User Reviews

  A pretty face, with a fatal flaw...  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 3
• Ease of use: 1
• Value: 2
• Overall:

AnyWhere Pro looks great, but test one thing before you register: Try moving files from one location on a given drive to another location on that same drive (this is best illustrated with large files). See how long it takes? Now, try a drag-and-drop with Explorer; it's instantaneous. What's the problem? When Explorer (or any other utility I know of) moves a file on the same drive, it doesn't touch the file itself; it just updates the file system pointer so that the file is listed as existing in the new location. But when AnyWhere Pro moves a file from one location to another on the same drive, it actually does a full, s-s-s-s-slow copy operation, followed by a delete operation. This is awesomely inefficient, can make your anti-virus software grind your CPU, can significantly add to file fragmentation, and can lead to hair loss if you try moving some really big files around, then end up waiting eons for it to finish, when it actually should take only a moment.