Well, I guess two ways; Either keep paying for upgrades (It really isn't expensive, and you should be either charging for transfers or incorporating into your price) or let it lapse until you see a benefit.
Actually, when it fails on one file, it tries again using another method. If it still fails then it will log it and skips to next one. If I remember right, Unstoppable copier copies files using local "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" user that can access anything. I've tried a whileback to make Fab's able to use that account but it did not work. Worse, it was just unusable.
Ouch, that hurts... I just did not know that there was such a HUGE problem as you're the first one to report it.
It's not totally useless otherwise I wouldn't use it. When you're only transferring a small amount of data (under 50GB or 20,000 files) there are only a few dozen failures and it's manageable, but when it comes to larger transfers there are hundreds or even thousands of failures, and it's just impractical to transfer those failed files manually afterwards.
Sorry for that word, I was a bit upset like if my program is not worth anything since a 12 years old free program does the job better... I've edited my post but a bit too late.
Well it DOES do a better job at copying files, which is why I believe you can make your program better. Your program has many more features and can back up Chrome profiles and such. Unstoppable Copier is designed for one thing and one thing only - copying raw files - and it does that exceptionally well. I'd just really like for Fabs to be able to copy files just as well in addition to having all the other features it has. Fabs and Unstoppable Copier are designed for two different purposes, but that doesn't mean that you can't take the good things that Unstoppable Copier has going for it and try to duplicate it in your software.
It varies wildly. Sometimes it's files in folders in the root C directory, other times it's in the documents or the pictures folder, etc. I've never tried running Fabs as administrator before. I didn't think that was necessary.
Yes it was. I don't remember the exact number of files and I didn't save the log file but I know it was in the hundreds. That's why I just said "screw it" and ran Unstoppable Copier instead of manually grabbing the failed files like I usually do.
The problem with this is that Unstoppable Copier is not Open-source so I can't know how it works under the hood. It's like the old reliable ford has a soldered hood so I can't see what's hiding under. So, I've sent a message to him using his contact form. I hope he will share some tips with me.
Oh that would be great! I don't know him personally but I've made many donations over the years hoping he'd keep up with his software. That's the problem with donationware though. These projects never get proper funding to sustain themselves. This is why I was so happy that you changed to a yearly model. I HATE SaaS but so long as you can keep the software afterwards and aren't forced to pay every year unless you want the new features, I'm completely fine with it. Selling software one time with free updates forever is unsustainable.
If I get no response or if he refuses, then I don't see anything that forbids me to integrate it into Fab's like I did with Nirsoft. This way, I could list all folders that contain failed files and their destination folders as well. If I put them into some "failedfiles.ucb", then I could make Fab's call Unstoppable Copier, load that .ucb file so it will take care of them just after Fab's has done what it could do by itself.
That would be an automated process at the end of Fab's job. Thinking about it, i just can't distribute unstoppable copier just like that if I don't have Roadkil's agreement for that. I can twist the thing by adding support for it but end user (you!) will have to download and put it into Fab's folder so it can use it to retry failed files.
Onedrive is a particular thing as it enables files on demand by default. Most if the time, files are not really there but they're in the cloud and the only user user that can access them is their owner. Software like unstoppable copier cannot do anything against this too.
This. If the user is using one drive. It is backing up Documents, Pictures, and Desktop items. So usually ignore errors in those folders.
Yes, I understand all that and don't think of it as a flaw in Fabs. As I said I just skip over that now usually.
