Windows 7 – Explorer Shortcut for ‘Replace All’

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I you copy/paste some files into a directory that already contains files with the same name you'll get a confirmation dialog "There is already a file with the same name in this location…"

To replace all files you have to check "Do this for the next N conflicts" and then click on "Copy and Replace".

Is there a keyboard shortcut for this (like there was in XP where you could simply press 'a')?

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Alt+D, Tab, Enter.

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Windows 7 – Copy File Dialog Keyboard Accelerators

After thinking about it some more, I realized I could accomplish this with AutoHotkey.

Save the following into a script and run it with AutoHotkey. The key combination is Alt + A. It simulates pressing Alt + D, Tab, Tab, Tab, Space when a window titled "Copy File" is active.

NOTE: The IfWinActive function matches partial titles, so if you have this running and the title of the window has "Copy File" in the title, AutoHotkey will send the keys to that window as well.

;alt + a ... do replace all on select file dialog
#IfWinActive Copy File
!a::
    SendInput !d
    SendInput {Tab}
    SendInput {Tab}
    SendInput {Tab}
    SendInput {Space}
    return

Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts – Shortcut Key for ‘Open File Location’

One solution -- Type search phrase into task bar and arrow down to the appropriate entry. Then press the (context) menu key, and "i" for the "Open file location" entry. This isn't as good as a shortcut, but may be as good as it gets.

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