{"id":1285,"date":"2015-03-11T14:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T09:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:50:04","slug":"auto-rename-files-having-duplicate-names-in-windows-using-copywhiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/auto-rename-files-having-duplicate-names-in-windows-using-copywhiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto-rename files having duplicate names in Windows using Copywhiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Automatically rename files having duplicate names when copying them in Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dxEOpkgudSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Encountering errors pop-ups stating that a file with the same name already exists, is dreaded by all. We can try checking for a duplicate file before the file copy if the number of files is less. But this is not practically possible to do for multiple files or copying files from various folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We, therefore, bring you a solution for this. Software that will <strong>automatically rename duplicate files<\/strong> for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that software is a file copy &amp; backup software called <a title=\"Copywhiz - Auto-rename files having duplicate names in  Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Copywhiz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility &amp; control over the file copying and backup process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> makes file copying a breeze: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copy only new or modified files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files to multiple folders\/computers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sync files between source and destination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule file backups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify copied files for data integrity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retain security attributes of files &amp; folders (ownership\/user access)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Features\" target=\"_blank\">Several more hidden nuggets<\/a>&nbsp;designed to make your file-copy task easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Copywhiz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When copying files, you may encounter another file with the same name but different content. Often happens with music &amp; picture files. You may not want to replace the existing file with the new one but keep both the files. <strong>Copywhiz<\/strong> lets you automatically rename the existing file before copying the new file so that you can keep both the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a short video depicting the steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Automatically rename files having duplicate names when copying them in Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dxEOpkgudSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcription:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select files using Windows Explorer, right-click on them and choose Copywhiz-&gt;Copy from the menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the destination folder, select <em>Copywhiz&#8211;&gt;Paste<\/em> from the menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While copying, if files with duplicate names exist, the &#8216;File Already Exists&#8217; dialog box will appear which will show the details of the duplicate files.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"469\" class=\"wp-image-8376 img-border\" style=\"width: 524px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1.png 588w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <em>Advanced<\/em> button placed in the bottom-left of the &#8216;File Already Exists&#8217; dialog box. Tick the option to rename the destination file with a suffix instead of overwriting it. You can apply the suffix to all duplicate files by enabling the option <em>Do this for all files<\/em>. And finally click on <em>Rename<\/em> button. Once the files are copied, you will see duplicate files renamed successfully.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"344\" class=\"wp-image-8377 img-border\" style=\"width: 524px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2.png 781w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2-768x504.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it in this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take <strong>automatic backups of your files and folders<\/strong>! Read more about it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-conceptworld-039-s-blog wp-block-embed-conceptworld-039-s-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ttl39tVfNk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-copy-files-in-background-at-specific-time-in-windows\/\">Automatically copy files &#038; folders in background at specific time in Windows<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Automatically copy files &#038; folders in background at specific time in Windows&#8221; &#8212; Conceptworld&#039;s Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-copy-files-in-background-at-specific-time-in-windows\/embed\/#?secret=fniIENK7qb#?secret=ttl39tVfNk\" data-secret=\"ttl39tVfNk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about<\/a> Copywhiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the free trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more tutorial videos, click <a title=\"Copywhiz Tutorial Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a> for regular updates and interesting videos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other cool products<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for visiting our blog :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encountering errors pop-ups stating that a file with the same name already exists, is dreaded by all. We can try checking for a duplicate file before the file copy if the number of files is less. But this is not practically possible to do for multiple files or copying files from various folders. We, therefore, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/auto-rename-files-having-duplicate-names-in-windows-using-copywhiz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Auto-rename files having duplicate names in Windows using Copywhiz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8528,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions\/8528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}