I seldom pay attention to basic file explorer actions, such as copying and moving files or folders. As long as the transfer completes without errors, I'm content with the results. Back in 2013, I used ...

I suggest Robocopy as well. If on windows, you can also try Cobian (free); it's a backup utility but there's a mode to do pure file copy. If it's file-level data, then robocopy & rsync have already ...

Windows only: Free application FastCopy is a portable replacement for the standard Windows Explorer file copying mechanism. FastCopy's interface is rather cluttered but the file transfer speeds are ...

Let's be candid. The default file copier in Windows is so bad, one can only assume it was actually built to be so horribly inadequate and frustrating. Luckily, better alternatives are out there.