Organizer will not download a file that has photos from other files

[birmancat]

I created a file to work on photos for a contest.  The photos in that 'contest options' file are a copy-paste collection of photos from my other files.  Organizer will NOT import it because it has duplicate photos.  How can I get it to download it?  I can't find any setting to allow the duplicates.  When it shows the message that those photos weren't imported, there is no option to tell it to include them.  I can do that is LR, but I haven't moved LR from old computer to new one yet & need to process the photos asap.  Any suggestion or solutions will help.   My brower is Firefox & I am running Windows 11.  Thanks ahead of time. 

[Greg_S.]

Select the files that you want to copy in the Organizer, and click on File>Export as New File(s).  Save the files in your Contest folder and you will then be able to import the files into the Organizer, using the Import>From Files and Folders command.

[birmancat]

That didn't work.  I went the long way around and made a folder in Word, gave them new names, and fiddled around until it worked. It took me ~45 min and I hope it doesn't happen again,  because I don't know what worked when it did work. I'm persistent and that's, I guess, my saving grace. So, thanks for suggestions.

 new names