renaming files en mass

[kwvh]

This would probably be easy in the old DOS days, but in windows, I am at a loss.

We had staff save several hundred files using people's names, and included spaces. Is there a tool or utility, or code that I could use to loop through the directories and the files and remove the spaces?

Thanks in advance for your ideas.

Ken

[HansV]

Try a utility such as AdvancedRenamer (free).

[Rudi]

Hi Ken,

My

I have been using (#1) ReNamer for years. It has very flexible rules which allows one to literally rename any batch of files to very specific criteria. I use it from time to time for the more complex renaming rules, but if it comes to quick and simple renaming conditions, like yours where you just want to remove spaces, there is a wonderful feature built into a context menu tool and editor called (#2) File Menu Tools. If you access its Advanced Renaming module, it presents for quick and easy renaming capabilities on all the folders/files you select in Windows Explorer.
Both these apps are also free to download and use.

(#1) ReNamer

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(#1) File Menu Tools

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[kwvh]

Rudi and Hans,

THANK YOU. sorry for delay in responding. I have had to look for an Ark due to all this rain.

Ken