FastCopy

FastCopy computer software is a file and directory copier that runs under Microsoft Windows. It was originally open-source, under the GPLv3 license, but later freeware releases reported "Due to various circumstances, distribution of the source code is temporarily suspended".

FastCopy
Developer(s)Shirouzu Hiroaki[1]
Initial releaseSeptember 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
Stable release
3.92 / 2 August 2020 (2020-08-02)[2]
Operating systemWindows 7 and later; Windows Server 2012 and later[1]
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
Available inEnglish/Japanese
Websitefastcopy.jp/en/

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 files comprising 32-bit version 3.92 is less than 1MB.[3] It can run as a free-standing portable application or be integrated into the Windows shell, and claims to achieve reading and writing performance close to the device limit.[1]

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 prior to Windows 10 v1607, programs that use the Win32 API, such as Windows Explorer, do not support path names longer than 260 UTF-16 characters; later versions of Windows allow this to be changed via the registry or group policy.[6] 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) was ported to Mac OS X by Japanese PostProduction L'espace Vision. It is sold on the Mac App Store as "RapidCopy". In 2016 L'espace Vision released the Linux version of "RapidCopy for Linux" on GitHub under a BSD 2-Clause license.

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

Reception

Bogdan Popa, who reviewed FastCopy in Softpedia, praised the product as being "An overall efficient and reliable file management tool" and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars. User ratings gave it an average of 4.2 out of 5 stars (rated by 415 users).[7]

On December 25, 2015 (JST), FastCopy was given Grand Prize in the Windows Forest Awards.[8]

Ported versions

See also

References
  1. H.Shirouzu (2 August 2020). "FastCopy Help (en)". FastCopy Lab. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. https://fastcopy.jp/en/
  3. Download and extract to see file sizes
  4. Transfer Files Lightning Fast With FastCopy
  5. Is TeraCopy/Equivalent worth using?
  6. "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces - Win32 apps". Microsoft Docs. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. "Download FastCopy 3.92". Softpedia. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  8. 【2015年 窓の杜大賞】結果発表 - 窓の杜 (in Japanese)
  9. RapidCopy(FastCopy for macOS)
  10. RapidCopy for GNU/Linux
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