I was correct on one hand as there are many file renaming programs.
My second thought was the cold medicine I was taking was interfering with my thinking as someone has surely tackled this problem using Windows. My first thought was I could probably write a DOS batch program using the RENAME command. Does the example picture below look familiar to you?Īfter looking at the filenames, I figured I needed a way to rename files. The file names certainly didn’t provide a clue as to whether the subject matter was my Oregon trip, wine labels, twins, or something else. I ended up with an array of files that seemed identical but varied by date. I transferred them to my PC, as I wanted to use some on a Facebook fan page. and tagged PowerRename, PowerToys, show-and-tell on Februby Savas.The problem I had was I took too many photos, which were stored on my phone. There is plenty more useful strings/expressions if needed. Using the ^ expression, I avoided renaming twenty or so files. I needed to add a keyword just before the main title of the file name. PowerToys PowerRename utility for Windows | Microsoft Docsįor example I started working on a project that I created various documents, after I noticed I needed to title the documents based on sections, however I had something like twenty files to rename. Using the link below, look under Examples of regular expressions and you’ll find various ways you can add text to the start, end or in-between certain text strings. What I wanted to further add is there are more than just renaming files as per the GUI. To avoid that, you can use PowerToys, PowerRename utility.Īfter you install PowerToys, you’ll automatically see the context menu PowerRename after right clicking files in a folder.
I used to create a batch file for this, which was a little tricky and sometimes would lead to mistakes. Have you ever needed to rename or modify a large number of files, say even change the dating format? I have.
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