Many of us spend a good number of hours in front of the computer working and carrying out all kinds of tasks. Perhaps the most tedious of all are certain waits in which we can do practically nothing, as happens for example when copying large files in Windows.
These processes, especially if we perform them between hard drives , can take minutes or even hours. Everything will depend on the number of files, their size, or the response offered by our computer. In addition, here there is a high consumption of computer resources, which can even lead us to not being able to continue working. Surely over the years this is something we have experienced on many occasions. Normally in those moments we look for some other task to do so as not to waste time, even if it is independently of the PC as such.
However, below, we are going to talk about a curious solution that a software developer has offered us and that improves that experience. Actually, we are talking about an open source program whose main purpose is to make waiting more entertaining when copying large amounts of data between drives or disk locations.
What does the software do in the file copy
Actually, we are dealing with a free and open source project developed by the user Sanakan8472. This puts at our disposal the program called Copy Dialog Lunar Lander that is integrated into Windows to make waiting for us more pleasant when copying files. Surely many of you are more than used to the graphics that appear on the screen when we are about to copy files in Windows .
Well, what this program does is take advantage of those graphics to offer us a small and simple game to entertain ourselves with. To give us an idea, we came across a game that overlays the copy file transfer graph in Windows. This software allows us to enjoy the popular game in which we have to drive a lunar lander. At the same time we have to dodge the hills generated by the progress dialog while the files are being copied.
In this way, what we achieve is that the wait becomes more pleasant by taking advantage of the copy graphic interface that Windows generates. It is true that the game is similar to other lunar landing games. You just have to take control of the ship that lands on the surface of the Moon with reduced gravity. The challenge comes from the different hills and obstacles that make the landing more difficult, everything will depend on the performance of the copy.
How to Download Copy Dialog Lunar Lander
We have already told you before that it is a project that we can download completely free of charge and is also open source. Therefore, to get hold of it, all we have to do is access the official website of the project on the GitHub platform .
From here we will have the opportunity to download and install the program as such so that it is part of the Microsoft operating system. This way we achieve that the waits when copying large files or a good amount of these, are much more bearable.