On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 07:40:25 GMT, Tom <tom@to.ketchup.com> wrote:
>In reply to "GreatfulLurker" who wrote the following:
>
>> >
>> > If you want to rename the files in a folder you can use Irfan. You can
>> > also try to change an other way. You select all the files in the folder
>> > and change the name of the first file. When you enter the other files
>> > get the same name with a number behind it. Try with 4 or 5 file in a
>> > folder and make som trials.
>> >
>> > Success Jos
>> >
>> I understand that process easily enough. But it still requires me to manually
>> enter a new name for each folder/set. Of which there are WAY too many. I'm
>> wishing for a lazy way to have a program see "21092002" and know to change it
>> to "20020921" automatically. Something like "move the last 4 digits to the
>> beginning, move these two to the end, leave the middle two as is. I'm sure a
>> beginner coding student could write something like that. I'm too old to learn
>> new tricks. Thanks for the suggestion, though :)
>> Greatful Lurker
>
>Google for BULK RENAME UTILITY which can do what you want.
>
>Section 6 - Move/Copy Parts (6) - will move parts of the name around.
>
>You probably have to do it in 2 passes e.g. for 21092002
>
>Pass 1 - Move first 2 characters to position 3 - 09212002
>Pass 2 - Move first 4 characters to position 5 - 20020921
>
>it works and it's free!
I use a program called Advanced Renamer. It can rename all files in a
folder (or part of the files) using any "profile" you set up. This
program can also rename folders in a similar manner.
-bluestreak
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