Copy Handler

The Windows free software program Copy Handler is an open-source utility for copying, as well as moving files and folders. It’s very easy and simple to install and use as well. The interface is simple and gives you complete control of all operations, such as copying files, moving files, and modifying operations. While tasks run, you may pause, resume, restart, and cancel them. According to the developer, it is faster than the integrated Windows copying, which is visible especially in older versions like Windows XP. Another excellent feature of this program is that it's fully configurable with over sixty configuration options available to the user to modify. Options include the language, auto-resume on error, turning off the system after copying and changing buffer sizes and thread priority, as well as clipboard monitoring and sounds on specific events. There is full language support for both Polish and English, and partial support for more languages courtesy of its users.

The program automatically resumes all unfinished operations after a system restart. The interface is overall very basic and easy to use/figure out. The user may also queue operations and run one or more of them simultaneously in a specific order, and monitor them at the same time. As operations occur in real-time, detailed statistics are available regarding the copying and moving operations: the current file, buffer sizes, progress by size and count, current and average speed, and elapsed and estimated time.

There is also integration with the Windows Explorer program: Copy Handler adds additional commands to the context menus of folders and to the drag and drop menus, so the user is able to start its operations directly from Explorer.

This program suits just about anyone, as files need to be copied and moved every day. It conducts operations in an organized manner and lets the user run several operations at the same time, with every task shown in the status window together with its progress.

It also does not pollute the Windows file cache with files that are used only once. Copy Handler is released under the GNU General Public License version 2; an installer and a portable version are available, and the source code can be downloaded from the project's git repository.

The current stable version 1.46 supports Windows XP and later, while the 1.50 beta drops Windows XP and Vista and requires Windows 7 or later. Both were released in December 2020, and the program has not received updates since then.

More organized, efficient and faster than the standard Windows Explorer operations

Features:

• Copying and moving with pause, resume, restart and cancel
• Simultaneous operations can be conducted
• Detailed stats of real-time operations shown
• Often faster than standard Windows Explorer copying
• Does not pollute the Windows file cache