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Rename multiple files at the same time

Saturday, 5 June 2010 17:48 by Dexter

Have a good number of files in your drive to rename? It gives plenty of time to rename all by one. Although you can save some time if you follow the steps to rename all files @ a go given below:

Step 1: Open the folder where you have all the files you wish to rename (that sounds pretty obvious!)

Step 2: Select the files you wish to rename

Step 3: Press F2 (Dell users press Fn + F2) or right click any one of the file in your selection and select rename option. Keep all the files are selected.

Step 4: Rename one of the file amongst your selection.

Step 5: You are done. All files have been renamed with a counter value different in each one of them.

This trick can be used to rename multiple Files like Images of a particular occasion, files of particular genre etc.

Categories:   Windows | Tips&Tricks

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