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Super Copy

Super Copy provides a very robust way to copy files in Windows. Super Copy does not prompt you for more information once the copy has started; all options are specified beforehand. This is simply a lightweight interface for XCOPY, and will not negatively affect your system's performance. Read about why I wrote SuperCopy.

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Features

  • "Calculate Results" mode allows you to see what files will be affected.
  • "Open" and "Save" allow you to import and export automatically generated batch files
  • Resume ability - recover from a power failure without having to restart the process.
  • Log summaries
  • Handles large amounts of data (over 100GB per transfer)
  • Ignores locked files
  • Copies hidden/system files
  • Recovers from temporary network disconnects

Technology

  • HTML Application (.hta file)
  • Dependent only upon IE and XCOPY. No other dependencies.
  • Dos script generation (.bat format) for scheduling backups or postponing transfers.
  • The installer uses NSIS, which is an absolutely awesome setup scripting language.


You can help

  • This product is still growing. Please pass on all of its obvious shortcomings, as well as the not-so-obvious ones. You can either use the forum, or e-mail me at nathanael.jones@gmail.com.
  • Please realize that your feedback is very important, as it will determine the future direction of this project. Let me know if I am making it too complex in some areas, or over-simplifying in others.
  • This project is by nature Open Source, as it is written in an interpreted language. Changes should be easy to make, so feel free. Of course, I would be ecstatic to get a copy.
Last edited May 9 at 9:27 PM  by NathanaelJones, version 21
Comments
AntonDelsink wrote  Oct 31 2006 at 10:42 AM  
How about a UI for robocopy rather than xcopy?

NathanaelJones wrote  Nov 1 2006 at 1:39 PM  
I'd like to do that too... Unfortunately robocopy can only be installed via the resource pack, something that removes the convenience edge. Vista will have robocopy, though, and I hope to make a UI for it as well once Vista becomes predominate.

EF wrote  Jun 7 2007 at 5:06 PM  
Do you think to add to SuperCopy an option to copy open files too?

NathanaelJones wrote  Jun 11 2007 at 2:48 PM  
SuperCopy is just a (nice) wrapper for XCopy.
If Microsoft adds that capability to XCopy, then SuperCopy will be able to do it too.
By default, if you try to copy open files with Windows or XCopy, the entire operation will terminate once an open file is encountered.

Super Copy keeps going when it encounters an open file, but the file doesn't get copied.
However, Super Copy gives you a second chance. You can use the 'resume transfer' mode to go back and finish copying files after you have closed them. This takes seconds - compared to performing the entire transfer over again.

FixAte wrote  Fri at 6:23 AM  
I often need to update only folders that already exist, so when I copy from source to target, it must only copy folders that are already in target.