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Renaming files in Windows Explorer
I run Windows XP and have a number of file names that share 3 letters. I
would like to change these 3 letters to something else that would be common again for these files and would like to do it in one fell swoop, rather than one file at a time. Can this be done? Thanks Maureen |
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Renaming files in Windows Explorer
In a word - no.
Each file has to be treated exclusively. It is not possible to actively engage with more than one file at a time. Whenever you move from one to another, you will notice the blue title bar will grey out. This is for the same reason. However, you can speed thing up just a little by typing the relevant letters into Notepad and copying them. You can then select "Rename" in the usual way and then paste over the redundant letters rather than having to type them in each time. Hope this helps. Ed "Maureen" wrote in message ... I run Windows XP and have a number of file names that share 3 letters. I would like to change these 3 letters to something else that would be common again for these files and would like to do it in one fell swoop, rather than one file at a time. Can this be done? Thanks Maureen |
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Renaming files in Windows Explorer
Maureen wrote...
I run Windows XP and have a number of file names that share 3 letters. I would like to change these 3 letters to something else that would be common again for these files and would like to do it in one fell swoop, rather than one file at a time. Can this be done? Not with Explorer, but you could do this from a console (DOS) prompt using the rename (or ren) command. For example, ren abc*.doc xyz*.doc |
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