Copy/Move files from several folders into a single folder in Windows

This post will tell you a trick on how to copy multiple files from several folders into a single destination folder and optionally delete them from their respective sources in Windows.

The benefits

Deleting files from their source after copy helps you save disk space and avoid storing duplicate files that will not be needed later. Also, you don’t have to go back to each folder separately to delete files after copying.

Let us look at how this is possible using Copywhiz, a smart file copy program for Windows.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

  • Copy only new or modified files
  • Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
  • Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
  • Copy files to multiple folders/computers
  • Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
  • Sync files between source and destination
  • Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
  • Schedule file backups
  • Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.
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An image depicting one of the features of Copywhiz

Steps to copy from multiple folders and paste to a single destination

1. Go to Windows File Explorer, select the files/folders, right-click and choose Copywhiz–>Copy.

2. Keep adding files from different folders by selecting them, right-clicking, and choosing “Copy (Add to queue)” from the Copywhiz menu. You can see the total number of files copied until now in the “Show items” menu.

3. Right-click inside the destination folder and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced. The Copywhiz main window will open. Select the option “Paste and delete original (move)” and then click on the “Paste Now” button.

4. All the files (from multiple folders) are copied at once and also deleted from their source.

Conclusion

You just saw how Copywhiz saves your time and efforts in simple day to day operations like copying and deleting files and folders. All this is just a few clicks! This is otherwise very time-consuming in Windows.

If you want to copy these files but not delete them from their source, you can do that too. Check out our article on the same:

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Windows: Copy file contents from one file to another, keeping the file name intact

Copying one file as another file (while keeping its name as of the old file) is a long process in Windows.

Normally, without Copywhiz you would follow the below 5 tedious steps:

You have to copy the new file, paste the new file to the destination folder, copy the name of the existing file to the clipboard, delete the existing file and finally rename the new file.

You would wonder, “How is this long? This is how we normally work”. Well, after reading this post, you will understand.

We will tell you about a shorter way to do this using Copywhiz, a file copy software for Windows.

Copywhiz will let me replace the existing file very quickly without having to follow several steps. With it’s Paste-as option, you can replace an existing file with a file having a different name rather very quickly.

Here is a short video on this feature to guide you:

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

  • Copy only new or modified files
  • Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
  • Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
  • Copy files to multiple folders/computers
  • Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
  • Sync files between source and destination
  • Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
  • Schedule file backups
  • Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Copywhiz as a time saver

Using Copywhiz, you don’t have to go through so many steps.

1. Just select the updated/new file from it’s source folder, right-click on it and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on the file that needs to be replaced and select Copywhiz–>Paste Special.

3. Under the Paste Special, select the option ‘Paste as (new file -> old file),’ as shown below.

4. That’s it. The contents of the old file will replace with the contents of the new file. Also, the name of the file is that of the old file only.

Conclusion

You would now agree with us. We have become so used to the long process of Windows file copy-paste that we never realized how much extra time we were spending on this simple task.

Copywhiz thus understood the need to save time in this daily performed task and introduced the ‘Paste as’ feature. It is surely going to increase efficiency in all our file copy tasks.

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Windows: Instantly copy/paste a new file as an existing file in a single step

This post will tell you how to copy a new file as an existing file without changing the name of the existing file by using the Windows copy-paste method as well as an alternative software, Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

  • Copy only new or modified files
  • Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
  • Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
  • Copy files to multiple folders/computers
  • Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
  • Sync files between source and destination
  • Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
  • Schedule file backups
  • Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Copying new file as old file

This feature is needed and used by every person, at some point in his work, regardless of the nature of work performed. Saving time on this simple process helps increase work productivity.

Using Windows copy-paste

1. Select the new file from its source folder and right click and copy/cut or use Ctrl+C/X

2. Go to the destination folder and paste the file there.

3. You will get an error pop-up saying that the destination already has a file with the same name. You will have to replace or skip the file.

4. Dealing with these error popups every time is annoying, and your time is also wasted.

Even if your source and destination file are the same, the new file is saved as a copy of the existing file. You will then have to delete the old file and rename the new file.

Using Copywhiz

Here is a short video perfectly depicting this feature:

1. Right-click on the file that needs to be copied and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on the file that needs to be replaced and select Copywhiz–>Paste Special.

3. Under the Paste Special, you will find the option ‘Paste as (new file -> old file),’ as shown below.

4. The old file will be replaced, keeping its name intact. You will be intimidated with a pop-up, and also, a sound plays indicating the successful completion of a file copy task.

