Relink photo to a different file

Somehow, some 971 photos got mixed up as duplicates in our catalog and replaced the already existing ones. I.E. take a filename of DSCN01250 from several years ago and another photo with the same filename tooks its place, including inheriting its tags, keywords, and album associations.
I cannot seem to find a way to link the photo in the catalog to the original file instead of the newer one. Logically, in my opinion, you'd think that you could, say, right-click->link photo to file->select the file that it really is associated with. After which, I could then just re-import, or whatever, to give the newer file a different name. (This is because Adobe has not figured out a way to have the catalog catch the difference between files in two different locations, or at least recognize two different timestamps. That's a hint from one programmer to a team of them, Adobe. It's all in the file's metadata. Oh, and you're welcome.)
Anyway, I would much reather NOT go deleting 971 items from the catalog to re-import 1,942 of them and tag every single one manually. Anyone have any ideas on how to change which file an item in the catalog is associated with? Thanks.

Lets suppose your original photo DSCN01250 is in Folder A. Your newly taken photo with the same name is in Folder B.
PSE now points somehow to the photo in Folder B. You can confirm this in the PSE Organizer by right-clicking on the photo, selecting Show Properties and then seeing what folder PSE thinks it is pointing to. If this confirms that PSE is pointing to Folder B, then here is what you do. (If PSE doesn't confirm this, then STOP)
Close PSE. Move all affected photos out of Folder B, to somewhere else. Move the affected photo(s) from Folder A into Folder B.
Open PSE. Select the affected photos, then update the thumbnails via Ctrl-Shift-U.
You should be able to do this folder by folder, rather than photo by photo.

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While I was organizing my photos, I realized there are about 30 or so photos that have the same exact file name as another photo. Example: There are two IMG_1243.jpg, but they are different pictures. They were taken at different times, even different years. I have used more than one camera to import photos. I have changed the name of one of the photos in the Title area in the information section of iPhoto. When I try to put the newly named photo into a folder that has the other IMG_1243, I get a message that says" An older item named "IMG_1243" already exists. Do you want to replace it with the newer one you are moving?"
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