{"id":3429,"date":"2018-11-21T11:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T06:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2020-09-11T15:58:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:28:40","slug":"automatically-rename-source-file-on-file-name-conflict-when-copying-files-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-rename-source-file-on-file-name-conflict-when-copying-files-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically rename source file on file name conflict when copying files in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post will brief you on how to directly rename the file being copied when a file with the same name already exists in the destination folder. This can be magically done using the tool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting an error pop up telling, &#8220;A file with the same name already exists&#8221; is common in your daily file copying process. Manually changing the name is OK when there are limited files. It is, however, not practical with a large number of files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should therefore try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> that lets you automatically rename the file being copied or the destination file. You can do this while the files are being copied or pre-configure it so that you are not interrupted.<\/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\">Steps to rename source file during file name conflict<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When an error message pops up, click on the Advanced Settings option of Copywhiz.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Advanced-Settings-FilterTab.png\" alt=\"Advanced Settings\" class=\"wp-image-4865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Advanced-Settings-FilterTab.png 456w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Advanced-Settings-FilterTab-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Click on the &#8216;General&#8217; Tab which is next to the Filter Tab.<\/li><li>Under the File Replace options, select &#8216;Rename Source file&#8217;.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Advanced-Settings-GeneralTab.png\" alt=\"General Tab\" class=\"wp-image-4876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Advanced-Settings-GeneralTab.png 453w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Advanced-Settings-GeneralTab-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Click on OK and Paste Now.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature is a time saver and also very easy. File copying is no longer tiring all thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more tutorial videos, <a title=\"Copywhiz Tutorial Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about<\/a> Copywhiz. Download the free trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post will brief you on how to directly rename the file being copied when a file with the same name already exists in the destination folder. This can be magically done using the tool Copywhiz. Getting an error pop up telling, &#8220;A file with the same name already exists&#8221; is common in your daily &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-rename-source-file-on-file-name-conflict-when-copying-files-in-windows\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Automatically rename source file on file name conflict when copying files in Windows<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429","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=3429"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6566,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429\/revisions\/6566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}