Web User - UK (2019-12-11)

Workshop3

56 11-26December 2019

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Clic kthePowerToysicon inthe notification area^1 toopen

the General Settings. The PowerRename PowerToy^2

should be listedalongwithFancyZones and Shortcut

Guide.Makesureit’sswitched on.^3 If it ’s not there, scroll down

to the bottomofthe page and click ‘Checkforupdates’.

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In File Explorer,selectthe files andfoldersyouwant to

rename.Right-clickand choosePowerRename.^1 The

PowerRename boxappears, populatedwiththe items

you’veselected.^2 This lis tincludesfolders^3 and thecontents

of anyfolders and subfolders thatwereselected.

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To rename your files, type the partof their nameyouwant

to remove in the‘Searchfor’ box,^1 then type thewords

youwant to replaceitwithinthe ‘Replacewith’ box.^2

ThePreviewbox showsyou the current filenames^3 and what

they’ll looklike when youclick theRename button.^4

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Bydefault,all thefiles will beselected and runthrough

the renaming filteriftheymatchthe criteria.Ifthereare

anyindividualfilesyou don’twant torename,untick the

boxesnext tothem inthe Previewwindow.^1 Files thataren’t

sele ctedwon’t appearin the Renamedcolumn.^2

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If there aretoo many files to selectmanually,use the

Optionstowhitt le downthe listinstead. Forinstance,

youcouldexclude files in subfolders,^1 exclud eall fi les or

all folders,^2 or have the searchterm only appear in the name

or extensio nofafile.^3

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To add consecutive numbersto eachfilename,^1 tick the

boxtoEnumerateItems.^2 To use regularexpressions in

the search box–for wildcards, logical operators and

more–tickUse Regular Expressions.^3 There’sahandy listof

supportedcommands and shortcutsat bit.ly/regex490.

Rename files faster with anewPowerToy

B

ack in Issue485 (bit.ly/webuser485), welooked atthe

firstofMicrosoft’snewPowerToys, the brilliant

experimentaltools for advanced users inspired bythe

original Windows 9 5PowerToys. Microsoft hasjustadded

another handy utility tothe set, called

PowerRename,whichyou canuse

toquicklyand efficientlyrename

batches offiles in one go.

PowerToys:bit.ly/powtoy490 | 10 mins | Windows 10

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