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  • čas přidán 12. 01. 2021
  • Change file names in Windows Command Prompt:
    ren "old filename.ext" "new filename.ext"
    Use Excel to make multiple copies of this code then paste it back into Command Prompt.
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Komentáře • 517

  • @user-pr3yj3tg3z
    @user-pr3yj3tg3z Před rokem +26

    no ads, straight to the point, clear instructions, no unnecessary music and no asking to subscribe.
    YOU ARE AMAZING!!
    Thanks!!!!!

  • @karinbauer4538
    @karinbauer4538 Před 3 lety +74

    I thought I was going to have to spend hours renaming 2000 files and this literally saved my life. THANK YOU!

  • @TJ-tu5xc
    @TJ-tu5xc Před 3 lety +68

    Absolutely fantastic!!! So easy to follow, so well explained and so incredibly much time saved. Thank you so, so much, this is truly one of the best videos that ever existed

  • @vincentlao9498
    @vincentlao9498 Před 3 lety +9

    To say that this has increased my productivity by ten times fold is an understatement. This is perfect!!! and Thank you Karina A.

  • @buzznut
    @buzznut Před 3 lety +32

    What a bloody legend mate, cheers!

  • @ritikjain5660
    @ritikjain5660 Před 3 lety +2

    please give this woman a nobel prize for renaming files.

  • @heitorcassanta364
    @heitorcassanta364 Před 2 lety +2

    This is far one of the best videos about how to rename multiple files at once.
    The possibility to use excel unlocks so many other things like logical ways to set file names and them use it in file names. That's awesome. Thanks a lot

  • @ONoarhO_Not-Know
    @ONoarhO_Not-Know Před rokem

    I am a university student from Thailand. Thank you very much for helping me to solve the task of resolving many variants of file names in a short time after I was stuck on this problem for a long time.

  • @JKiefer
    @JKiefer Před 5 měsíci +1

    Wow, using Excel as a means to generate large amounts of individual CMD prompts is a genius idea. Thank you!

  • @bluenosedive
    @bluenosedive Před 3 lety +4

    OMG!!! I love you :) was able to rename 500 files at once. Can't believe how easy and time saving it is

  • @deeeff1994
    @deeeff1994 Před 2 lety +1

    I have been asking my colleagues for months on how to do this, and finally while burning the midnight oil I found the answer. Thank you

  • @Motionbuck
    @Motionbuck Před rokem +2

    This video has been absolutely vital to me and my team as we needed to rename hundreds of glossary terms, this has saved us and our business hours of droll work!
    Thankyou so much for this!!!

  • @JavierDrWeld
    @JavierDrWeld Před rokem +1

    I've just renamed four thousand music files that had numbers and hyphens in front of the file names, now my iPod can play them, Thanks

  • @hughevelyn3393
    @hughevelyn3393 Před 3 lety +1

    I have tried every file renamer in the book - without success. So, after spending hours today and weeks and months before trying to find how to completely rename each one of a long list of files in a file directory it has taken this wonderful lady Brit to come up with the answer - and so briefly and succinctly, too! Thank you, thank you, thank you! (Oh! and plus the =A2&B2&C2 - which is so much quicker than concat)!

  • @VincentX
    @VincentX Před 2 lety +4

    You are my hero!
    I work in an Accounts Payable position and this will be a massive time saver for splitting & renaming large statements. I just shared it with my team too. Thank you so much for posting this and making it so easy to follow along and learn.

  • @ajd2344
    @ajd2344 Před 3 lety +1

    I was banging my head against the wall trying to write a script to do this. Thank you!

  • @TakingTheMike
    @TakingTheMike Před 11 měsíci

    I just used this workflow to rename 2000 photos that were incorrectly renamed during an import into Lightroom that crashed half way through. This workflow has literally saved me days of work. Thanks so much Karina!

  • @peibarry1335
    @peibarry1335 Před 2 lety +2

    Best tech video I've ever seen. It is easy to follow, easy to set it up, and the Excel template that gets created, can be re-used over and over effortlessly. Thank You so much

  • @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz9
    @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz9 Před rokem

    Bravo. Just had to change the name of each file in 40 different folders. Took me about an hour, which is peanuts compared to doing it manually.
    It's one of the best tricks.

