<div dir="ltr">A 'shapefile' is a collection of at least different files with extension .shp, .shx, .dbf and .prj. So if you rename one of them it doesn't work. You must rename all the sidecar files. Better yet, open original shapefile in QGIS, right-click, Export , Save Features As and save it with the new name.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:480px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:10px 0px 12px;width:160px;vertical-align:top"><a href="https://spatialthoughts.com/" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Logo" width="141" src="https://spatialthoughts685850346.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/spatial_thoughts_logo.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:141px;height:auto"></a></td><td style="padding:6px 0px;width:320px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:transparent"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(61,60,63)"><span style="color:rgb(0,175,239)">Ujaval Gandhi</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 11px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,60,63)"><span style="color:rgb(0,175,239)">Spatial Thoughts</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(155,155,155)"><span>mobile: +91-8095684687</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(155,155,155)"><span>email: </span><span style="color:rgb(23,147,210)"><a href="mailto:ujaval@spatialthoughts.com" target="_blank">ujaval@spatialthoughts.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 0px 0px"><span style="display:inline-block;height:22px"><span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/spatialthoughts/" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img alt="LinkedIn icon" border="0" width="23" height="23" src="https://codetwocdn.azureedge.net/images/mail-signatures/generator/elegant-logo/ln.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:20px;width:20px"></a>  </span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/spatialthoughts" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img alt="Twitter icon" border="0" width="23" height="23" src="https://codetwocdn.azureedge.net/images/mail-signatures/generator/elegant-logo/tt.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:20px;width:20px"></a>  </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:8px 0px 0px;border-top:1px solid rgb(23,147,210);width:480px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(155,155,155);text-align:justify"></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:46 PM krishna Ayyala <<a href="mailto:ayyalakrishna@gmail.com">ayyalakrishna@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have a shapefile with the name "Polygon". I can see this shapefile in the browser panel. In the browser panel, I right click on "Polygon" and Properties. I changed the name to "Polygon_rename".<div><br><div><img src="cid:ii_kkcna69k1" alt="image.png" width="204" height="288" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>After changing the name, I  have added to the layers window. Then I am getting the following error message. How to rename a shapefile?</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kkcng40t2" alt="image.png" width="512" height="54"><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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