26 Jul 2006 at 00:44 #1 Morlan Morlan Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 3,245 Location melbourne I want to rename ONLY the extention of a few hundred files without affecting the rest of the file name. Would I have to use command prompt or is there a way in windows explorer? Cheers.
I want to rename ONLY the extention of a few hundred files without affecting the rest of the file name. Would I have to use command prompt or is there a way in windows explorer? Cheers.
26 Jul 2006 at 01:47 #2 Mr Blonde Mr Blonde Caporegime Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 30,892 Location Liverpool -> London This looks like it might help : http://www.powerturn.com/tips/shareware/brename/ or this : http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1
This looks like it might help : http://www.powerturn.com/tips/shareware/brename/ or this : http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1
26 Jul 2006 at 01:49 #3 HangTime HangTime Man of Honour Joined 25 Oct 2002 Posts 31,707 Location Hampshire I'd probably do something like this from the commandprompt: ren *.* ??????????????????????????????????????????.ext However that's a bit ugly and obviously wouldn't pick up any files with names longer than the number of question marks. There are freeware win32 batch renaming utilities on the web. Last edited: 26 Jul 2006
I'd probably do something like this from the commandprompt: ren *.* ??????????????????????????????????????????.ext However that's a bit ugly and obviously wouldn't pick up any files with names longer than the number of question marks. There are freeware win32 batch renaming utilities on the web.
26 Jul 2006 at 03:05 #4 Morlan Morlan Soldato OP Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 3,245 Location melbourne Thanks lads, just what I was looking for.
26 Jul 2006 at 06:51 #5 bledd bledd Don Joined 21 Oct 2002 Posts 46,744 Location Parts Unknown ren *.* *.txt if you have say old.bmp old.doc then you'll get this error message.. (if in cmd mode) A duplicate file name exists, or the file cannot be found. ckrename is a good freeware renaming tool, i used it for fixing thousands of files
ren *.* *.txt if you have say old.bmp old.doc then you'll get this error message.. (if in cmd mode) A duplicate file name exists, or the file cannot be found. ckrename is a good freeware renaming tool, i used it for fixing thousands of files