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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 22614" data-attributes="member: 174998"><p>Good news is it's a lot easier than that guys. a simple single DOS rename comand does it. </p><p></p><p>If you are children of (slaves to?) Windows, here's the detail in 7 easy steps:</p><p></p><p>1. </p><p>Close down any open explorer screens you have pointing to the folder with the files you want to rename</p><p></p><p>2. </p><p>Start up a good old-fashioned "DOS" window (using the "command prompt" function usually found in the Windows Accessories folder of the start menu). </p><p></p><p>3.</p><p>in that "DOS" window, navigate to the directory where your files are kept (remember the "CD" = Change Directory command?). Depending on your Windows version and the length of your folder/directory names, you may need to specify them using the DOS short-name notation ("My documents" becomes "MYDOCU~1" and "My documents as well" becomes "MYDOCU~2" etc etc.). Or if that's all too tricky, just make sure you put the files in a folder with a short name (<= 8 chars) in the first place.</p><p></p><p>4. </p><p>issue the DOS rename command with appropriate wildcards... "ren *.old *.new" (without the quotes) where "old" is the file extension to be changed into "new".</p><p></p><p>5- </p><p>exit the DOS window using "exit" command or clicking on the "x" top right.</p><p></p><p>6. </p><p>There is no step 7</p><p></p><p>7. </p><p>See</p><p></p><p>2old</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 22614, member: 174998"] Good news is it's a lot easier than that guys. a simple single DOS rename comand does it. If you are children of (slaves to?) Windows, here's the detail in 7 easy steps: 1. Close down any open explorer screens you have pointing to the folder with the files you want to rename 2. Start up a good old-fashioned "DOS" window (using the "command prompt" function usually found in the Windows Accessories folder of the start menu). 3. in that "DOS" window, navigate to the directory where your files are kept (remember the "CD" = Change Directory command?). Depending on your Windows version and the length of your folder/directory names, you may need to specify them using the DOS short-name notation ("My documents" becomes "MYDOCU~1" and "My documents as well" becomes "MYDOCU~2" etc etc.). Or if that's all too tricky, just make sure you put the files in a folder with a short name (<= 8 chars) in the first place. 4. issue the DOS rename command with appropriate wildcards... "ren *.old *.new" (without the quotes) where "old" is the file extension to be changed into "new". 5- exit the DOS window using "exit" command or clicking on the "x" top right. 6. There is no step 7 7. See 2old [/QUOTE]
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