That’s a great trick. It’s especially helpful for renaming screenshots.
I use Bulk Rename Utility. It’s a free tool. It comes with tones of features. Like regex, prefix, logging, case sensitivity, command line integration, remove digits, etc. Renaming technique possibilities are endless.
If you are looking for something powerful.
Meanwhile, thanks for remembering this trick.
Cheers.
Andrew
8 years ago
is their a way to ‘tab up’?? rather than only moving down the list when you click tab? Thanks
Fedya
8 years ago
I find the most convenient method to be by using the BulkRenameFile Tool. You should definitely give it a try. It is worth it!
Dorian Markich
8 years ago
This is very helpful, thanks!
If you want to do this in a much easier way, get KrojamSoft BatchRename. This program has a very user-friendly interface and lets you rename files and folders in a batch, change the case of the characters, change the time stamps and my favorite feature – you can log activity into an activity log. Try it out!
Thomas
7 years ago
I followed the advice but when I pressed enter a note came up about printing. This is not what I want.
Pantoro Tri
7 years ago
it simply rename the file but does not actually change the extension. For example if I want to change file.exe be file.doc icon should be changed.
Suggestion:
Use Fast File Renamer it’s free and actually rename including extension.
Dave Shaw
7 years ago
Excellent post Maria Madalina, thank you so much
jonathan
6 years ago
I use, Batch Rename Files Tool. You can easily found hier BatchRenameFiles.org that allows you to quickly rename all the files in a specified directory.
Novice
6 years ago
Just wondering about renaming folders with different folder names, e.g. pzza, apples, pies… instead of pizza (1), pizza (2) and pizza (3). This is obviously just a simple example, however trying to create a large folder system and would spend a year typing each name otherwise.
Kameron Chia
6 years ago
How do I change the file extension? I know a warning will pop up, but that’s OK.
Kameron Chia
6 years ago
How do I change the file extension? I know a warning will pop up, but that’s OK.
Alan
4 years ago
Helpful tips
Derrick Ramos
3 years ago
Outstanding shortcut. I use this method for creating image sequences in Adobe Premiere. Unfortunately, when using the ‘Batch Rename’ method, the auto-use of parenthesis in the sequence of filenames doesn’t allow Premiere to import them as an image sequence, so renaming them individually is still required by renaming, tab, then renaming. It’s a little quicker, but it would extra super rad if when batch renaming, it assigned sequential numbers without the parenthesis.
That’s a great trick. It’s especially helpful for renaming screenshots.
I use Bulk Rename Utility. It’s a free tool. It comes with tones of features. Like regex, prefix, logging, case sensitivity, command line integration, remove digits, etc. Renaming technique possibilities are endless.
If you are looking for something powerful.
Meanwhile, thanks for remembering this trick.
Cheers.
is their a way to ‘tab up’?? rather than only moving down the list when you click tab? Thanks
I find the most convenient method to be by using the BulkRenameFile Tool. You should definitely give it a try. It is worth it!
This is very helpful, thanks!
If you want to do this in a much easier way, get KrojamSoft BatchRename. This program has a very user-friendly interface and lets you rename files and folders in a batch, change the case of the characters, change the time stamps and my favorite feature – you can log activity into an activity log. Try it out!
I followed the advice but when I pressed enter a note came up about printing. This is not what I want.
it simply rename the file but does not actually change the extension. For example if I want to change file.exe be file.doc icon should be changed.
Suggestion:
Use Fast File Renamer it’s free and actually rename including extension.
Excellent post Maria Madalina, thank you so much
I use, Batch Rename Files Tool. You can easily found hier BatchRenameFiles.org that allows you to quickly rename all the files in a specified directory.
Just wondering about renaming folders with different folder names, e.g. pzza, apples, pies… instead of pizza (1), pizza (2) and pizza (3). This is obviously just a simple example, however trying to create a large folder system and would spend a year typing each name otherwise.
How do I change the file extension? I know a warning will pop up, but that’s OK.
How do I change the file extension? I know a warning will pop up, but that’s OK.
Helpful tips
Outstanding shortcut. I use this method for creating image sequences in Adobe Premiere. Unfortunately, when using the ‘Batch Rename’ method, the auto-use of parenthesis in the sequence of filenames doesn’t allow Premiere to import them as an image sequence, so renaming them individually is still required by renaming, tab, then renaming. It’s a little quicker, but it would extra super rad if when batch renaming, it assigned sequential numbers without the parenthesis.
F2 did the trick for me. Thanks a lot guys 😉
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F2 is brilliant and still works in Windows 11. Only regret is I didn’t find you sooner. Coulda saved days!