  • @Synthnerd11
    @Synthnerd11 Před 7 měsíci

    Renaming several hundred wav files for the sake of changing two numbers in the file name was no fun at all. THIS has been a brilliant time saver. Thank you SOOO MUCH Karina for your fantastic help 👍👍👍👍

  • @icleducafro8556
    @icleducafro8556 Před 2 lety +4

    Not only has this tutorial saved loads of productivity time, it has also probably saved even many hours of just learning the trick somehow else

  • @RobertABradley
    @RobertABradley Před 2 lety

    Thank You, Thank You. I had hundreds of files that needed renaming, and thought “There’s got to be an App that does this.” And then lo and behold, I tripped over your CZcams video that showed I already “had” the App with Windows and Excel! Your super clear instructions were a wonder, and I got the files renamed as if by magic. I, of course, saved the spreadsheet, and have already reused it as a template for other lists of files. Cut, Paste, doublecheck, and Done! THANK YOU!

  • @tdvr43
    @tdvr43 Před rokem

    Just used this and it worked out swimmingly, my girlfriend needed help renaming 3,000 folder names based on an excel file with a corresponding number. I really appreciate it.

  • @nabeelmahmood9735
    @nabeelmahmood9735 Před 3 lety +1

    thanks you just saved me from manually changing 1000 file names

  • @sahilaggarwal2835
    @sahilaggarwal2835 Před měsícem

    Straight to the point with clear instructions. Thats how a YT tutorial should be...THANK YOU so much..

  • @Roguewiz
    @Roguewiz Před 3 lety +3

    Wow. Way easier than writing some VB. Thank you, Karina! You rock. I probably should have remembered that the command prompt could do that

  • @levlylove
    @levlylove Před 3 měsíci

    Oh my gosh, this is amazing! I needed to batch rename 125 files that had TWO sequential numbers in them, and wasn't sure if even a batch rename app existed to do this. Despite knowing the ren command, I never would have considered using a spreadsheet to create the commands in bulk! Thank you!

  • @sohailahmed8309
    @sohailahmed8309 Před 3 lety +1

    You know how to teach.
    Wish I had teachers like you in my school.
    Thank you.

  • @MrinalTrivedi
    @MrinalTrivedi Před rokem

    Outstanding delivery/explanation. So simple. I went through half a dozen videos where the speaker just jumpes into the steps without explaining the reasoning.
    Great job!!😊

  • @sidhedanu
    @sidhedanu Před 2 lety +5

    Great video! I changed it up a little by using concatenate in the last part to just include ren and spaces as part of the formula instead of dedicating columns to those elements. So useful!

  • @TheMooper27
    @TheMooper27 Před 8 měsíci

    You're a diamond!
    I've seen a few videos teaching this skill, but all required the audience to download some 3rd party software from a sketchy site.
    So good to see that we can do this with excel and not have to put our computer's security at risk.
    Thank you so much :)

  • @kennethgreen2829
    @kennethgreen2829 Před 2 lety

    Hi Karina. Not sure if you are still active on this video but wanted to say a huge thank you for the video. I needed to remame 300+ files and your video helped me to do that so very gratful. Many thanks.

  • @AONomad
    @AONomad Před 2 lety

    I looked up 6 different web guides on renaming files and didn't find what I needed... this is exactly it. You saved me hours and hours of work, thanks so much!

  • @Kiet-Tran
    @Kiet-Tran Před 4 měsíci

    I used this trick at my internship, and it got me good praises!

  • @DavidBelmar-zw2vc
    @DavidBelmar-zw2vc Před 3 měsíci

    You are amazing, thank you so much. Companys need more people like you. Good job!

  • @HuyNguyen-wz8lx
    @HuyNguyen-wz8lx Před 3 lety +2

    You have no idea how much this trick means to me!!! I appreciate your help with this video a lot, Karina!

