Windows Explorer is far from a perfect program.
The File Explorer is one of the central tools in Windows. This is because the operating system is file-orientated, so the folder in which a file is stored, its name, and extension play a major role. Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files as well as searching for one or more files is a routine activity for every Windows user.
Although Explorer can fulfil all these tasks, it only offers a rather cumbersome way of working. Third-party manufacturers are constantly showing how it can be done better with their tools. This applies, for example, to the large, alternative file managers such as Total Commander or Free Commander, which work with a two-window technique, but also to various smaller tools that supplement the functions of Explorer or replace them with better versions. In this article, we present a selection of these programs.
Copy and move faster with Teracopy
If you set Explorer the task of copying or moving large volumes of data, the program first starts to think. It can take several seconds for the file manager to estimate how large the volume of data is and how much time it will need for the process, information that’s usually of no interest to the user.
Teracopy gets to work more quickly in such cases. The free tool starts working immediately after selecting the files and the source and destination folders. It offers checksums to ensure the integrity of the files and integrates itself into the Explorer context menu. All you need to do is right click on a folder or file to define it as the source.
