{"id":8139,"date":"2024-12-23T14:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=8139"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:51:14","slug":"replace-a-file-with-another-file-having-a-different-name-using-copywhiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/replace-a-file-with-another-file-having-a-different-name-using-copywhiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Replace a file with another file having a different name using Copywhiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi Guys! Copywhiz allows you to replace an existing file without changing its name. The name is not taken from the source file. The source file&#8217;s name can be anything. The destination file name will remain same. Just the content of the destination file will be replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is useful when you wish to replace an existing file with another file that you have just downloaded from the Internet but having a different name.<\/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<p>Below is a short video for further reference: <\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Transcription: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As shown in the video, we already have a file. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And we also have is the new updated file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will now copy the new file and replace the old.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the file into Copywhiz.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, go to the destination, right click and select Copywhiz &#8216;Paste Special&#8217; option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the option &#8220;Paste as&#8221; <br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"340\" class=\"wp-image-8392 img-border\" style=\"width: 524px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-04-30-211317.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-04-30-211317.png 1013w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-04-30-211317-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-04-30-211317-768x498.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As we see in the video,  the file contents have been updated and the file name remains intact. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Closing comments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a really handy feature and very easy to understand and use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about<\/a>&nbsp;Copywhiz. Download the free trial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For short tutorial videos,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA\/featured?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;for interesting videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">other cool products<\/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>Hi Guys! Copywhiz allows you to replace an existing file without changing its name. The name is not taken from the source file. The source file&#8217;s name can be anything. The destination file name will remain same. Just the content of the destination file will be replaced. This is useful when you wish to replace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/replace-a-file-with-another-file-having-a-different-name-using-copywhiz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Replace a file with another file having a different name 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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8139","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\/8139","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=8139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8518,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139\/revisions\/8518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}