How to disable 'preparing to [copy/move]' in ANY windows explorer session?

[qingdom]

Does anyone know of a registry hack or a fix to INSTANTLY start transfering files on a drag and drop?

For example, say I have a directory with 27,000 files consisting of txt/tif/jpg/pst/ppt/doc/etc, and I want to either copy or move the directory to another drive, explorer would just sit there and 'think' and 'calculate' how long it would take before starting to transfer anything.

Whereas if I did the same thing in DOS with Norton Commander/Midnight Commander, *poof* no hassle, no wait, instantaneous response time of copying/moving of folders + files.


Windows Commander does not respond like how NC/MC does either. Anyone know of a fix? Thanks.

 

[Nothinman]

No, you can't skip it. The progress bar and time to completion counters require it. For that many files you're better off using something like robocopy anyway, explorer is a real PITA to deal with when it fails half way through an operation.

 

[Zugzwang152]

xcopy is better suited to that many files.

 

[qingdom]

bummer. Okie.. would you two happen to know of a way to do a quick spotcheck to see if all files are accounted for after using robocopy/xcopy other than by checking the parent folder properties?


Thanks.

 

[Ronin]

Robocopy allows you to set various variables. Verification is one of them (spitting out a log file upon completion is another). Look through the Robocopy flags, and run accordingly.