  • @user-qb7ps9pm9t
    @user-qb7ps9pm9t Před rokem

    Thank you so much for this. I used to do this in PowerAutomate, but I no longer have access to MS. Now I have created an Google Sheets template and doing it this way is even quicker! Thanks again!

  • @domanticthoughts2307
    @domanticthoughts2307 Před rokem

    My first time commenting on a CZcams video. This really helped me. Thank you!

  • @user-vz6mk9gk8n
    @user-vz6mk9gk8n Před 8 měsíci

    KARINA!
    LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!!!! YOU JUST SAVED ME HOURSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
    I am sure that there are a myriad of ways to do this but I really appreciate how straight and simple this was. I also enjoyed how well you gave directions clearly and made it simple for users to follow and get the results they were looking for with MINIMAL knowledge and processing.
    BRAVO SISTER!!!! Absolutely fantastic and I am thankful to you! Keep Exceling ;).
    -Girls Who Love Data

  • @Klokinator
    @Klokinator Před rokem

    I would have had to tediously scan and rename each individual file in a folder of 500 chinese-named files for my translation project. But this guaranteed only the exact files got renamed. Thanks so much! Saved me HOURS!

  • @maguelonehenriot1158
    @maguelonehenriot1158 Před 20 dny

    I was about to give up and you saved my day !!! Thanks a lot 😀

  • @PoeLemic
    @PoeLemic Před rokem

    This is so brilliant. And, I used to type the "RENAME" command like 250 to 300 times to rename everything. Gosh, it took the whole morning. This is so much faster just to add author at end.

  • @shivhota627
    @shivhota627 Před 10 měsíci

    Absolutely fantastic… really help a lot i had multiple folders with 300+ pdf file name to edit blessed to see you video

  • @vipulsinghal7
    @vipulsinghal7 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so so much.. This technique is brilliant for a non-coding like people. I am really very grateful for this easy guidance.

  • @Lillykat003
    @Lillykat003 Před rokem

    OHMYGOD!!! You just saved me HOURS of tidious work! So well explained! Thank you so so much!!

  • @jasonzdora
    @jasonzdora Před 2 lety

    Youre a lethal badass, Karina! Cutting straight through with 100% killer and no filler. I truly appreciate your clear and succinct style. So very well done!!!

  • @smzai410
    @smzai410 Před 8 měsíci

    Amazing, superb, ive just done this for 2000+ folder with this technique and it works, thanks for saving my time

  • @samlyall9668
    @samlyall9668 Před rokem +5

    Amazing video! So well explained and really easy to follow. One of the best videos I’ve ever watched as it impacted my work life so much!

  • @marconico1012
    @marconico1012 Před 2 lety +7

    10/10 quality tutorial. Well explained and paced as well. Thank you so much for this

  • @kostastekos4402
    @kostastekos4402 Před 2 měsíci

    Absolutely fantastic video. Straight to the point and very helpful.

  • @MatharuCH
    @MatharuCH Před rokem

    Saved me from renaming 160 images separately, thank you SO MUCH Karina!

  • @jonathanedwards1108
    @jonathanedwards1108 Před rokem

    This is a very smart method, thanks for posting this! Like most comments, you have saved me a big headache, I was trying to get AI to write a script to accomplish this with mixed success. To others, ***if you want to do this on macOS,*** it works too. Just copy and paste a group of files intoTextEdit after selecting "Format, Make Plain Text" from the menu to make the file list, and copy/paste into Excel. Then in terminal, use the "mv oldFileName newFileName" command to rename the files, in the same method as the video. (in the correct path). Paste the column into terminal. Wow thanks!

    • @conniecampbell2668
      @conniecampbell2668 Před 9 měsíci

      Can you elaborate on this 'ust copy and paste a group of files intoTextEdit after selecting "Format, Make Plain Text" from the menu to make the file list' please

  • @xgeo-learnspanish4917
    @xgeo-learnspanish4917 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow!!! Fantastic!! I wish I found this trick out years and years ago. I would have saved countless hours renaming files.

  • @rakeshg7879
    @rakeshg7879 Před rokem

    This is very helpful for me. You explanation is very clear and simple. Thank you very much

  • @LarahSardia
    @LarahSardia Před 2 lety

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Spent hours figuring out how to rename my files and I am so thankful to found your tutorial. Thanks for sharing this, it is truly helpful!!

