Renaming a Series of Files

Here's a little used feature built into Windows XP.

• Open the folder containing the target files in Windows Explorer.
• Highlight the group of files you want to rename
• Hit F2 or choose Rename under the File menu.
• Type in the new name
  
  
  

The files will be named in sequence as in this example:

file (1).txt

file (2).txt

file (3).txt

...and so on.

If you want to add your own number, for example starting with 5, then place it in parenthesis, like this:

file (5).txt

...and the sequence will follow with:

file (6).txt

file (7).txt

file (8).txt

...and so on.

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