On top of this, Windows’s copy/move functionality is painstakingly slow, somewhat unreliable and it simply can’t handle more than one move or copy task at one time (doing so results in an extreme slow down in transfer speed).

Both of these problems can be worked-around with the help of a little Unlocker mixed with a program developed by Code Sector called TeraCopy.

Once you’ve installed it, you can set TeraCopy as the default copy/move handler (turned on by default) and away it goes every time you copy or move a file. TeraCopy provides a boost in transfer speed through the use of buffers and allows for multiple transfer tasks without a performance hit. Best of all, if you hit a snag, the whole job isn’t terminated – TeraCopy just moves on to the next file in the queue.

Even better, if you have Unlocker installed, TeraCopy will notify Unlocker, allowing you to unlock the file, move, rename or delete it just like you would normally do with Unlocker.

This is what TeraCopy looks like:

License Type
Unfortunately, this is the first of possibly many applications that I’ll tell you about, that is not exactly free.

TeraCopy comes in two flavours: TeraCopy and TeraCopy Pro.

Still, at the time of posting, the difference between the two versions wasn’t too much and TeraCopy is generally all people need anyway. TeraCopy is free for home users and TeraCopy Pro will cost you $19.95 (which isn’t too bad of a price).

System Requirements
I believe this works on all versions of Windows but I don’t think this works on 64-bit. If I recall correctly, 64-bit support was added in to version 2 (which is in beta at the time of posting).

Installation

1. Download TeraCopy.
2. Run the setup program you downloaded and follow the on screen instructions

Uninstallation

1. Use Add or Remove Programs to uninstall it just like any other application.

Download: TeraCopy.
Info: Check out TeraCopy’s website.