ^ http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/FastCopy.shtml
  2. ^ http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en
  3. ^ Download and unpack to see file sizes
  4. ^ Transfer Files Lightning Fast With FastCopy
  5. ^ Is TeraCopy/Equivalent worth using?
  6. ^ RapidCopy(FastCopy for Mac OS X)
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