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Answer by Mark A for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

I have used this freeware File Renamer program with great results. Many different filters and options, plus it gives you the ability to test results. A little outdated UI perhaps but works like a...

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Answer by Chris for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

If your looking for a user friendly way of renaming in bulk you could try the free tool Ant Renamer, there's a huge list of actions you can take and it also gives a handy preview before you do any...

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Answer by ajcw for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

I've always found Flash Renamer to be a good tool for renaming files in batches. It has trial and full versions ($20) and can rename files based on meta data - very useful for renaming MP3 files which...

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Answer by kokbira for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

I have 2 solutions:All files are in the same folderrun the following from command prompt on that folder:for /f "delims=¯" %i in ('dir /b /on') do ren "%i""._%i"complete solution when there are files in...

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Answer by ChrisF for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

You can use the built in rename or ren command:ren *.jpg ._*.jpgThough, as with all these things, try it on a directory containing just a few files first.

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Answer by Siim K for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

Here's a way using PowerShell:Navigate to your folder and run this commandGet-ChildItem *.jpg | Rename-Item -newname {"._"+ $_.Name}Extra bonus short version:gci *.jpg | ren -newname {"._"+ $_.Name}

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Answer by György Andrasek for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

Total Commander has a really nice multi-renaming tool.

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Answer by wullxz for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

Try Powershell (preinstalled in Windows 7):Get-Childitem /path/to/your/files | foreach-object { move-item $_ $("._"+ $_.name) }(tested it in my download-dir.)Edit: Siim K's code will append an...

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Answer by bbonamin for How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

If they are all in the same folder, you could select them all with Control+A and then hit F2 to rename one of them. All subsequent files will be named file(2), file(3), etc

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How to rename 80.000 files at once in Windows

I've 80.000 files in a folder and I need to rename all them fromfilename.jpgto._filename.jpgin Windows environment, I guess from dos. The reason is that I've compressed these files into a tar.gz from...

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