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Copy only new & modified files in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool

Copying files and taking file backups is a crucial part of our work schedule. We often take backups or copy files only that are required and leave out the rest. At that, we mostly need only the modified files. Maybe to refer to what we had worked on and modified last time or what more changes are to be made to that file according to work progress.

Even while taking backups, it does not make sense to take a backup of files that already exist in the destination. It would be wise to take backups of only the recently modified files, and if a file with the same name already exists, we can replace it with the latest version.

This might sound too technical, but it is very easy.

Now, you have many ways to do this. You can do it manually, which requires a lot of time and effort. So that option is immediately ruled out. The other option is to use the Xcopy command. The final option is to use software that will do it quickly for you.

So let us first see how you can do it using Xcopy. And then look at how you can do it even better using an alternative software, Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

An image showing one of Copywhiz’s feature

Using Xcopy

Xcopy Source [Destination] /d copies all Source files that are newer than existing Destination files. This command-line option allows you to update files that have changed.

For Ex: To copy all the files in the directory ‘data’ that are modified on or after 1 st December 2017 to the folder ‘backup‘, the following command line will be used:

Xcopy E:\data E:\backup /D:12-01-17

However, these Xcopy commands are not straightforward. System administrators may be able to use it. But Xcopy is quite difficult for common users.

Which is why Copywhiz is an easier and faster alternative

Using Copywhiz

Here is a short video that depicts how to do it quickly and conveniently:

Video Transcription

1. Right-click on the folder from which only new or modified files need to be copied and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on it and select Copywhiz–>Paste Special- ->Paste only new & modified files

3. If the same folder already exists in the destination, then only new or modified files will be replaced, others will be skipped, saving a lot of time.

Conclusion

Copywhiz automatically detects new & changed files making the whole process very quick. Alternatively, you can copy files based on specific dates (date modified, date created, date accessed).

What could take several hours if done manually, Copywhiz completes it in few seconds. Just specify the file date type and date range so that the files are copied based on the date criteria.

This feature is very useful while sharing/uploading only recently modified files or taking backup of just new & modified files, especially when there are several files to copy or backup. Or even to pick the latest music/pictures from multiple folders.

The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take automatic backups of your files and folders! Read more about it here:

Automatically copy files & folders in background at specific time in Windows

For more tutorial videos, click here .

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates and interesting videos!

Learn more about Copywhiz.

Download the free trial from here.

Check out our other cool products.

Have a good day.

Thanks for reading till the end :)

What took hours of manual file copying, Copywhiz did it in few minutes

Thanks to our customer Jeffrey Meades for taking time to express his joy for Copywhiz :).

Copywhiz is a simple yet powerful file copying utility for Windows. It lets you selectively copy files based on name, type, etc. Plus it has supporting features like copying files without folders, picking files from different folders before copying or compressing them, copying files to multiple folders/computers, auto rename duplicate files, scheduling file backup and many other features. It can save you several hours of manual, tedious work.

Here is what Jeffrey Meades wrote:

I just wanted to express to the CopyWhiz team that I am so overjoyed at this product. For the longest time, I have had an issue which would take hours upon hours of manual fixing to correct, and your product
turned that into a 10-minute job for me.

I had thousands of iPhone photos from a trip a year back, and just general backups over the years, with which I ran into issues. When I would back up the pictures to my computer, and then delete the photos on my phone, the iPhone would start naming the photos numerically again
from the oldest photo taken.

So as you can understand, when I eventually went to back up a large
number of new photos, I ran into the issue of having completely
separate images with identical names. Windows copy and paste only
offers the solution of copying and keeping both. Still, then I was running into issues where I was so quickly creating duplicates, plus I had no way to organize these duplicated photos because it was genuinely mixing and matching month/year old photos with recent ones.

CopyWhiz solved all of my problems. I can copy all the different images with the same name, pasting them to my aggregate folder with a suffix of my choice to sort by later, and it also allows me to skip the duplicate files.

A product like this deserves it’s praise, so kudos to all of you involved.

You are all the best, keep up the good work, and I’m looking forward
to perusing some of your other products. Take care!

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Thanks again :)

Automatically shut down computer after copying files in Windows

Often, copying files (especially backing up data) can take several minutes to several hours. Imagine, it is time to go home, and you want to shut down your computer. But you discover that the file backup task is still running. Such situations are very common. Leaving your computer run for the whole night is a waste of power.

How about automatically shutting down your PC or hibernating it, once your files have been copied successfully?

Yes, you read that right. This is very much possible using Copywhiz which can shut down your computer automatically after the files are copied. It provides multiple shutdown options such as Log off, Restart it, Sleep, Hibernate and Shut down.

