PSE8 File Names in Organizer

I have duplicate file names of different images taken with different cameras and stored in different directories. Can I set a switch in Organizer to allow import of files with the same name into Organizer? As it works now it will only import the first instance of the file name.
thanks,
kent

Hello,
I have this problem too. Is there a solution to this? Or should this become a wishlist item?
Bye,
Ming-Hua

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