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2+ title : " History of windows copy tools"
3+ date : " 2026-06-01"
4+ description : This is a comparison and history of windows file copy tools.
5+ summary : " This is a comparison and history of windows file copy tools."
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7+ TocOpen : true
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11+ ## Tools
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113| Release | Program | Introduced in | Status | GUI or CLI | capabilities | official link |
214| ------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------------ | :--------------------------------- |
315| 1981 | COPY.COM | MS-DOS 1.0 | Discontinued | CLI | copy | buildin |
1931| 2012 | rclone | thirdparty | Active | CLI | copy + move + sync | github.com/rclone/rclone |
2032| 2026 | BetterCopy | thirdparty | Active | Both | copy + move | github.com/articulite/BetterCopy |
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34+ ## Dead Links
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2536xxcopy official site:
2637http://www.xxcopy.com/
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3445microsoft synctoy official download:
3546https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15155
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48+ ## Archived Links
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4050microsoft robocopy gui last archived official download 2020-11-12:
4151https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034528/https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/UtilitySpotlight2006_11.exe
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