  • @NikhilKumar-zk9kx
    @NikhilKumar-zk9kx Před 3 lety

    thanks mam.... i just changed name of around 120 files with the help of your video.... thanks again mam it saved me lot of time

  • @maty1229
    @maty1229 Před 2 lety +15

    This has been an extremely helpful tutorial and opened a lot of possibilities on what I thought would be a very tedious process, thank you very much! Short and to the point with good visuals.

  • @bandipalli
    @bandipalli Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you very much. Straight to the point, nothing more nothing less. Impressive.

  • @bandipalli
    @bandipalli Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent! Explained in a lucid manner that anyone can easily follow it. Thank you. Much appreciated.

  • @phunguyen305
    @phunguyen305 Před 2 lety

    I already have some apps that can rename multiple files but it's hard to keep them in right order. With your solution, the sort order is absolute right. Thanks very much for your sharing.

  • @fragranceenthusiast5790
    @fragranceenthusiast5790 Před 3 lety +5

    I found this just incredibly useful. Just superb. Thank you Karina. I can't remember when I was as excited! Perhaps it was in 1989 when I heard 'When You Come Back To Me' by Jason Donovan for the first time. Or maybe even further back and 'Souvenir' by OMD! :0)

  • @MOATHALSHIBLIvfx
    @MOATHALSHIBLIvfx Před rokem

    this exactly what i have been looking for all day. thank you

  • @AlexanderHartmann71
    @AlexanderHartmann71 Před 2 lety +1

    🙂 This saved me a lot of time. I used this technique for SQL Queries and now also for terminal commands 🙂

  • @davids3313
    @davids3313 Před 3 lety +1

    WOW! Thank you so very much. Like some other comments, I thought I'd have to change over 700 file names manually.

  • @bgrung
    @bgrung Před rokem

    GENIUS!!!!! I've never ever thought to do it this way. Blown away!

  • @JustinPayton
    @JustinPayton Před rokem

    You're a godsend!
    I had 3 folders with 60+ files to rename in each folder. This took a task that would of taken 1/2 day to do down to less than 10 minutes

  • @Yige-wc8ih
    @Yige-wc8ih Před 9 měsíci

    What a amazing tutorial, you solved my problem that took me almost 1week time on figure it out, thank you so much

  • @dukesnoogens
    @dukesnoogens Před 2 lety

    OMG it worked!!
    Your a fricken LIFE SAVER!
    I search a pile of docs and tutes online; written by numpties and got nowhere.
    Thanks so much for sharing this. xo

  • @Magooch86
    @Magooch86 Před 6 měsíci

    Brilliant! Re-named 21 seasons of South Park episodes with this, thanks so much

  • @tomwaterhouse9419
    @tomwaterhouse9419 Před 5 měsíci

    This video was excellent - really clear, worked first time. Thank you!

  • @catcameo1670
    @catcameo1670 Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks so much for your help. I had the words in excel but I couldn't figure out how to make them into files. Using command was really cool!

  • @aura_6913
    @aura_6913 Před 2 lety

    THANK YOU LADY ON CZcams, YOU JUST SAVED ME, LIKE, A SOLID 2 HOURS

  • @CarlosFeral
    @CarlosFeral Před rokem

    😍OMG you saved me like 4 hours of work!!!

  • @MasayaShida
    @MasayaShida Před 2 lety

    this is very helpful. A task that would have taken me an hour took me a few minutes. THANK YOU

  • @forte_dx1813
    @forte_dx1813 Před 2 lety

    Amazing! This reduced so much of my workload. I now keep the excel at hand, anytime I have to add something to multiple filenames. Thank you!

  • @zukuma1692
    @zukuma1692 Před 2 lety

    Your incredible. I renamed 360+ plus files using this method. Dont know what I would do without you

  • @marktheirl1842
    @marktheirl1842 Před 2 lety

    Thank you! This is so easy! Especially for those of us who remember the days of DOS

  • @MrGmo422
    @MrGmo422 Před 2 lety

    This one video saved me one hour of work. I cannot stress how much I appreciate you!

