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A word is much easier to remember than a random sequence of numbers. If you want to revisit those images, you can search your computer for the new title. After all, each file name must be unique. The only difference is that they each have a sequential number in parenthesis. Just like that, all of the selected files will have the same name. (For example, if all of these pictures are of last year’s Christmas party, you might type Christmas 2021.) Next, type the new name you want all the files to have.
Left-click your mouse button and drag it over all the file icons.Īfter selecting all the files you want to rename, press the F2 key on your keyboard. When I do this though, I have duplicate "Image (1)" etc. I have folders of photos of both jpg and png types and I want to sort them by date and name them "Image" so that all files will be named "Image (X)" sorted by date. The actual reason I want to do this is for my photos. Is there any way to select all files in a folder of different types and batch rename them to all have "File (X)" instead of having duplicates? If the files in that same folder were "abc.jpg", "123.mp3" and "Null.txt" and I did the same rename, all files would be named the same thing like "File.jpg", "File.mp3" and "File.txt". The problem that I am having is when you use this feature on files of different types. For example, a folder with the files "abc.txt", "123.txt" and "Null.txt" batch renamed "File" would become "File (1).txt", "File (2).txt" and "File (3).txt" respectively. This will make all selected files the name you typed in with an "(X)" after it. This is when you select multiple files, right click and select "rename" and then type in the new name into the first file's name field.
I have a problem with the batch rename feature in Windows 10.