Conclusion

While the traditional Windows method takes a lot of time and effort, Copywhiz does the same task in just a few clicks and without error popups.

It is thus a convenient tool for file copy and automatically taking scheduled & incremental backups.

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Delete files based on date from whole folder tree in Windows

This post will tell you how to permanently delete certain files from your system based on their file date. Most importantly, you can apply this to the whole folder tree containing several files and sub-folders.

Why delete files?

There are certain files which we will never need. We still copy them along with our important files because filtering them in Windows the traditional way is quite tedious and time-consuming.

We can delete files based on their dates. Let us look at how this is possible using Copywhiz, a smart file copy program for Windows.

Although Copywhiz is a file copy software, we will achieve the task mentioned above using a small trick. We will move all the files that we don’t want to a new location and delete those files from this new location. That’s it. This way, we have removed the un-required files from the source folder.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

  • Copy only new or modified files
  • Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
  • Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
  • Copy files to multiple folders/computers
  • Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
  • Sync files between source and destination
  • Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
  • Schedule file backups
  • Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Steps to delete files from folder structure based on date

1. Right-click on the folder from which files need to be copied and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on it and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced. The advanced settings dialogue box will open.

3. Select the date option, as shown below. You can also preview the list of files and folders that will be copied and ones that will be skipped by clicking on the “Preview” button. After confirming, press the “OK” button.

Paste-By-date

4. Back in the Copywhiz main window, select the option “Paste and delete original (move).” Click on “Paste Now” to copy files instantly or “Paste Later” to schedule the copy to your preferred time.

Conclusion

You don’t have to take out time, especially to delete files. You can now do that while your file copy is in progress or while taking regular backups. This feature is thus very useful and handy. Copywhiz is thus a real time saver when you are are working with a large number of files.

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Multiple level bullets and numbering (outlining) in sticky notes using a Windows sticky note alternative software

We are all aware of the latest updates in Windows sticky notes. While they are handy and will help make our work smoother, we haven’t yet found a much-needed feature: Multi-level bulleting and indentation. We can add bullets in Windows Sticky notes, but only of one type and only one level, while what we need the most are multiple level bullets and indentation, also called outlining.

It is a helpful feature when working on various projects.

Not many of the sticky notes programs offer this function. We, therefore, bring to you, an alternative software, Notezilla which will let you perform outlining (multiple level bullets and numbering) in your sticky notes.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, etc.). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and beautiful.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

  • Sticky notes with reminders
  • Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
  • Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
  • Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
  • Add pictures inside sticky notes
  • Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
  • Checklist sticky notes
  • Lock sticky notes (password protect)
  • Markdown support
  • Send notes over local network or across the globe
  • Tag sticky notes
  • Dark mode support
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Outlining (multi-level bullets & numbering) in sticky notes on Windows using Notezilla

Here is a short video easily depicting this feature:

In Notezilla, you can press Shift+Tab to go back to one level down. To add bullets without using the menu, you can use Ctrl+Shift+L. Then use Tab and Shift-Tab to indent & unindent.

Why Notezilla?

Notezilla helps you mind map your tasks, goals and even the simplest thoughts. You do not need a separate planning tool for your tasks. Your list grows in a structured fashion, and it ensures that your tasks do not get mixed up. Assigning tasks and tracking them becomes easy and fast too.

It can tremendously boost your productivity.

Notezilla thus saves a lot of your time and efforts. And guess what? Notezilla also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

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Tag/Label your sticky notes using a Windows sticky note alternative tool

Virtual sticky notes let you instantly type what’s on your mind without changing your task in hand. It provides a lot of ease, and they stay there right in front of you when you are working. For this reason, sticky notes are better than other types of note programs.

An essential thing when working on projects would be the ability to Tag your Sticky Notes. Tags are labels or categories that you can assign to notes to group them and locate them quickly.

This feature is not offered by most of the digital sticky note software. But you can do that using an alternative software, Notezilla, where tagging is one of it’s most useful feature.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone etc). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and attractive.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

  • Sticky notes with reminders
  • Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
  • Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
  • Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
  • Add pictures inside sticky notes
  • Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
  • Checklist sticky notes
  • Lock sticky notes (password protect)
  • Markdown support
  • Send notes over local network or across the globe
  • Tag sticky notes
  • Dark mode support
Tags-Window

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Tags in Notezilla sticky notes

Here is a short video depicting this feature:

By adding tags, you can group your sticky notes by topics, projects, contexts, or anything else that is important to you.

