{"id":4796,"date":"2019-07-29T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2023-08-13T16:56:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T11:26:32","slug":"windows-handy-way-to-replace-an-existing-file-with-another-file-keeping-the-file-name-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/windows-handy-way-to-replace-an-existing-file-with-another-file-keeping-the-file-name-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows: Handy way to replace an existing file with another file keeping the file name same"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today you will learn about a quick shortcut using which Handy way to replace an existing file with another file keeping the file name same. With this feature, we reduce 5 long steps to just 2 quick steps. This is possible using the file copy software <a 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\">Copy file and paste as another file in few steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you proceed to read the steps, check this short video perfectly depicting this feature:<\/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: Copy content of a file to another file keeping file names intact using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-k3QGiMZ_8?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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Right-click on the file that needs to be copied and choose Copywhiz\u2013&gt;Copy from the menu as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-file.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-file.png 653w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-file-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on the file that needs to be replaced and select Copywhiz\u2013&gt;Paste Special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Under the Paste Special, you will find the option &#8216;Paste as (new file -&gt; old file)&#8217; as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Paste-as-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Paste-as-1.png 639w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Paste-as-1-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>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 successful completion of a file copy task.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Paste-message-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Paste-message-1.png 658w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Paste-message-1-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What took a lot of time earlier using the Windows file copy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> does the same task in just a few clicks. It reduces all the extra steps and lets you copy one file as another file and also keeps the name of the old file unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s that simple and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is thus a convenient tool for file copy and automatically taking scheduled &amp; incremental backups.<\/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>For short 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>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA\/featured?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a> for more 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>Today you will learn about a quick shortcut using which Handy way to replace an existing file with another file keeping the file name same. With this feature, we reduce 5 long steps to just 2 quick steps. This is possible using the file copy software Copywhiz. Copy file and paste as another file in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/windows-handy-way-to-replace-an-existing-file-with-another-file-keeping-the-file-name-same\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Windows: Handy way to replace an existing file with another file keeping the file name same<\/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-4796","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\/4796","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=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7114,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions\/7114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}