Batch Rename

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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Hi,

From a command prompt:

ren <path>\*.doc *.txt

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Thanks in advance.

No kidding! You are posting in the future, so advance would seem to be
appropriate.

Time problems

To display the current time zone settings, open a command prompt and type:

w32tm /tz

Hit the Enter key.

Windows uses the time setting to identify when files are created or
modified.

[[The date set on your computer is inaccurate. Internet time servers will
not synchronize your clock if the date is incorrect. Ensure that the date is
set correctly in Date and Time Properties in Control Panel. ]]
From...
Synchronizing your computer clock
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../proddocs/en-us/windows_date_it_overview.mspx

Outlook Express
[[When you send a message, a copy of the message may not be saved in the
Sent Items folder, and you may not receive an error message. ]]
[[This behavior can occur for any of the following reasons:
The system clock is not set correctly.]]
From...
OLEXP: Sent Messages May Not Be Saved in the Sent Items Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;184059

[[or is set correctly but an incorrect time zone has been selected. ]]
Message sent or received time is incorrect in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;174989

[[This issue may occur if the computer's date and time are not set to the
current date and time. ]]
You receive a "Validation Incomplete: Online Validation Failure" error
message or a "0x80080204" error code when you try to validate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;906533

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Rick said:
Hi,

From a command prompt:

ren <path>\*.doc *.txt
Click to expand...


Let me add a caution here. This will rename *all* the .doc files in that
<path>. If there are any .doc files in that folder you *don't* want to
rename, you should create a folder to use for renaming. Move all 50 of the
files you want to rename there, use the command Rick describes above, then
move them back to the original folder.
 
I'm using XP Pro. I'd like to rename a batch of files with Windows Explorer
but can't seem to find the right procedure. Example: I have 50 files with
the extension .doc and would like to replace all these extensions with .txt.
Is there a technique to do this in Windows Explorer? Are wildcard
characters such as ? and * allowed? Thanks in advance.

FRANK
 
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