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Multi rename - protecting file extensions
Posted: 01.11.2024, 01:01
by 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.
Re: Multi rename - protecting file extensions
Posted: 01.11.2024, 21:26
by 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.
Re: Multi rename - protecting file extensions
Posted: 22.12.2024, 03:12
by 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.
freenylon wrote: 01.11.2024, 01:01
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.
Re: Multi rename - protecting file extensions
Posted: 23.12.2024, 00:09
by freenylon
And, of course, today I discovered
UNDO in the
Command menu.
D'oh!