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

An image of one of the features of Copywhiz

Here is a short video depicting the feature mentioned above:

Copywhiz offers the following options to configure your system behavior after file copy.

Do nothing: Completes the file copying process and does nothing.

Log off: Shuts down your user account only. The desktop itself will remain powered on and will revert to the login screen for the next time you or someone else logs in.

Restart: The computer saves your information to the hard drive, turns off the computer for a moment, then turns it back on again.

Sleep: This uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off once all the files are copied.

Hibernate: Saves all your open documents and applications both in memory and on your hard disk, and then puts your computer into a low-power state, allowing you to wake the computer and resume your work quickly.

Shut down: Closes all running programs and completely shuts off your machine, once the file-copying process finishes.

Please note that these options can are configurable only when the file copy process is in progress. While the files are being copied, click on ‘Pause’ (optional) and then go to Options–>On Completion from the menu. Set any “On Completion” action that needs to be performed after file copy. Click on ‘Resume’ (if you have paused earlier) to continue copying files.

The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take automatic backups of your files and folders! Read more about it here:

Automatically copy files & folders in background at specific time in Windows

Learn more about Copywhiz.

Download the free trial from here.

For more tutorial videos, click here .

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates and interesting videos!

Check out our other cool products.

Have a good day.

Thanks :)

Copywhiz 5 Launched!

Dear Friends,

We are pleased to launch Copywhiz version 5 today :).

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Here is a brief list of features added:

Use shortcut keys in File Explorer (Windows Explorer) to copy & paste files.
Adding files from File Explorer (Windows Explorer) is faster than earlier versoin.
Schedule a file backup using Copywhiz.
Previewing files has gotten more useful.
Working with projects is easier and faster.
Do not keep empty folders feature when copying files.
Ability to create full folder hierarchy.
Ability to create folder structure only (Do not paste files).
Pre-configure file replace rules.
Copy only a subset of selected items for more flexibility.
Skip same type of errors to avoid interruption when copying files.
Auto-rename is quicker in the new version. No rename suffix required.
Taskbar shows your file copy progress.
Easier to add multiple items like multiple folders, multiple file include/exclude rules.

For more details, upgrade instructions and screenshots, check out what’s new in Copywhiz 5

Do subscribe to our YouTube channel for interesting videos.

Thanks a lot for your continued support.

Conceptworld launches Questions & Answers site

Hello Customers,

Pleased to announce that we have launched Questions & Answers (QA) site for faster, instant support. This site is similar to Stack Overflow. QA will let you search questions & answers (related to Notezilla, RecentX, Copywhiz etc) that other customers have asked. So there are high chances that you will instantly find your answer without having to send us email and wait for an answer.

Thank you all for your continued support & encouragement :)

Copy all files into a single folder without any folder structure using Copywhiz

Hi!

This video will guide you to copy files into a single folder without creating any folders/sub-folders in Windows using Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Why single folder?

Browsing & digging into several folders is very time-consuming. So you may want to extract all the files from different folders and put them in a single folder. Copywhiz allows you to copy only files without creating the folders/sub-folders.

Transcription:

To copy files into a single folder,

Copy files from the source folder (a mix of files and folders), right-click on them and choose Copywhiz–>Copy.
Right-click inside the destination folder where you wish to copy the files and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced.
Copywhiz window will open with the destination folder already selected. You can add multiple folders by clicking on the Add button placed next to the Destination Folders text box. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the target folders over the Destination Folders text box.
Tick the Paste all files to a single folder (do not create sub-folders) checkbox placed at the bottom of the window.
Click on ‘Paste Now’ button.
All your files will be copied successfully in a single folder without any multi-level folder structure.

That’s it in this video.

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for interesting videos.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

Have a good day

Thanks :)

Instantly backup specific files into a new folder in Windows using Copywhiz

Hello Friends!

This video will guide you how to instantly backup specific files in Windows using Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Why Copywhiz?

It allows you to create backups using some standard variables such as %year%, %month%, %day%, %hour%, %minute% as part of the destination directories so that files are copied inside a new dated folder each time. The latest update also supports %date% and %datetime% variables for simplification.

The advantage of using these variables is that each time the files will be copied in a new dated folder, creating a new backup, instantly.

Transcription:

To backup specific files instantly,

Copy the files from the Source folder and right-click on it and choose Copywhiz–>Copy.
Right-click inside the destination folder where you wish to copy the files and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced.
Copywhiz window will open with the destination folder already selected. You can suffix the destination folder with %date% or %datetime% to add current date to the folder name.
You can save the selected files and destination folder as a Copywhiz project and run the project each time you want to create a backup of the same set of files.

