Avoiding pasting a file when you just want to paste text

I keep on stumbling on a procedural UX issue, and so I've opened up this issue to discuss it.

I primarily use CopyQ for copying and pasting text (and sometimes images).

But, at least in Windows, files that I copy/cut and paste in file managers get in the way of my process flow using CopyQ.

An example will clarify:

1. Let's say I'm in a file manager, and I rename a file, but first copy the original filename to the clipboard (and hence CopyQ).

2. Now I copy the file to the clipboard, select a new folder, and paste a copy of the file to the new folder.

3. Next, I go to rename the new file, and I want to use the original filename copied in step 1. When I try to paste the name using Ctrl+V, it doesn't work, even though it was the last text I copied into CopyQ. Why? Because the file itself (actually, a link to it) now occupies the clipboard and the first slot in CopyQ.

I experience this sort of thing all the time, and I've been trying to figure out an automated way to work around it or propose a new feature for CopyQ to handle this common situation.

So far, I haven't come up with anything I really like. Hence, this post asking for feedback, ideas, and suggestions.

Thanks!