File Rename During Copy

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Back in prehistoric times when people used a thing called DOS one could
rename a file during copying with a command such as 'copy c:\oldname.ext
d:\newname.ext'.Can this be done in XP, and if so, how?

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Cooter
 
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Cooter said:
Back in prehistoric times when people used a thing called DOS one
could rename a file during copying with a command such as 'copy
c:\oldname.ext d:\newname.ext'.Can this be done in XP, and if
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so, how?



You can do exactly the same thing in Windows XP. Just open a
command prompt Window (Start | Run, | Cmd) and type such a
command.
 
Well DOS is still usable under XP if that's what you want
to do, that's probably a hassle though.

If your going to be doing a repeated process maybe you
could write a .bat file that can do it for you, other than
that I don't see the point.
 
One way - Use Windows Explorer (Start/All Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer) and navigate the directories to your specific file, rightclick it and click Rename. This will highlight it and you can edit/change the name of any file
Another way - type the file name in Search, rightclick to highlight it, click rename and edit.
 
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