Originals of deleted/renamed files persist, like zombies

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Is there a way to turn this setting off so I can paste both, or is there a
way to add an extension to the 2nd file so its not the same name?
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You don't get that option? When that happens to me, Vista (Ultimate) gives
me the option of replacing the other file, not making the move, or moving
anyway and keeping both versions but one will have a slightly changed file
name (like photo.jpg will become photo(2).jpg). You don't see that option?
 
For some reason I can't start a new thread so I am replying to this one.
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The reason you're having such problems is that you are using the web
interface to read this newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most
error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a
newsreader, such as Windows Mail, which comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm That's
about Outlook Express, but it's essentially the same in Windows Mail.

Here is my problem:
I have 2 files in different folders that have the same name, and I want to
paste both those files with the same name into a new folder. However, it
won't let me copy both into a new folder because the 2nd one will always ask
to "replace the existing file with the same name" which was the first one.
Is there a way to turn this setting off so I can paste both,
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No, you can never have two files with the same name in a single
folder. If you did, Windows would have no way to tell the two apart.

or is there a
way to add an extension to the 2nd file so its not the same name?
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Sure, just tell it not replace the file and it will give it a name
with a (2) at the end of it. You can either leave it that way, or
right-click and rename it to anything you prefer.
 
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