PerigeeCopy

Change Log

1.4 (March 15, 2009)

1.3 (January 1, 2009)

Added support for Windows Vista
Added support for x64 operating systems
Removed support for Windows 9x/Me (I no longer have a machine to test it on)
Fixed bug wherein folders you don't have permission to enumerate are silently skipped
No longer attempt to follow reparse points when deleting or moving files

1.2 (November 19, 2005)

1.1 (April 4, 2005)

Progress dialogs now have minimize buttons.
PerigeeCopy now shows progress information in the title bar and taskbar.
Fixed copying a folder onto itself. Now if you highlight SomeFolder and press Ctrl+C Ctrl+V, its contents will be copied to SomeFolder[1], instead of copying SomeFolder\SomeFile to SomeFolder\SomeFile[1], etc.

1.0 (March 12, 2005)

PerigeeCopy will now append a numeric suffix to a file name instead of trying (and failing) to copy it onto itself.
PerigeeCopy can now overwrite files in a move operation.

1.0 beta4 (December 14, 2004)

Consistent with Explorer, Shift+drag moves files and Ctrl+drag copies files.
Copying functionality has been pulled out of the shell extension DLL and moved into a separate executable; now copy jobs don't tie up the destination Explorer window.
If you hold Shift while selecting "PerigeeDelete" from the context menu, the files will be deleted regardless of the "Use recycle bin" setting.
"Show what I'm about to do" option has been added to the configuration dialog.
Fixed Windows XP Visual Style support. (Green checkboxes and progress bars! Woohoo!)
The "Configure PerigeeCopy" option has been moved to the Start Menu so that it no longer clutters Explorer context menus.

1.0 beta3 (August 10, 2004)

My Network Places shortcuts now work properly as a copy/move destination (i.e., the data gets copied to the network share, not the mount point).
PerigeeCopy can now use the recycle bin to delete files. This option is enabled by default.

1.0 beta2 (June 12, 2004)

PerigeeDelete can now delete read-only folders.
Wrap text in skipped files dialog.
Files inside folders that failed to be deleted no longer get duplicated in the skipped files dialog every time you retry.
Discover with mild surprise that the "Use PerigeeCopy by default when dragging" option also causes Windows to invoke PerigeeCopy when Ctrl+V is pressed to paste files. However, if the source and destination drives are the same, it would move the files, even if you pressed Ctrl+C or selected "Copy". This has been fixed.
Discover that CopyFileEx is not implemented on Win9x/Me. Whoops. (Microsoft's documentation is contradictory on this point.) This means beta1 is completely unable to copy files on these operating systems. Win9x/Me do support the CopyFile API, but this doesn't provide status or allow cancelling the operation. So I implemented my own copy routine for use on Win9x/Me in beta2. I still use CopyFileEx on Win2k/XP, however, since it takes care of file permissions, data streams, etc.
Use Tahoma instead of MS Sans Serif in dialogs, so Unicode characters can be displayed correctly.

1.0 beta1 (May 15, 2004)

Invoking PerigeeCopy

Copying and moving files

Copy or cut files and folders to the clipboard normally, using Explorer. Then right-click the destination folder, and select "PerigeePaste" (instead of "Paste").

Alternatively, check "Use PerigeeCopy by default" in the options dialog, and PerigeeCopy will be invoked for all clipboard file operations.

Right-drag files and folders, and select "PerigeeCopy Here" or "PerigeeMove Here" from the popup menu

Alternatively, check "Use PerigeeCopy by default" in the options dialog, and drag-drop files normally. As with Windows Explorer, files will be moved when the source and destination folders are on the same drive, and copied otherwise. Also, you can force a copy by Ctrl+dragging or a move by Shift+dragging.

Deleting files

Select files and folders in Explorer, then right-click and select "PerigeeDelete".

Configuring PerigeeCopy

PerigeeCopy Options

Overwrite - Specify when existing files should be overwritten in a copy operation. If "Prompt" is selected, you will be given information about the existing and new files, and asked whether the destination file should be overwritten (with an option to apply your choice to all files in the job).
Archive Bit - Allows you to copy only files and folders with the archive attribute set, and/or to clear the source files' archive attributes after copying. These features can be used in incremental backups.
Read-Only Bit

Overwrite/delete read-only files - Clear the read-only, hidden, and system attributes of files before attempting to overwrite or delete them. If this option is not checked, you may get an "access denied" error when trying to overwrite or delete such files.
Clear read-only bit in copy - Clears the read-only attribute of the destination files after copying. Useful for copying from CD-ROMs.

Show what I'm about to do - For all operations, display a confirmation dialog listing the operation about to be performed and the files involved.
Prompt for confirmation when deleting files - Display a confirmation dialog listing the names of the selected files and folders before deleting. This will be the only prompt you see; there will be no additional warnings about deleting program files, system files, and so forth.
Use the Recycle Bin when deleting files - Move files to the recycle bin instead of deleting them. This applies both to delete operations and to the source file(s) in a cross-volume move operation. Note that, regardless of this setting, files on network shares never go to the recycle bin.
Skip files/directories on errors - Do not prompt when a file could not be copied, moved, or deleted; simply skip the file and proceed with the job.

Note: Regardless of whether this option is checked, you will be shown a list of all failed files when the job completes, and you'll be given the option to retry them then.

Use PerigeeCopy by default for file operations - Invoke PerigeeCopy instead of Explorer when dragging files and folders or pasting files.
Don't waste time adding up total bytes to copy and get straight to work - Just begin the operation immediately, without computing the size of the operation. The job may get done a little faster this way, but you won't get a progress bar.

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