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| Release | Program | Introduced in | Status | GUI or CLI | capabilities | official link |
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| 1981 | COPY.COM | MS-DOS 1.0 | Discontinued | CLI | copy | buildin |
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| 1986 | XCOPY.EXE | MS-DOS 3.2 | Maintained | CLI | copy | buildin |
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| 1990 | WINFILE.EXE | Windows 3.0 | Revived | GUI | copy + move | github.com/microsoft/winfile |
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| 1993 | COPY.EXE | Windows NT 3.1 | Maintained | CLI | copy | buildin |
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| 1996 | ROBOCOPY.EXE | Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit | Maintained | CLI | copy + move + sync | buildin |
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| 1999 | XXCOPY | thirdparty | Discontinued | CLI | copy + move + sync | dead |
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| 2003 | SuperCopier | thirdparty | Discontinued | GUI | copy + move | github.com/alphaonex86/Supercopier |
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| 2004 | FastCopy | thirdparty | Active | Both | copy + move + sync | fastcopy.jp |
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| 2005 | SyncToy | Windows XP PowerToy | Discontinued | GUI | copy + move + sync | dead |
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| 2006 | Microsoft Robocopy GUI | technet | Discontinued | GUI | copy + move + sync | dead |
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| 2006 | Copy-Item | PowerShell | Active | CLI | copy | buildin |
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| 2006 | Move-Item | PowerShell | Active | CLI | move | buildin |
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| 2007 | TeraCopy | thirdparty | Active | GUI | copy + move | codesector.com/teracopy |
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| 2008 | FreeFileSync | thirdparty | Active | Both | copy + move + sync | freefilesync.org |
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| 2009 | RichCopy | internal / later technet | Discontinued | Both | copy + move | dead |
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| 2009 | UltraCopier | thirdparty | Active | GUI | copy + move | github.com/alphaonex86/Ultracopier |
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| 2012 | rclone | thirdparty | Active | CLI | copy + move + sync | github.com/rclone/rclone |
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| 2026 | BetterCopy | thirdparty | Active | Both | copy + move | github.com/articulite/BetterCopy |
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dead-links:
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xxcopy official site:
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http://www.xxcopy.com/
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microsoft robocopy gui technet page with download
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx
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richcopy technet page with download
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx
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microsoft synctoy official download:
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15155
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archived-links:
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microsoft robocopy gui last archived official download 2020-11-12:
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https://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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richcopy last archived official download 2020-11-11:
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201111200934/http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/hoffmanutilityspotlight2009_04.exe
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2022-06-19 archive of xxcopy site
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https://web.archive.org/web/20220619093459/http://www.xxcopy.com/
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2022-05-07 archive of xxcopy site downloads
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https://web.archive.org/web/20220507174234/http://www.xxcopy.com/xcpydnld.htm
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2021-07-10 archive of xxcopy site download v3.33.3 freeware
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210710023145/http://xxcopy.com/download/xxfw3333.zip
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microsoft synctoy official download:
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15155
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microsoft synctoy official download archived:
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210126020258/https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15155

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