Files and folders move between your computers on the local network. They never go over the internet.
Copy and paste
- In File Explorer, select a file or a folder and press Ctrl+C.
- Move the pointer to the other computer.
- In File Explorer there, press Ctrl+V.
Where files land
What arrives is saved under your Downloads folder, in BukDesk, in a folder named Received 1, Received 2 and so on. BukDesk never writes over a file that is already there, and never removes anything from that folder.
When a transfer ends, BukDesk says "All of it is here" and offers "Open the folder".
Being asked first
A transfer above 1 GB asks first: the receiving computer shows how many files and how much, with "Accept" and "Decline". It also asks once one computer has put 10 GB on the disk in a day with nobody asked.
Safety
- Nothing that arrives opens or runs by itself.
- Every file gets the Windows mark that says it came from another computer, so Windows warns before running it.
- Windows may pass a file to your antivirus before it gets its final name.
- Shortcuts and a few other kinds of file that act when a folder merely shows them are left out.
Stopping a transfer
Press "Stop" on the transfer's card. A transfer that stops leaves nothing half-written behind.
Limits
- One transfer holds at most 64 GB.
- A transfer is refused if it would leave less than 1 GB free on the disk.
- After the trial ends on a computer, it can still receive files, and cannot send them.
To send without moving the pointer, see Send to.