Rename Multiple Files with the Tab Key

Posted in: Technology, Tips & Tricks, Windows

We discussed earlier about how to rename a bunch of files in Vista, but what if you want to rename a group of files with names that discribe each one? Suppose you have a bunch of photo that you took with your camera and they have been named something like DSC_0001, DSC_002 and so on. Good news, you don’t have to go through the “right click and Rename” process each time.

Here’s how you do it:

  1. For the first photo in the group, right click and select Rename, then give the file its new name.
  2. Now just hit the Tab key, and it takes you to the next file and highlights the name enabling you to type in the new name.
  3. Hit Tab again to go to the next, and so forth until all the files have been renamed.
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