  • @norbertvincze8024
    @norbertvincze8024 Před 3 měsíci

    This is amazing, just saved me a ton of manual work right now! Thanks!

  • @sagar_bhalerao
    @sagar_bhalerao Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks a lot, I was struggling to rename almost 100 files, you made it easier.

  • @whiskeytangowhiskey
    @whiskeytangowhiskey Před 2 lety +1

    Such a great video - best tutorial I’ve ever seen. Very interested to check out the others even though I don’t need them right now. Thank you for making this, Karina!

  • @agutanful
    @agutanful Před 7 měsíci

    worked perfectly for 72 files. Thank you!

  • @theusmansem
    @theusmansem Před 2 lety +1

    I can't thank you enough, WOW.
    Amazing things I learned in this video not only renaming.
    God Bless You.

  • @nathanieljb666
    @nathanieljb666 Před rokem

    Thank you for this! I was able to fix so many problems using this! Life saver.

  • @ahyathartono7765
    @ahyathartono7765 Před měsícem

    Totally clear explanation, amazing. Thank you for the tutorial

  • @jeevakumarmasilamani6539
    @jeevakumarmasilamani6539 Před 9 měsíci

    Very well explained. My problem was solved in just 1 attempt.

  • @lucyameliasumual8157
    @lucyameliasumual8157 Před 11 dny

    This is so helpfull!!! Thank you very much!! I almost cry because i have to rename thousand of files..

  • @David-pu8vs
    @David-pu8vs Před 3 lety +2

    exactly what I was looking for, straight to the point, no BS, thumbs up and subscribed!

  • @redcantful
    @redcantful Před 2 lety

    Thank you! This video is very helpful. Also you can use A1&" "&B1&" "&C1 for space instead of insert new column.

  • @studioPiT_
    @studioPiT_ Před 6 měsíci

    awesome ! i have to do this over and over again, can't tell you how much you saved me.

  • @redchai10
    @redchai10 Před rokem

    Wow! just WOW! You are my HERO!
    I love organizing my files so I usually rename them (especially downloaded files with so many extra characters) so it will be neat and consistent. Though my fingers are fast on keyboard, renaming hundreds of files is still tedious. I finally decided to search whether bulk renaming is possible without using 3rd party apps. This really saved my day! This is so amazing! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

  • @iceapitsada1137
    @iceapitsada1137 Před rokem

    amazing!! it's simple, yet very flexible and able to achieve complex conditions.
    best in the internet. THANK YOU!!!

  • @jimmyzea8760
    @jimmyzea8760 Před 8 měsíci

    lo maximooooo!
    translating, this is an awesome solution to a very big problem>
    THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
    I just used bulk rename utility to remane 384 files, but now the client sent me a list of the files and wanted TO ADD AREAS !! and that requires to touch one by one
    no way
    you just solved the problem, thank you again

  • @cameronholtz8960
    @cameronholtz8960 Před rokem

    Thank you!! I cannot express how much this helps me. Really, thanks.

  • @galihrahmat9161
    @galihrahmat9161 Před 2 lety

    Awesome, I had a job to rename 39 files with spesific names, thank you...

  • @salvadorazahar564
    @salvadorazahar564 Před rokem

    Omg! You just gave me back days or weeks of my life back! Thank you!!!

  • @nausheenali9747
    @nausheenali9747 Před 2 lety +2

    Incredible!!!! Thank you so much. All the steps were explained very clearly and it was really very helpful. :)

  • @ammonshumway
    @ammonshumway Před rokem

    Wow, I didn't know I could open 'cmd' from a explorer window and already in the path I need. I've always had to mess with other commands to change the directory. Thanks!

  • @tonniebaumeister
    @tonniebaumeister Před 2 lety +2

    When you want a long list of all the files in a map/directory: type dir >namefile then you have a txt-file with all the files in the new made file namefile.txt

  • @mrpturner3792
    @mrpturner3792 Před rokem

    Super guide! I had no idea you could paste lines into cmd en masse from Excel!