Bulk Rename Utility Windows 

Glad to save you some time and best of all this application is free which is amazing.

@@MarcusGlass Yes, amazing it is free. Just like Audacity and VSDC. I'll send some bucks to them for this great program. Thanks again.

Same here. I do lots of timelapse work that can involve 1000s of files. Sometimes, I forget to reset the frame counter on the camera which means the camera creates a new folder and resets the sequence after 9999. The rename software has saved me many boring and tedious hours of renaming. There is a learning curve but well worth the effort.

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how does one set filter conditon? example like say i want to filter files that end with HighDef , i tried filtering alone but it shows all files that have HighDef regardless of location of the word in file name, yet i only want it to show files that end with that word, after googling i learned that i need to set conditions to achieve that but problem is the steps in the manual are complex for me to understand do you have any idea on how to do this

Awesome to hear my video and the app solved the issue.

@@MarcusGlass Hello, How do I edit this type of file Example 1 - Eaxteso Example 2 - Eaxtpspas I can't delete everything behind the printout (-) Can you help me! Thanks in advance

@@heiwa6583 Hard to advise with information you provided. Post example of. 1. Two or three file names as they are now. 2. What you would like their names to be renamed. From that perhaps I can advise how to configure Bulk Rename to make that happen.

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I use it regularly. Hope it saves you lots of time like it does me.

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It is totally amazing and life changing for people who need to change file names all the time in Windows. And totally free too. Amazing. Thanks for watching

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Tough to do after the fact thousands of files with different content. Can take forever to view and rename and tag. What is best is perception of person organizing and content and how it is used. Photos best to use tagging to make searchable. Photos I usually use YYYY~MM-DD~Event name-0001 and put in folder with same structure. I may add drone in structure so I have way to find versus ground shots. Then add tags such as 2021 Corvette, John Smith, Red, Mississippi River. Video is tough. Pretty much for video folder or file name needs to contain keyword. Or use other software to catalog video. I loved Picasa for tagging photos until they killed it. Mainly liked for tagging people names as it detected faces. Can tag in Windows explorer multiple photos with same keyword at same time. Anyways Perhaps bulk rename to get photos to have consistent structure and folders is good place to start. I always use year/month/day so when sorted they are all in order by date.

@@MarcusGlass Google really dropped the ball when they retired Picasa. I love the file naming system you proposed care. Simple, searchable, and easy to remember. Thanks again!

@@MarcusGlass I think the best way to move forward, and I write this for anybody reading, is to First drag and drop all of my pictures and videos into relevant folders. And once everything has a place in a holder, all use the bulk rename for all of the files within each folder so that is easy to give them all a filename.

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In Filters (12) check the folder box. If you want to rename subfolders also check subfolder box. Then in left upper navigation menu select the folder containing the folders you want to rename. Then in main window select all the folders you want to rename. Then configure specific sections 1-9 as needed to get desired change of folder names.

If you only want to change names of files which have HigHDef at end of file name, in Filters(12), use mask of *highdef.mp4 , then click the mouse in a different field for filter to be applied This assumes of course the files you want to change all end with "HighDef.MP4" . If they have a variety of extensions then "HighDef." may work with period, as long as no other files have file names where "HighDef." appears earlier in the file name.

By the Rename icon in application hit reset to clear all prior settings, To remove all characters of all files in folder, select all files in the folder, in Remove (5) section under "First n" hit the up arrow higher and higher until the "New Name" field reflects none of the files having a name, or just put a value in like 50 if the most characters a file has is 50. Then use other fields to create whatever new name you want to give the files

@@MarcusGlass Great, I will give that a try tonight. Thank you!! One last question. Does it matter if the folder contains different file types? Some of the photos in my folder are a variety of .jpg, .tiff, .heic and .png files. Is there a different process to rename those different file types? (not interested in keeping file-types batched together, just want all files to be given an new/better naming scheme) Thanks again!

Sure. In Field 7 prefix type time lapse marcus rather than timelapsemarcus.

It has to do with how the code in some programs is written to sort. Some are written to have natural sorting and others alphabetical sorting. If the program you use to view files does not have option to control how they are sorted when viewed what can you do? To ensure numbers always be in sequence by quantity value in both sorting methods requires padding in all programs all numbers with zeroes. If the highest number in sequence is 9999 all numbers need to be expressed as 0001-9999 rather than 1-9999. In file rename when change names, select pad. If highest number is two digits pad 2. If five digits pad with 5 digits. The numbers will all have that many digits so will sort by lowest number to highest in programs regardless of what sorting method the program uses en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order

@@MarcusGlass Thank you sir. It took some messin' around, but I was able to get it numbered correctly. Thanks again for the response.

im basically trying to make the files the names they were before so like i dont know how i can swap them around cuz when i was editing pictures in photoshop it renamed them as like layer 1 layer 2 layer 3 etc.

Hard to impossible for me to advise without knowledge of file names and types of files, and where the date is originating. If reading date from actual file (exif , date modified, date created, ETC ) look at "Auto Date" function and set modem to Prefix, Set Type to what date is being read from file, (date created, date modified, date accessed data taken), set format to Custom, set custom to value such as "%m-%d-%y. Then user "Remove" to remove characters in current file name via remove first (n) characters and use "Add" Suffix to add the file name to appear after the data. Of course keep in mind if this is only 30 files , if it is taking you two hours to research how to do it in Bulk Rename Utility you should consider just manually naming them. if it is 100s or 1000s of files then worthwhile to figure out what options are needed in Bulk Rename.

For integration in explorer did you reboot after installing? A little quirk of Windows and every application is sort occurs on a character by character basis. So 7 does comes after 5 as 7 is higher than 5. So use padding when renaming in bulk rename. So 7 must be 07 as 07 does come before 50 as 0 is before 5. If other programs did not number with padding prior to use of bulk rename that is not fault of bulk rename. To overcome in bulk rename sort maybe by date created if that puts files in order they were created then number them on export with padding.

Portable versions dont include the option to "Bulk Rename Here", but its very easy to create your own using regedit. Installer versions will include it as an "option" during installation. To sort files numerically before renaming, use: DisplayOptions / Sorting / LogicalSorting.

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If you want to leave all file names the same but add your name at beginning of file name use prefix. To add name at end use suffix.

This app is for Windows. There may be similar apps for Android. I have not used any though. Here is one I located (I have not used it) but seems like it might be OK? www.makeuseof.com/how-to-organize-files-on-android/#:~:text=Tap%20on%20the%20folder%20containing,rename%20menu%20should%20come%20up.

That is not a problem. 1. Open folder with files in Bulk Rename Utility. 2. Select files. 3. In extension field (11) Select "Fixed". 4. To the right of "Fixed" type the new extension file name. 5. Select "Rename" 6. Select OK.

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Ron. Thank you very much! I greatly appreciate your contribution!❤