Multi rename - protecting file extensions

[freenylon]

When using multi rename to do a Search/replace, a couple of times the dot before the file extension has been changed, rendering the file meaningless to the OS.

I know there is a tickbox (checkbox) for "Exclude extension", but it is deselected by default, which I believe is a dangerous and unwise default setting.

I would like the "Exclude Extension" option to be set to true by default.
It is the sensible thing to do.

[Dreamer]

I agree, perhaps it could be changed to "Include extension" and it should be disabled, so extension would be excluded by default.

Workaround - just click the option and press Esc, then open Multi rename again and it's saved.

[freenylon]

This is getting serious. I just renamed a few thousand media files to remove the dot (.) within filenames.
I forgot to exclude the filename extension.

I just had to spend an hour manually reinstalling dots before the many different extensions of a few thousand files.

Please make the filename's dot extension protected during batch renames.

When using multi rename to do a Search/replace, a couple of times the dot before the file extension has been changed, rendering the file meaningless to the OS.

I know there is a tickbox (checkbox) for "Exclude extension", but it is deselected by default, which I believe is a dangerous and unwise default setting.

I would like the "Exclude Extension" option to be set to true by default.
It is the sensible thing to do.

[freenylon]

And, of course, today I discovered UNDO in the Command menu.

D'oh!