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Queue System

How Jobs Are Handled

Parallel Execution (Default)

  • Multiple file transfer jobs can run simultaneously

  • The system allows up to a configured maximum number of parallel jobs

  • Jobs start immediately if there's capacity

Queue Chains (Sequential Execution)

  • When you queue a job "after" another job, they form a chain

  • Jobs in a chain run one after another, not simultaneously

  • Useful when you want specific order or to avoid resource conflicts

When Jobs Get Queued Automatically

Device Conflicts

  • The system can detect when jobs involve the same storage device

  • To prevent performance issues, it may automatically queue jobs on the same device to run sequentially

  • This behavior depends on your settings (all devices vs. slow devices only (e.g. HDD))

Capacity Limits

  • If the maximum number of parallel jobs is already running, new jobs wait in queue

  • When a running job completes, the next waiting job starts automatically

User Controls

Force Start

  • You can override the queue system and force a job to start immediately

  • Useful when you know the system resources can handle additional jobs

Manual Queueing

  • You can explicitly queue a job to run after another specific job

  • Creates a chain where jobs execute in your chosen order

Available in TeraCopy 4 RC 2.

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  • cars11

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    Feb 7, 2025

    Full agree. This is a very missed feature

  • Code Sector

    Team•

    Jul 15, 2025

    Please test the new queue system:

    https://codesector.com/files/teracopy4rc2.exe

    • Ole Aldric

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      Jul 15, 2025

      What is the delimiter for ‘force fast’ and ‘force slow’ devices. Also, can I use UNC here, or only Windows complete paths?

      • Code Sector

        Team•

        Jul 15, 2025

        1. Comma (,)

        2. Any string will work (C, C:, C:\Path, \\server, etc)

    • alfakr0ll

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      Jul 17, 2025

      It seems like the queuing doesnt properly work? I’ve set the limit on 1, but pressing “next” on transfer list thats already added starts them immediately.
      Adding via context menu seems to put them into queue. But if you then stop them, and then try to restart them, they will skip the queue and just start at once.
      I dont even have the option to “force start now”.

      So the queue only seem to work properly when adding them into TeraCopy, not when the file list is already there (and in history).
      Pressing “Next” in v3.17 just added the transfer into the end of the queue, so here something has changed into RC4

      • Code Sector

        Team•

        Aug 24, 2025

        Pinned

        We’ve fixed a few issues, please try the updated installer:

        https://codesector.com/files/teracopy4rc2.exe (4.0.0.11)

        • alfakr0ll

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          Oct 14, 2025

          There are still issues with the queue not respecting the order. Right click and “queue after …” sometimes does nothing. And the issue with stopping and then starting a task will start the file transfer, even if the threshold of file transfer is met.

          In addition “clear history” also still clears the queue, not just the history. Only the active transfers are kept.

          Also sometimes the file info are not properly loaded into the queue, so we get a negative counter in time left.

          Theres also no “total number of files” in the transfer info window. Its done and total size, and done files, but no form for “files remaining” as in the pre version 4.

  • CyberSimon

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    May 3, 2025

    Unfortunately, this makes RC 4 unusable when queueing multiple large transfers as it attempts all the transfers at once.

  • Ole Aldric

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    Jun 4, 2025

    This is a fantastic improvement, these features really bring the product to a new level of maturity.

  • Kami

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    Aug 30, 2025

    Issue 1

    Hello boss

    4.0 rc2 have 3 major problem

    1. After starts copying file if running delet any list file copy is stop don’t runing

    2. After start at a time 8 to 11 copying diftnt drive program don’t respniding and hanging issue many time

    3. Open some panel off copiyng progres bar hide of totel progres

    4. 3.17 show fix time of copying but 4.0 rc show fake time and otherwise -01 to ……-1 to down secnds show

      Plz fix all issue in next update