How to Rename Files in Batches in Windows
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Although I have never written on this blog before, I am a team member and as such, I thought my first post should be about something I know. I'm sure I'm not the first to discover this, but I thought I'd share with the readers of this blog a little tutorial on how to rename files in batches in Windows.
I came upon this while downloading photos from the digital camera. I wanted to use a date system to name files, with a number for the file for that specific date. For example, March 31 - 2007 (1), (2) and so on. I had 50 or more for each day, so doing them one by one was not only time comsuming, it was annoying.
I looked around in Windows to see if there was a quicker way, and found one. Here's the tutorial part...
1. While browsing the files on Windows Explorer, select all the files you want to rename.
2. Go to File on the top menu and choose Rename.
3. This command will open one of the files to be renamed. At this point, type in the name you want to rename all the files to like March 31 - 2007.
4. Hit Enter.
Windows will then automatically rename the files for you, in no particular order, from 1 to whichever number of files you selected to rename.
Have fun!
Lenita.
I came upon this while downloading photos from the digital camera. I wanted to use a date system to name files, with a number for the file for that specific date. For example, March 31 - 2007 (1), (2) and so on. I had 50 or more for each day, so doing them one by one was not only time comsuming, it was annoying.
I looked around in Windows to see if there was a quicker way, and found one. Here's the tutorial part...
1. While browsing the files on Windows Explorer, select all the files you want to rename.
2. Go to File on the top menu and choose Rename.
3. This command will open one of the files to be renamed. At this point, type in the name you want to rename all the files to like March 31 - 2007.
4. Hit Enter.
Windows will then automatically rename the files for you, in no particular order, from 1 to whichever number of files you selected to rename.
Have fun!
Lenita.
