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FastCopy
Developer(s)Shirouzu Hiroaki[1]
Initial releaseSeptember 28, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-28)
Stable release
3.92 / 2 August 2020; 4 years ago (2020-08-02)[2]
Operating systemWindows 7 and later; Windows Server 2012 and later[1]
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
Available inEnglish/Japanese
Websitefastcopy.jp/en/

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".

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 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.

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. The license is BSD 2-Clause License.

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

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).[6]


On December 25, 2015 (JST), FastCopy was given Grand Prize in the Windows Forest Awards [ja].[7]

Ported versions

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c H.Shirouzu (24 September 2020). "FastCopy Help (en)". FastCopy Lab. Retrieved 2 August 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. ^ "Download FastCopy 3.92". Softpedia. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ 【2015年 窓の杜大賞】結果発表 - 窓の杜 (in Japanese)
  8. ^ RapidCopy(FastCopy for macOS)
  9. ^ RapidCopy for GNU/Linux
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