For the Computer Gurus ... need a utility

[SlvrTongueDevil]

I know there has to be one out there ...

I want to be able to take a list of files (e.g. the mp3's of a book on cd) and rename them with a 01, 02, 03, ... in front of each CD. I would like to have a utility that would take

Name of first
Name of second
Name of third

Changed to

01 Name of first
02 Name of second
03 Name of third

etc. That way I could order them when putting them on the mp3 player.

Such a utility would also allow you to rename digital pics from

DSC9082
DSC9083

to something more meaninful like

Thanksgiving 2004 1
Thanksgiving 2004 2


Thanks for whatever help anyone can give.

 

[Volz]

I know there has to be one out there ...

I want to be able to take a list of files (e.g. the mp3's of a book on cd) and rename them with a 01, 02, 03, ... in front of each CD. I would like to have a utility that would take

Name of first
Name of second
Name of third

Changed to

01 Name of first
02 Name of second
03 Name of third

etc. That way I could order them when putting them on the mp3 player.

Such a utility would also allow you to rename digital pics from

DSC9082
DSC9083

to something more meaninful like

Thanksgiving 2004 1
Thanksgiving 2004 2


Thanks for whatever help anyone can give.

Try ACDSee. I don't have the web addy for it, but it googles well.


The only problem with it is you have to pay for it. Not very expensive though. However, they do have a 30 day free trial.

 

[SlvrTongueDevil]

I'll check it out ... but yea, I should have mentioned I'm a cheap bastard who would rather get something for free.

 

[ShyGuy68]

I recently wanted to do almost the same with some pictures, and found this free piece of software for it, and I think it works great

http://www.download.com/File-Renamer-Basic/3000-2248_4-10306539.html?tag=lst-0-8

 

[SlvrTongueDevil]

Sounds promising. I'll give it a "test drive" and report back.

 

[SlvrTongueDevil]

Wow !! is all I can say. The File Renamer utility rocks!!! The basic (free) version does everything I need it to and some more. It allows a preview so you can see what you're doing before committing to the change. Great little utility - thanks ShyGuy68.

 

[fgarvb1]

This funky little fucker is not what you wanted.

I found in in some of my freeware.

http://storcksoftware.com/setnametotime/#Download

 

[MagicFingers]

With Windows XP...

You can go into Windows Explorer and highlight all the files you want to rename using "Shift" or "Crtl" keys, then:
Rename the first one and all the others will be names the same with a number after it like:
Bigboots.jpg
Bigones.jpg
Oneonly.jpg

After marking all and renaming the first one, they become:
Bigboots(1).jpg
Bigboots(2).jpg
Bigboots(3).jpg

This is not quite what you are asking for, but it has worked well for me changing jpeg files. (Will work for any files)