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Configuration Files
Updated over 3 months ago

Location:

  • Vista/7/10/11: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\TeraCopy

  • XP: C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\TeraCopy

Options.ini

[Main]

OnTop=1

1: Set the window always on top.

CheckFreeSpace=1

1: Check free space on the target drive.

TestAlways=0

1: Run CRC test automatically after each transfer.

NoClose=0

0: Close the window after a successful file transfer.

EnableSound=0

1: Play sound when the transfer is complete.

SoundAfter=10

Minimum length in seconds of transfer to play sound.

RetriesMax=60

Number of retries to read a file. Set to 0 for unlimited retries.

ButtonTimer=60

Inactivity period in seconds to auto close File Exists dialog and set Skip All mode.

[Transfer]
​Timeout=60

Timeout for copy operations in seconds (async mode only).

PasteMenu.ini

This file will be automatically created on the first copy/paste operation. Delete this file after installation of 7Zip or WinRAR to automatically generate entries for these applications.

[N] - section number
path - path to an executable file
copy - text to add to parameters during copy operations (Ctrl+C, Ctr+V)
move - text to add to parameters during move operations (Ctrl+X, Ctr+V)
parameters - parameters to pass to the executable

  • {list} - TeraCopy will generate a list of files with full path

  • {target} - target folder: where files were pasted or dropped

  • {name} - file name without extension in case of a single file, name of the parent folder otherwise

Sample file:

[1]
title=TeraCopy
path=C:\Program Files\TeraCopy\TeraCopy.exe
copy=copy
cut=move
parameters=*"{list}" "{target}"[2]
title=TeraCopy - replace older files
path=C:\Program Files\TeraCopy\TeraCopy.exe
copy=copy
cut=move
parameters=*"{list}" "{target}" /OverwriteOlder[3]
title=Create zip archive "{name}.zip"
path=C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
parameters=a -tZip "{target}\{name}.zip" @"{list}"[4]
title=Create rar archive "{name}.rar"
path=C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
parameters=a "{target}\{name}.rar" @"{list}" -ep1

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