What is a good free Windows utility for renaming groups of files?
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Yes, there's a program called File Renamer Basic 2.1, this should sort your files out;\n\nhttp://www.download.com/File-Renamer-Basic/3000-2248_4-10306539.html?tag=lst-0-1
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well...if you are under Windows-XP MS-DOS, then there is a feature that I think Microsoft got it's idea from Linux (as they were the first to use it), which is simply you type the first letter(s) and hit the tab button and let DOS complete the filename.extension for you...\n\nPS: If you have more than one file/folder starting with the letter, then type mor than 1 letter for filteration purposes to speed up the process of getting the desired file/folder name...\n\nPPS: You can hit the tab button to scroll through all the files/folders that have the same letter you typed...\n\n\nIf its not clear, run MS-Dos in Windows XP and try it our for yourself...\n\nHope that helps...
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there are many... for data files, you can use windows explorer (drag and drop) or for audio files, windows media player. these are both free, but if you don't like them, then you'll have to do a bit of searching.
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Threre are various programs that can do this. You can try Blaze MediaConvert. It can convert batches of files at once
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manually delete them, search them out with windows search
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If the files have same number of characters in the name then you can convert the name of all by a single command. For example - the file names are - "AA BBB 1.mp3", "AA BBB 2.mp3" (having the same number of letters or characters). Try this command on the DOS prompt -\n\nc:&#92;> rename "?? ??? ?.mp3" "??_???_?.mp3"\n\nThis will work only when the files have same number of characters in the name.
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type in ".doc" at the end of the filename
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This is a really nifty program that I use a lot called File recover. It's below:
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the file could be inuse....hit control alt delete, and check running processes, then delete it from the running processes and you should be able to rename it
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you cannot create a folder with this names:\n\ncom1\ncom2\ncom3\n....\nlpt1\nlpt2\n....\nnul\ncon\nprn\n\nwhy? \nbecause they are reserved by windows and refers to special devices!
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Go to the Dos prompt. There is a program called sort.\n\nSort [unsorted file name] > [sorted file name]\n\nIf you want to concatenate all your files together first, that's a bit more tricky:\n\nCopy [file name 1] ABC.Txt\nType [file name 2] >> ABC.Txt\nType [file name 3] >> ABC.Txt\n.\n.\nSort ABC.Txt > ABC.Srt
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find the file and use rename function.
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I suggest right clicking the name of the file you want to change\n\nthan choose 'rename'\n\nthen type ."format" , ie. .wma .mpg etc after the file name  <-- which ever format you want to change it to.\n\nI changed a weird file format into a .iso image which could be burned onto cd once and it worked.\n\ngood luck
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winrar is part of your problem.   use a program called ExtractNow, it's free and you can download it from www.download.com.  It works on zip, rar, and lots of other archiving types.
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Rename the file extension from .bak to .dwg\nNothing to it!
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Best bet is to use \n\nbc filename >outfile\n\nIt won't give you exactly what you want but will be close
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you don't need special program, jus select multiple files by pressing ctrl, then left clicking on the files, or boxing them, or the combination of them two, then right click on one of the file, click rename then rename on one of the file, the other files would be renamed as well in the form \nAnyname.txt, Anyname (1).htm, Anyname (2).bmp, Anyname (3).bmp, etc\n\nTips: Press ctrl+a to select all files in a folder