Easy RoboCopy

Copying a file or a folder to another location is one of the most basic file management tasks you can perform on your computer. Even so, applications such as Microsoft RoboCopy can help you customize the copy process and automate the task. On the downside, Microsoft’s tool is a console application, which might make users reluctant. Easy RoboCopy provides a user-friendly GUI for it, allowing users to carry out copy tasks easier.

The advantage of Easy RoboCopy is that it displays all the parameters you find in Microsoft’s RoboCopy in a standard GUI. In other words, you don’t have to deal with the console window and type-in commands with a specific syntax. Instead, you can begin by selecting the source and the destination folders, choose the desired filenames, in case you are copying files only.

Easy RoboCopy can be configured to copy subfolders and empty directories as well, down to a user-defined level. Not only that it can perform copy tasks, but it can also be configured to move the data, thus deleting it from the source location. You also have options to mirror a folder and create a 1:1 copy of it.

Easy RoboCopy features editable exclusion lists for both folders and files. Optionally, it can also exclude junction points for files, folders or both. Additional filtering options allow you to skip files that are newer or older, or are part of other similar file classes. Moreover, you can set limits for the file size, age and last accessed date to customize the copy operation.

You are free to choose the file properties to copy: data, attributes, timestamps, security fixes, ownership and other similar information. A file’s attributes can be copied selectively as well. The corresponding command line is displayed in the lower side of the window, allowing you to execute it directly or copy it to the clipboard.

With an intuitive GUI that includes all the options of Microsoft’s copy tool, Easy RoboCopy manages to provide various customization tools for a data copying task. Unfortunately, it does not allow folder monitoring or job scheduling, which would really add to its value.