That’s it in this video.

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for interesting videos.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

Have a good day.

Thanks for visiting our blog :)

Save selected files list to a Copywhiz project for Windows

Hi!

This video will teach you how to save files to a project and directly use them for future purposes using Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Why Copywhiz?

If you require to copy the same set of files frequently, you can save the selected files as a Copywhiz project and run it later whenever required. Once saved, you can use Copywhiz command line parameters to run the project file from a batch file or a script file.

This short video will guide you:

Transcription:

Select the required files that you wish to copy from different folders, right-click on them and choose Copywhiz–>Copy.
Go to the Destination folder, right-click on it and choose Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced.
Click on the File button placed at the top-left side of the window and choose Save.
Type the project file name and click on the Save button.
To open the saved list of files, run Copywhiz, click on the File button placed at the top-left side of the window and choose Open.
An Open dialog box will appear, select on the desired project file name and click on Open button.

That’s it in this video.

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for interesting videos.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

Have a good day.

Thanks for reading :)

Windows: Copy files and folders once and paste them multiple times using Copywhiz

You all might have heard about clipboards. For those of you who haven’t, a clipboard is a temporary storage area for data. While scrolling through any document or website, etc., you might come across some content you want to copy and paste to some other place. While moving back and to the source and destination is okay once or twice, it becomes tedious to do it multiple times.

Clipboard, therefore, saves you from all the hassle! It lets you copy all that you want from various places. Store each of them in the clipboard and paste them all together at once to the location to want.

So instead of copy-paste copy-paste, you have to copy-copy-copy and then paste-paste-paste.

You might be wondering why am I talking about clipboards when this article is about file copy? Well, you will be happy to know that this feature can be applied to your file copy tasks too! Yes, you can just copy files from various places and then paste them all at once. This reduces your time and efforts in going to the source and destination and then the next source and destination etc.

This is the feature we all have wanted for so long, and the file copy software Copywhiz now answers our wish!

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Why Copywhiz?

With Copywhiz, you can copy once and paste multiple times without copying them again and again. This option would simplify your file copy task and save you time and effort. This feature can be used to backup files, synchronize files between two computers, run programs with different data files, test a program with different versions of a file, etc.

Here is a short video depicting this feature:

Transcription:

Go to the different Source folders, select the required files that you wish to copy, right-click on them and choose Copywhiz–>Copy
Go to the Destination folder, right-click on it and choose Copywhiz–> Paste Special. By default, the selected items are automatically cleared once the files are pasted. To copy same set of files to multiple folders uncheck the option Automatically clear items on paste from the Paste Special menu list.
Go to different destination folders, right-click on them and choose Copywhiz–>Paste. You will see that the same set of files are copied in different destination folders.

Copywhiz acts just like the regular clipboard. Instead of text, you have files and folders.

The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take automatic backups of your files and folders! Read more about it here:

Automatically copy files & folders in background at specific time in Windows

For more tutorial videos, click here .

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates and interesting videos!

Learn more about Copywhiz.

Download the free trial from here.

Check out our other cool products.

Have a good day.

Thanks for staying till the end :)

Copy files to multiple folders or computers in Windows using Copywhiz

Hello Friends!

Today we have a cool video that will show you how to copy files to multiple folders or computers in Windows using Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Copywhiz enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility & control over the file copying and backup process.

Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Verify copied files for data integrity
Retain security attributes of files & folders (ownership/user access)
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Why Copywhiz?

Copywhiz allows you to choose multiple destination folders when copying files in Windows. You can also select remote network folders to copy files to multiple computers. It is beneficial for deploying the same set of files to multiple systems.

So here’s the video:

Transcription:

multiple folders

Select files using Windows Explorer, right-click on them and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu.
Right-click inside any folder and select Copywhiz–> Paste Advanced.
Copywhiz window will open. You can add multiple folders by clicking on the Add button placed next to the Destination Folders text box. Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop target folders over the Destination Folders text box. When specifying the Destination Folders, you can suffix the name with %date% or %datetime% variables if you wish to have a dated folder name.
Click on Paste Now. Files will now be copied to all the destination folders sequentially.

Similarly you can copy files to multiple computers by adding remote destination folders (Network folders/shares).

That’s it in this video.

The most significant advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take automatic backups of your files and folders! Read more about it here:

Automatically copy files & folders in background at specific time in Windows

For more tutorial videos, click here .

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates and interesting videos!

Learn more about Copywhiz.

Download the free trial from here.

Check out our other cool products.

Have a good day.

Thanks for reading till the end :)