Windows 10: If there are two instances of the same file within a file/directory, how does the...

For example:

-If you have this file path:​

Game > Controls​

-And I copy the entire "Controls" file into a new folder within Game, called "Modifications", so now I have:​

Game > Modifications > Controls​

How does the application know to use the "Controls" filewithin "Modifications" compared to the original "Controls" file? I'm asking not necessarily to know if it will work or not, because I know it does work, I'm just asking how the computer/application makes the distinction and more importantly why it chooses the right one.​

For context, this is directly referring to adding modifications to game files within Grand Theft Auto V, and making a "mods" folder in case there is a game breaking issue I can delete the "mods" folder where I had made changes to the "x64" and "update" folders.​

:)

 

Looking for a program which grabs folders\files and converts it into text

Karen's Directory Printer

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Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.

 

Gathering Names Of Multiple Files

Try this snippit in a batch file:

You have to specify where to go with the batch file, which is what the cd command is for. Then, once the prompt is in that directory, the last command lists all of the files (including directories) in the list_of_files.txt text file, since dir is a command, not the directory location. *Smile

Edit: Also, if your directory has spaces, you may have to put the directory in quotes, such as: