Renaming lots of files in a folder

[Lateral]

Hi,

I have a lot of folders (eg: Folder 1, Folder 2, Folder 3 etc) that have a lot of files in them and I want to add 3 extra characters to the beginning of each file.

Eg: The files in Folder 1 all start with DSCnnnnn where "nnnnn" is a numeric value that increments. I want to add the prefix "ABC" to the beginning of each file so that the new file name is "ABCDSCnnnnn".

Can FreeCommander do this for me?

Thanks
Regards
Greg

[ralfso]

Yes,

ABC[n]

Try out the blue Arrow on the right side of each field to get more options for automatic renaming.

[Lateral]

Thanks for the reply but I do not know what you mean.

Can you please provide me with more detailed information?

Thanks
Regards
Greg

[ralfso]

Did you Try the blue arrow on the right side of the name field?

[granny]

beginning from the basics, the function you need is in Multi-Rename
Select all the files you want to rename.
go to menu File > Multi-Rename or press keyboard shortcut Ctrl M

Underneath the list of file names,
in the "Pattern" section
the first window Name should be displaying [n]

Just type in ABCD in front of that, so it reads
ABCD[n]

Click the Rename button on right side of the window.
That's it.

post back how it goes

[Lateral]

Thanks,

I will give it a try and let you know.

Regards
Greg