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  • Nov 28, 2006, 05:34 AM
    RickJ
    Edit file names on massive number of files
    I've got files on a hard drive that I want to make more web friendly by removing things like caps and spaces:

    31,000 files
    1,500 folders
    20GB

    I've found a variety of renaming utilities but I'm afraid of just trying anything. Does anyone have experience with something like this that can recommend an app to get it done?

    Thanks!
  • Nov 28, 2006, 05:51 AM
    NeedKarma
    Hi Rick,

    I've been reading this guy's newsletter for a couple of years and trust his recommendations:
    http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ilities.htm#46
  • Nov 28, 2006, 09:04 AM
    RickJ
    I must admit I was leery: The guy's english, spelling and grammar has much to be desired, it was last updated in 2000... and his forum got hacked, so is "gone for now"... but I tested it on several test folders and it worked great... so then I took a deep breath and tried a change on all 32000 files.

    Worked like a charm... and pretty quickly too!

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