Complete File Renamer 2.0

Complete File Renamer 2.0 - Help

Contents

Overview
Brief Usage
Select Files
Change Options
Preview and Rename Files
1. Status Messages
Keyboard Shortcuts
Command Line File Renamer

Overview

1: Select Files

2: Change Options

3: Preview and Rename Files

Complete File Renamer 2.0 is a multiple file renaming tool. It makes it easier to keep movie, music, image and other file names consistent and organized.

Complete File Renamer comes with:

An integrated file browser.
Preview your changes instanly with color coded status messages.
Rename your mp3 collection using Id3v1 and Id3v2 tags.
Complete Undo / Redo capabilities.
A user friendly graphical user interface.
Includes cmdren.exe, a command line file renamer utility.
Lots of renaming options.

This version of Complete File Renamer comes with a command line file renaming utility tool cmdren.exe, aka Command Line File Renamer 1.0. Using this utility you can write batch commands or scripts to automate your file renaming work. To learn more about Command Line File Renamer see the related section in this document.

Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/Xp/2003, .Net Framework 1.1

Usage

To rename a set of files

Select Files
Change Options
Press [Rename All] Button

Details

1 - Using the Select Files Panel.

Browse to the directory where the files are located.
Select the files and click [+Selected] button.

2 - Using the Change Options Panel.

Set the renaming options. New names will be shown instantly.
Review the new names.

3- Using the Rename Files Panel

Press [Rename All] or [Rename Selected] buttons.

Select Files

Use the file browser on the left hand side to select the files you want to rename. The browser will start in 'My Computer' folder.

Browsing to a folder:

Double click on a folder or drive name in File Browser.
Click on parent folder entry in the list or click [Parent].
Write path in the Path Box then press Enter or click [Go].

Selecting files for renaming:

Double click on a file.
Select file(s) then press Enter or click [+Selected] or [>].
Click [+All] or [>>] to select all files in the current folder.
Include Subfolders will make files from subfolders added too.

Removing files from the Rename Files List:

Double click on a file in the Rename Files List
Select files in Rename Files List then press Enter or click [<]
Click [<<] to clear the Rename Files List

Listing of input controls:

Path Text Box Display current path, write new path

[Go] Button Goto path written in Path Text Box

[Parent] Button Goto parent directory

File Browser Browse folders / add files

Include Subfolders When checked files in subfolders will be added

[+Selected] Button Add selected files to preview/rename list

[+All] Button Add all files in current folder to Rename List

Change Renaming Options

The renaming options are located here. File renaming options are grouped into differnt Tabs according to their behavior.

Complete File Renamer has the following Tabs:

Extension Change extension. Change extension case.

Space Insert/Delete spaces. Convert characters.

Case Change filename case

Replace
Replace text

Insert Insert text

Delete Delete text

Auto # Add automatic numbers. Fix existing numbers

Clicking on any of these categories will bring up the options that are relevant to that category.

When you change the options in one of these categories the changes will be shown immediately at the Rename Files List.

To reset the options in a category press the [Reset] button. The [Preview] button will generate the new filenames again.

Listing of input controls:

General

[Register] Button Register/Buy (Only in evaluation copy)

[About] Button Display about dialog

[Help] Button
Display help

[Reset] Button Reset renaming options

[Preview] Button Regenerate new file names

Apply Changes to Extension Too Behave as if extension is part of filename. Most options will not change extension otherwise.

Extension Tab

Change To Text Box Change file extension to

Case Combo Box UPPER, lower, Word, Sentence, tOGGLE, RAndoM

Space Tab

'_' to space Change underscore characters to spaces

'.' to space Change period characters to spaces

'%20' to space
Change '%20' strings to spaces

Space to '_' Change spaces to underscore '_'

Space to '.' Change spaces to period '.'

Seperate CamelCaseWords Insert spaces between CamelCaseWords. MyNewMusicFile.mp3 will become 'My New Music File.mp3'.

Delete Extra Spaces All Delete all extra spaces

Delete Extra Spaces End Delete extra spaces from end of file name

Delete Extra Spaces Start Delete extra spaces from beginning of name

Case Tab

Case Combo Box UPPER, lower, Word, Sentence, tOGGLE, RAndoM

Short words / Roman numerals Make short English words like "the", "and", "or" lower case. Make Roman numerals upper case. Make "I" upper case.

Skip 1st word
Do not apply Special case to the 1st word

Replace Tab

Occurrence Combo Box All Occurences, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Last

Search Text Box Text to search for

Replace Text Box Text to replace with

Case Sensitive Is string search case sensitive?

Insert Tab

Insert Text Box What to insert

Insert Position Combo Start, End , Column #, Before Text, After Text

Colum Number Column number to start inserting at. Only when At Column # is selected

Search Text Text to search for. