Mass name change...

Use a third party product.

"silas" <> wrote in message
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> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named files
> at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75 files named
> "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new data
> report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to remove
> the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a third-party
> program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do it right in
> Vista Home Premium.
>
> Thanks.
>
> silas

http://www.download3k.com/System-Uti...e-Utility.html

"silas" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named files
> at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75 files named
> "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new data
> report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to remove
> the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a third-party
> program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do it right in
> Vista Home Premium.
>
> Thanks.
>
> silas

Windows Explorer can do it.
highlight the files you want to change, hit F2
delete the "new ", and hit Enter

However, usually when I try this with real files, it seems to screw up...
With test files, it usually works correctly ;-)



"silas" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named files
> at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75 files named
> "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new data
> report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to remove
> the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a third-party
> program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do it right in
> Vista Home Premium.
>
> Thanks.
>
> silas

Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named files
at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75 files named
"new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new data
report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to remove
the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a third-party
program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do it right in Vista
Home Premium.

Thanks.

silas

Thank you.

silas


"Spirit" <> wrote in message
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> http://www.download3k.com/System-Uti...e-Utility.html
>
> "silas" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named
>> files at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75 files
>> named "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new data
>> report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to remove
>> the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a
>> third-party program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do it
>> right in Vista Home Premium.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> silas
>

silas wrote:
> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named
> files at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75
> files named "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new
> data report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to
> remove the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a
> third-party program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do
> it right in Vista Home Premium.

Shells are always good for this stuff. Unfortunately, the built-in
windows shell is useless. They were going to include Powershell, but in
the end it got pulled from Vista because it wasn't ready in time. :-(
Fortunately, you can now download powershell from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...l/default.mspx

Then you can strip off the "new " from the start of each filename by
navigating to the directory that the files are in and using the command:

get-item "new *" | foreach { rename-item $_.Name $_.Name.SubString(4) }

Alun Harford

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:28:50 +0100, Alun Harford wrote:

> silas wrote:
>> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named
>> files at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75
>> files named "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new
>> data report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to
>> remove the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a
>> third-party program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do
>> it right in Vista Home Premium.
>
> Shells are always good for this stuff. Unfortunately, the built-in
> windows shell is useless. They were going to include Powershell, but in
> the end it got pulled from Vista because it wasn't ready in time. :-(
> Fortunately, you can now download powershell from:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...l/default.mspx
>
> Then you can strip off the "new " from the start of each filename by
> navigating to the directory that the files are in and using the command:
>
> get-item "new *" | foreach { rename-item $_.Name $_.Name.SubString(4) }

Whoa!! Wait a second...

Command-line instructions for Windows?

Isn't everything command-line considered highly forbidden? =)

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

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"Stephan Rose" <> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:28:50 +0100, Alun Harford wrote:
>
>> silas wrote:
>>> Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named
>>> files at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75
>>> files named "new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new
>>> data report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to
>>> remove the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a
>>> third-party program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do
>>> it right in Vista Home Premium.
>>
>> Shells are always good for this stuff. Unfortunately, the built-in
>> windows shell is useless. They were going to include Powershell, but in
>> the end it got pulled from Vista because it wasn't ready in time. :-(
>> Fortunately, you can now download powershell from:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...l/default.mspx
>>
>> Then you can strip off the "new " from the start of each filename by
>> navigating to the directory that the files are in and using the command:
>>
>> get-item "new *" | foreach { rename-item $_.Name $_.Name.SubString(4) }
>
> Whoa!! Wait a second...
>
> Command-line instructions for Windows?
>
> Isn't everything command-line considered highly forbidden? =)
>
> --
> Stephan
> 2003 Yamaha R6
>
> ������出�日�ん�����
> ����忘れ�������ら

PowerShells are new to me but it sounds interesting. I'm reading a lot of
info on it at the PowerShell blog.

Thanks, I might give this a try.

silas

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 14:32:43 -0500, "silas"
<> wrote:

>Hi. Is there a way to change the names of a group of similarly named files
>at one time instead of one at a time. For instance, I have 75 files named
>"new data report.04.02.07", "new data report.04.09.07", "new data
>report.04.16.07","new data report.04.23.07" and so on. I'd like to remove
>the word "new" from each file name. I remember reading about a third-party
>program that can do that but I was wondering if I could do it right in Vista
>Home Premium.
>
>Thanks.
>
>silas


There are also a number of 3rd party batch file renamers. A very
versatile one is "Quick File Renamer" at http://minimice.cjb.net/

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