Example: supermarket, meetings, bills, bank, project-XYZ, to-call, to-repair, to-clean, weekends, travel, hotels, internet, school, assignment.

A single note may have multiple tags.

Example: You may tag a sticky note ‘project1, supermarket’, and tag another note ‘project2, supermarket’. Now you can easily find and group all the items to purchase from the Supermarket for all the projects.

Assigning Tags

To assign tags to a sticky note, choose Tags from the Note Menu or press Ctrl+T. The Note Tags window will appear (as shown above). Just type the tags separated by comma and press OK. The Note menu will also allow you to directly assign/remove the tag from the Tags popup menu.

Faster way to assign tags

To quickly assign tags, hover the mouse on tags from the Note menu and click on the drop-down from sub-menu. A list of already existing tags will be displayed. Directly assign tags to the note from that popup.

Conclusion

Notezilla is really helpful to increase your work productivity. You can efficiently work on the tasks at hand and stay organized.

It thus saves a lot of your time and effort. Notezilla also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

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Hide and unhide sticky notes from the desktop using a Windows sticky note alternative app

The sticky note world has changed a lot with the development of digital sticky notes that appear on your desktop. Instantly type what’s on your mind on desktop sticky notes without changing your task in hand. It provides a lot of ease.

For this reason, sticky notes are better than other types of note programs. And many sticky note software offer other important features. Like recently, Windows added new updates to its sticky notes software with features like sync, pen support, new and improved design, etc.

But one essential feature Windows skipped to add was the ability to hide sticky notes from the desktop and make them visible anytime at your convenience. You can therefore use an alternative software, Notezilla that lets you do exactly this.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, etc.). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and beautiful.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

  • Sticky notes with reminders
  • Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
  • Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
  • Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
  • Add pictures inside sticky notes
  • Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
  • Checklist sticky notes
  • Lock sticky notes (password protect)
  • Markdown support
  • Send notes over local network or across the globe
  • Tag sticky notes
  • Dark mode support

Check out the cool features of Notezilla.

Why hide sticky notes from desktop?

Having the sticky note on the desktop right in front of your eyes is good but, it gets annoying at times when there are a lot of notes on the desktop. It looks very cluttered and unprofessional. Also, they may come in the way of using other programs or might prove a problem when you don’t want someone else to see a particular note of yours. Hiding notes from your desktop is thus an important feature.

Hiding sticky notes in Notezilla

Here is a short video perfectly depicting this feature:

Hiding a particular note

To hide a sticky note, click on the ‘Hide Note’ icon in the Note Toolbar. Double click on the note in the Notes List of the Notes Browser to view the hidden sticky note. To view it on your desktop, from the Notes Browser, select the sticky note stuck to the Windows desktop. Then click on the ‘Stick to Desktop’ toolbar button and choose ‘Show the desktop note.’

StickToDesktop Menu

Note: Hiding sticky notes only make them invisible from your desktop even though they are still there. They are not deleted. Also, only desktop notes can be hidden.

Hiding all desktop sticky notes

To hide all desktop notes, left-click on the Notezilla icon and choose ‘Hide all desktop notes’ from the menu. You can also right-click on the Notezilla icon and choose ‘Desktop Notes//Hide all notes’ from the menu.

The faster and recommended way of hiding all desktop notes is to use a hotkey. You can set a hotkey for hiding all desktop notes using Preferences.

Showing all hidden notes

To show all desktop notes (including hidden notes), left-click on the Notezilla icon and choose ‘Show all desktop notes’ from the menu. You can also right-click on the Notezilla icon and choose ‘Desktop Notes/Show all notes’ from the menu. You have hotkeys for this too.

Notezilla thus makes your sticky note experience really worth the time. And guess what? Notezilla also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

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Sticky notes that can always stay on top: Windows Sticky Notes alternative

Everyone likes the latest updates of Windows sticky notes with new sync, dark mode, and other new additions. They will surely help make things easier. But users are disappointed in not finding a vital feature: sticky notes that stay on top of other apps.

