How to rename multiple files at once with different names 

If you're using Windows 11, instead of using '/d' in the command, use '/b'. For example: dir /b > list.txt Microsoft changed the way dir commands function in Windows 11 and you now have to use the /b tag to generate a list that's easy to paste into Excel. Using /d will end up with a wrapped list with two filenames per row instead of one, which makes pasting into Excel a CHORE to the point where it'd be more time-efficient to just manually go through each file and rename them yourself in file explorer. If you use /b, it will generate a list formatted the same way as the list that's used in this video.

The music made me feel like a hacker for a while gaining access to confidential stuff lol

OMG! Thank you sooo much, I changed 62000 file names in a matter of minutes with this. you are the real lifesaver. !!

Thank you so much for this! FYI it also works with items in sub-directories I had 17,000 files from a crashed hard drive that were all named Thumb1 2 or 3. They were all in different folders but until I used this with the directory path and file name I was going to have to manually change all the names. This saved me HOURS & HOURS of time to recover these pictures of my kids. Thank you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was exactly what i was looking for. you are a real life saver. Absolutely brilliantly explained

This deserves a thumbs up man. Cheers!

That works but to a point. I did all that you suggested, but then what happened was that there's 116 pictures in my folder, and when it got to the 26th picture, it started adding the number in parenthesis starting with (1) again?????

I love how the music makes it seem like it's the task of all tasks, and then the song repeats, for good measure.

The epic music made it feel like I was hacking into pentagon files.

Thanks. It's really helpful. Just that your written instructions are to quite convincing but after all my work is successfully finished. Thanks again

Thank you for the video, this worked perfectly! Note: If command prompt won't let you paste, right click on the window's title bar then open the Properties. Then enable Ctrl+Shift+V !

Man on 2022 this was a life saver for me, thanks a lot.

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

Thank you very much! I had to modify part of the formula to """"&A2&B2&"""" because the extension was missing from the original file for some reason. But it worked, saved me lots of time.

Thank you, this was exactly what I needed. Saved me hours :)

Wow, this is purely amazing! Thanks a ton for sharing this invaluable tip!

thanks for the great tips. so we can even rename with any kind of rename varieties using batch command...

Thank you so much! Well explained and this method will save me time especially renaming photos one by one which will waste my time. Much obliged!

Very very informative & useful information Please please..make a video again in full details

I used this to remove the "(2) - Copy" from all files after separating the originals to a different folder. Excel was perfect for this becasue the formula makes it much easier for different file types too. Pro Tip: I had to do this in a Network folder I could not cd into. In that case, add a column for filepath to go in the equation and it will work the same if you have write access. Example: a new column for filepath = 'V:\user\home enamedFiles\' I placed this in the E column then equation becomes: =D2&" """&E2&A2&""" """&C2&B2&""""

This was extremely helpful. Thank you. For those who are getting two columns instead of a single column, type in: dir /b => filename.txt This worked better for me.

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Thanks a lot! you saved me so much time and my colleagues are impressed 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Excellent tutorial, thank you so much! Came in handy.

Thank you 😊 saved me a massive job with 100 odd files!!!

Thanks a lot, buddy. This is a very helpful tutorial.

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Thank you so much you really helped me. But.. in a different way :D I was using other easier tutorial from a to z but it didn't work. So I changed only last step from that other tutorial and I have added quotes (") to the files name. And it worked like magic. Thank you so much ❤️

Amazing Tutorial, This trick work for me, thanks a lot ❤️🙏🏻

This so helpful, thank you 😁 ive doing a scanning project and it turns to it to rename all files. With differebt type of file name. I will practice this to make my work easy.

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Very nice video..... Teaching without Words... Awesome Bro

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Worked perfectly, thank you!!

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This was is very helpful thanks for sharing mate

cool!! I managed to change my filename by follow the step show in the video~ Thank you!!!

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Thanks for Helping!

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Great. Thank you very much!

Now I wish every tutorial on youtube has an epic music background in it..

Helpful indeed! Thanks

awesome tutorial! many thanks!

Awesome thank you!

Thank You So Much. It worked for me. Hats off

VERY HELPFUL! THANKS

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Loved it! You saved us.

Thank you bro.. it saves lot of time.. :)

God bless you. Saved me so hard. :D

THank YOU Bro.... Saved some precious time...

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thanks for this ... saved a lot of time

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Really useful thank you..

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Thank you so much bro you saved my 4hours of time 🙌

You can use batch files renamer tool for this too..

Thank you so much for this! it hepls me so so much .

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Thank you for this video it was very helpful

Thanks alot! top job

Why not type all your text in the notepad beforehand? Or use text-to-speech generator.

I was looking to batch rename files in Linux but decided to take a look at your video just for curiosity. Result: I'm so glad I don't use this windows crap...

amazing, very useful.....only one problem i have faced is in the video you said to type "dir/d=>filename.txt" it creates file but in that, file names have no order or not came one by one, it came infront of each other..... so i tried /b insted of /d and i got proper results. (i did it blindly) can you pls explain what is reason behind that??

Mind blowing its working yaar .. love and thank you so much

zoom in zoom out thing - spinned my head

Thanks a lot

2:30 dir /d => filename.txt 6:34 ren "old name.extension" "new name.extension"

Great! It saved my time!

Thank you so much for this bro

Hi thx for the tutorial same I have one request how to rename photos in bulk ? Pls guide me

amazing. thanks

thanks! does it work with folders renaming?

pls help if i want to insert different files name on the 1st page of multiple PDF files at once.

THANK YOU !

Fantastic...!!! Awesome.....you never know what did you do.. My work is almost reduced to 2 mins from 20 hrs In renaming thousands of files every month.

Thank you

Wow, Thanks !!!

instead filename.txt you can type filename.xlsx. then you don't need to copy from txt to excel file.

Thank you bro..

THANK YOU

It is good trick. Appreciate it.

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Great video but hated the music! However, thanks very much for creating the video!

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i got it thanks a lot budy

need to know how did you get ext. so quickly. did u use any shortcut key or manually?

thanks Bro