I seldom pay attention to basic file explorer actions, such as copying and moving files or folders. As long as the transfer completes without errors, I'm content with the results. Back in 2013, I used ...

I suggest Robocopy as well. If on windows, you can also try Cobian (free); it's a backup utility but there's a mode to do pure file copy. If it's file-level data, then robocopy & rsync have already ...

File Explorer gives you a progress bar, a folder animation, and the reassuring sense that copying files is a polite, supervised process — though that initial delay is exactly why File Explorer takes ...