Batch files rename - multiple files batch renaming
You have all experienced days when you don't find the files which you need. These files may be your private information or other important things, or some pictures, but once you save them into your computer, one day when you want to use them, you can't find them. At same time, you find out that you have a batch of files with rambling and no-essential information which you really don't understand what they are. Indeed, you need to tidy up all your files and rename files with clear explanations.
When you have multiple files needed to rename, you may consider to batch files rename. Batch renaming is a way to rename a large number of files in one simple step. Basically, you select a group of files (a batch) and tell your computer to rename them sequentially using rules you specify. The rules may include changing event, changing the files extension, inserting string, replacing or removing string, setting the file time stamps, and adding renaming typically consisting of a description followed by incrementing number sequences to your file names.
Why do you need batch files renaming? There are two simple reasons for explaining. First, you can make your files clearer what they contain. Once you rename your files with some description language, or setting the file attributes, you can immediately realize what they are when you see the files again days or months or years later. Second, you can make your files possible to sort better. You can sort your files with same attribute or same case by batch renaming your files. For example, visiting the museum and taking some pictures, you can rename them as museumo1.jpg, museumo2.jpg, etc.
Apparently, with the advantage of batch files renaming, you can save all your files better, and the more important thing is that you can clearly know what your files contain when you use them again. This is helpful feature in most utility programs. Macro Expert is just one, which is a powerful, easy-to-use multiple files renaming utility. With the powerful program, you can quickly and easily batch files rename with a number of options, including
1. Easily rename multiple files individually or whole directories (containing subfolders) at a time;
2. Add or rename file extensions;
3. Uppercase and lowercase for file names or extensions.
4. Insert string (text) in existing file names starting at any character positions you want;
5. Replace or remove parts of file names starting at a specific character position from which you select;
6. Set file time stamps including any date and time for multiple files;
7. Rename a series of files with a sequence number.
With the utility program help, you can find the tedious task of renaming your thousand of files individually by typing the name for each easily. Find more information how to batch files rename, refer to the site at http://www.macro-expert.com/
The below steps show you how to batch files rename use Macro Expert.
Step 1: Creating a blank macro
Open "Macro Manager", click the menu "Script", and then choose "Create Blank Macro".
Then the dialog "Properties" pops up for asking some properties to the new macro. Here name the new macro as "Batch files rename", and specify a hotkey for it. At the bottom of the property, choose a combined hotkey as "Ctrl+Alt+9" into the blank field. and then click "Ok".
The program will ask you with the message "Do you want to edit the script now?", you choose "Yes" to edit the macro now.
Step 2: Inserting the action into the macro
After opening the Script Editor, click the menu "Insert", then choose "File", and point "Rename File(s)".
Specified the source folder and the destination folder. Here you want to rename the folder Birthday under the path E:\picture\Birthday. So you specify the full path, and then click "OK". At the same time, you specify the source file name as "*.*". Ok, now you specify the destination folder name. You want to identify these files with others by giving the descriptive text,time stamp and sequence number. So you set the destination name as "Birthday-<m>.<d>.<y>-<n02>.<s>".If you don't understand the tags, click the button "
" at the bottom of this action window to refer to the help.
Click "OK" to save your script. Now batch files renaming have been finished. You may press the key combination "Ctrl+Alt+9". You have seen the bithday files renamed, now the file names are Birthday-07.10.2007-01.JPG, Birthday-07.10.2007-02.JPG, Birthday-07.10.2007-03.JPG, etc. Now you can understand what these fils are, even days or months or years later, you still know them with these clear description.