Rename Files

Rename Files* is an easy to use tools. Allows to mass rename several files at once.

When you enter to this option, you'll get a "Select files" dialog to select one or multiple files to rename (if you don't like this behavior, just disable the "Ask Files on Start" option in Settings tab).

You may drag and drop files from Windows Explorer (or compatible program) to Rename Files window. All dropped files are added to list, if a subfolder is included and "Recurse Subfolders" option is checked, all subfolders contents are added too.

Rename files shows a checkbox next to each file. Only checked files will be processed. This mechanism is to avoid accidents or errors when you processing files. When you rename files, is a good idea to keep then not longer than 64 characters. All tabs uses the rename rules specified in Common Rules. Please remember two concepts: filename part and extension. The filename part is the complete name of a file without the extension. The extension is usually the last 3 characters followed by a period. Example: file.txt --> filename part is "file", extension is ".txt".

By default, Rename Files shows an Automatic Preview of how your files will be renamed using the parameters you specify. The file list shows the original file name, and the Preview of New Name. All files that change the name based on your parameters, will show an arrow . You may see a warning symbol if some name may be unable to use in Windows.

Context Menu on Files List

The Files List includes a context menu you access quickly with right-click on a file or selected files. Available commands are:

• Open File: open selected file with default program defined on your Windows box.
• Open in Windows Explorer: to open selected file in Windows Explorer.
• Open Container in Command Prompt: to open selected file's folder (container) in a Command Prompt window.
• Check Changed: put a check mark on all files whose name was changed in Preview window.
• Uncheck: uncheck all items in Files List.
• Check Selected: will check all selected files.
• Settings: allows quick change of Rename Files settings.
• Clear All: clear all items from Files List (renamed or not).
• Clear Renamed: will clear from Files List only already renamed items.
• Clear Selected: will clear from Files List only selected items.
• Paste Files: this command will Paste all files copied to clipboard in Windows Explorer or similar.
• Rename: this option is enabled once you check at least one item on Files List (only checked items are renamed). Use this option to perform a mass rename based on your parameters (the Preview is a good way to look how files will be renamed before proceed). You may Undo last rename session using the Undo command.
• Undo: this will show a list of renamed files, grouped on "Sessions". A session is the use of Rename command on one or more files. You need to check what items to restore back to original names and click the Perform Undo button. Available options are:
• Check All: check all available items (items not restored yet) on Undo List.
• Uncheck All: uncheck all items on Undo List.
• Check Last Session: check items only from last available session (you may perform several renames when you use Rename Files, each of them is a session.
  

Replace

The Replace tab is to replace or remove specified text from files.

• Replace or Remove: Select Replace to replace text from files, or Remove to suppress text from files.
• This: In the This edit box, specify the text you want to replace (may contain spaces). If you enter invalid filename characters, they're automatically ignored if "Auto Fix Invalid Characters" in Settings tab is enabled. You can select a previous used text while you type, or use the arrow to get a list.
• With this: If you marked Replace, the With this edit box is enabled to enter the new text you want to use for files. You can select a previous used text while you type, or use the arrow to get a list.
• Process each character: if you check this box, each character of the text specified in This will be searched on files list and each character found is then replaced with specified With this text if in Replace mode, or suppressed if in Remove mode. This option is regulated with number of occurrences (how many times found) options.
• Include File's Extension: check this box if you want to include each file's extension in the operation. Is not recommended to change a file extension.
• Occurrences to Process: here you indicates what number of occurrences (times the specified search is found/about to be processed) to perform.
• Apply to All Occurrences: check this box if you want to apply changes to all occurrences found.
• Start occurrence: allows you to specify the number of occurrence you want to start the rename.
• Number of occurrences: is the number of occurrences to process (from Start occurrence).