Replace layered photoshop file?

I have a large photoshop file (about 40 layers) that i'd like to replace with another photoshop layered file (which contains the exact # of layers with the same naming convention, although each has a different image).
Currently the only way of replacing a layered file is to select each individual layer and search for that layer in another file.
How can this be done?
Thanks
Jeff

...the way you are already doing it. Sorry, there is no automated way to do this. AE doesn't care for a PSDs internal structure once the layers have been imported. to the program it's al ljust footage. that's good on most days as it prevents misconduct with screwy PSD files, bad on days when you need to replace things. Since the layers are named identically, a script might be of help. Perhaps something along those lines is floating around on AEnhancers or AEScripts...
Mylenium
Wait, what?
That's exactly how after effects deals with photoshop files, it looks for file name then layer name, it does not arbitrarily convert it to some new footage type. As long as the shell of the photoshop file is the same (filename, number of layers, and layer names), then the AEP, placed in the directory relative to the PSD will update with WHATEVER those current images are.
Sorry to disagree here, Mylenium, and you obviously have a lot of posts and have likely helped many many people, but I think this response is just plain wrong. I even went so far as to triple check doing a quick test, and the AEP/PSD combination behaved as i expected it to. And you would get misconduct from messing with the PSD. Try changing a layer name in photoshop and saving it, then opening you AEP and see what happens (the dreaded color bars).
As for your problem, Jeff, since you can't just copy and replace the old file due to the need to keep it plus the new one, your best bet is to import the PSD as a comp, and then alt+drag the individual layers from the project palette to the selected layers that need replacing. This will keep all of your keyframes and whatnot.
OR
Maybe you create two separate directories, one with the old and one with the new PSD, and set two separate AEP's up the way you want them, then combine those directories and import one of the AEP's into the other (I love the fact that you can import an AEP into an AEP...has saved my butt MANY times). That might be the ticket right there.
I hope maybe that helps

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