

In shell mode, FastCopy installs itself as a service in Vista.

Imageĭouble-clicking setup.exe starts the installation process. Image Installing FastCopyĪfter the distribution file is downloaded from the link above and unzipped (right-click and select Extract All in Vista), a number of files are created. There seems to be a lot going on in FastCopy.

Let’s look at using the freeware application Windows FastCopy by Hiroaki Shirouzu.Īfter becoming used to eye-candy in Vista, seeing a traditional programmer’s mature utility application can be a bit of a shock. In this case, the best fix is not using Vista’s file copy procedure at all – use instead a separate application that works better. It improved in Service Pack 1, but it’s still lackluster compared to XP. Unlike in most of my articles for Vista, there’s no magic potion or Registry edit that will fix what ails file copying speed in Vista.
