Sometimes, when moving or copying a file from an NTFS drive to a FAT formatted drive (FAT16, FAT32 or any other type of FAT file system), Windows computer may display a popup asking you the following:
“Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?”
The pop-up window goes a bit further and explains that the specific properties of the file in question cannot be copied or moved from the source drive to the destination drive and presents the user with three options: copy or move files without properties, skip the file and move on to the others and cancel the operation entirely. The reason that some properties of some files cannot be copied or moved from an NTFS drive to a FAT drive is the fact that the NTFS file system is capable of storing some properties (as properties associated with ADS and file information). file encryption) that drives formatted with the FAT file system simply cannot store.
Copying or moving a file without some of its properties from an NTFS drive to a FAT drive will simply mean that the properties that cannot be transported will be lost, but the file itself will remain intact and functional. This being the case, it is absolutely sure that, before this pop-up window, click Yes and copy / move the file in question without some of its properties. Despite this, when you move or copy files in large batches from an NTFS drive to a FAT drive, the procedure stops each time one of these dialogs appears, and you have to sit there and manually discard each and every one of them. dialog boxes is something no one would want to do.
The problem here is that this dialog is not truly a hindrance, it is simply a warning displayed by the Windows operating system, and quite fair. Since this dialog is a warning and not a real obstacle, can't be solved. Fortunately, despite this, There are several effective solutions that can allow you to copy or move large batches of files without having to deal with any of these dialogs., and the following are some of the best:
Convert the target drive to NTFS
These dialogs are only created when files are copied / moved from an NTFS drive to a FAT drive, which means you can make sure these dialogs are never created by simply converting the target drive to NTFS. Despite this, for a drive to be recognized as a storage device by some machines (such as radios and some operating systems other than Windows), the drive must be a FAT drive, and if that's the case with your unit, this workaround won't work. is viable for you. Despite this, if that is not the case, the following is what you need to do to convert a FAT drive to an NTFS drive:
Connect the FAT drive to your computer.
Hold down the Windows logo key and, while doing it, press R to open a Run
Type diskmgmt.msc in the Run dialog and press Enter.
In the top pane of the Disk Management utility, locate and right click on the FAT drive you want to convert to NTFS.
Click Format … in the context menu.
Open the drop-down menu in front of File System and click on NTFS to select it.
Name the drive whatever you want on the volume label
Click OK and wait for the drive to format.
Once the drive has been successfully formatted in NTFS, you can copy / successfully move as many files as you want without prompting “Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?” To emerge.
Use a script that will automatically dismiss these dialogs for you
The most effective way to avoid these dialog boxes is to have them automatically responded and dismissed almost as soon as they are created. Even though no human being can (or do you have time to) click Yes and discard these dialogs as soon as they are created, the same effect can be achieved by using a script designed to automatically dismiss these dialogs, instructing them to copy / move files in question without copyable properties / move. To use this workaround, needs to:
Download and install AutoIT, a pretty decent scripting program and absolutely no cost, from here.
Click here to download a .ZIP file containing the raw material of the script that will be the solution to your help calls.
Unzip the downloaded .ZIP file with a compression program such as WinRAR.
Enter the contents of the unzipped .ZIP file, look for a file called stop-copy-dialog.au3, right click on it and click Compile Script (x86) in the context menu. This option has been added to the context menu by AutoIT.
AutoIT will now create an .EXE file using stop-copy-dialog.au3. The .EXE file is the finished script, so you will need to put a shortcut in your home folder to make sure your computer starts running it. as soon as it starts. The first and most important thing is to move the .EXE file to a safe location, right-click on it and click on Create Shortcut. To get to your home folder, press the Windows logo key + R, escriba shell: startup in the Run dialog box and press Enter. Move the shortcut to the .EXE file created by AutoIT to this location.
Once you have performed all the steps listed and described previously, you can uninstall AutoIT and remove both the .ZIP file you downloaded and its uncompressed content.
Once the script is in place, it will start working and responding to this annoying dialog box almost at lightning speed as soon as the computer starts up.
Use a third-party program to copy and move files
This dialog, this warning, is displayed in Windows whenever a file that has properties that can only be stored on NTFS drives is moved or copied to a FAT drive using Windows File Explorer, the key phrase here is “using Windows File Explorer”. If you are one of the many Windows users who are totally convinced that this dialog is a nuisance and you don't want to see it anymore, you can avoid it entirely by using a third party program for all your file moving and copying needs.
Almost all third-party file copy and motion programs do not stop the copy procedure / movement and warn the user every time they try to copy / move a file with properties that can only be stored on NTFS drives to a FAT drive; just copy / move the file without the properties in question. A prominent example of a third-party file move and copy program to use if you want to avoid these dialog boxes is TeraCopy .