While Windows will take time to add this feature, we have an alternative software, Notezilla which will let you pin sticky notes on top in a convenient way.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, etc.). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and beautiful.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

  • Sticky notes with reminders
  • Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
  • Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
  • Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
  • Add pictures inside sticky notes
  • Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
  • Checklist sticky notes
  • Lock sticky notes (password protect)
  • Markdown support
  • Send notes over local network or across the globe
  • Tag sticky notes
  • Dark mode support
Stay on Top

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KEEPING STICKY NOTES ALWAYS ON TOP

Here is a short video perfectly depicting this feature:

In Notezilla, to make a sticky note always stay on top of all other program windows, click on the Pin icon in the note toolbar. Only desktop notes can be made to stay on top. The faster way to make a note remain on top is to use the shortcut key Ctrl+Q from the sticky note.

Conclusion

Notezilla easily lets you keep sticky notes on top of other apps and programs. It is so convenient when you have to refer to related notes, collect data from other websites, documents during your research, copy-paste from other places, etc. Rather, not having this feature feels incomplete.

Here is a lovely review of this feature written by one of our customers on her blog:

Notezilla thus saves a lot of your time and efforts. And guess what? Notezilla also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

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Insert pictures and hyperlinks into sticky notes using a Windows sticky note alternative tool

Sticky notes are more useful when you can add your pictures to them. Also, adding links to them is very useful when working on important projects or browsing the internet.

We noticed that not many sticky notes software offer this functionality.

But you can still do all this and much more using an alternative software, Notezilla which lets you insert pictures and hyperlinks into your sticky notes.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, etc.). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and beautiful.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

  • Sticky notes with reminders
  • Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
  • Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
  • Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
  • Add pictures inside sticky notes
  • Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
  • Checklist sticky notes
  • Lock sticky notes (password protect)
  • Markdown support
  • Send notes over local network or across the globe
  • Tag sticky notes
  • Dark mode support
Insert Pictures Inside Sticky Notes

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Insert Pictures Inside Sticky Notes

Here is a short video beautifully depicting this feature:

Notezilla makes sticky notes more useful by giving the ability to insert pictures/images inside them. You can copy pictures from any website & paste them directly into your sticky notes. This feature is useful when researching & collecting data on a particular topic. To make your Windows desktop pretty, you can have sticky notes with different pictures in them. It’s fun.

Pictures in mobile apps

Notezilla also supports pictures in its apps for Android and iOS. Just download or update the app from Play Store or App Store and sync with the Windows Version.

Link files & folders to a sticky note

Notezilla lets you link files & folders to a sticky note. Note that, Notezilla does not create any copies of the files or folders. It only links to existing files & folders. To link files & folders to a sticky note, right-click on the note title or note toolbar and choose the Links menu item from the menu.

Inserting hyperlinks in a sticky note

Here is a short video depicting this feature:

You can insert links to websites and web pages into your Notezilla sticky notes. Just copy the website URL and Paste it in the Notezilla sticky note. A link to the website will be created instantly. On clicking the link inside the note, the website will open in your browser from within the note itself.

Hyperlink

Conclusion

Notezilla thus ensures high work productivity by focusing even on the minutest detail to make your experience easy and fruitful.

It also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

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Have a happy day!

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Windows: Quickly replace an old file with a new file keeping old name intact

We work with multiple files daily. File editing and replacing is the most basic work in our daily routine. But this may consume a lot of your time if you repeatedly replace a file, say daily. And most importantly, you want the old file name the same.

Using the standard Windows method, you will spend a lot of time and effort in copying, renaming, replacing, and deleting files. We, therefore, have an alternative software, Copywhiz, that will let you replace an old file with a new file keeping old name intact, in just a few clicks (three, to be exact)!

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

  • Copy only new or modified files
  • Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
  • Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
  • Copy files to multiple folders/computers
  • Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
  • Sync files between source and destination
  • Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
  • Schedule file backups
  • Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Steps to replace file without changing file name:

Here is a short video for your guidance:

1. Right-click on the file that needs to be copied and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on the file that needs to be replaced and select Copywhiz–>Paste Special.

3. Under the Paste Special, you will find the option ‘Paste as (new file -> old file)’ as shown below.

4. The old file replaces even though its name is unchanged. You will be intimidated with a pop-up, and also, a sound plays indicating the successful completion of a file copy task.

Conclusion

Once you are done replacing a file, come back and follow the same steps for the next file to replace. This way, you can also paste a single file to multiple folders with a different name in each folder.

Copywhiz thus saves a lot of time and effort on the simple yet important task of file replace which would have taken many steps in Windows file copy-paste.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

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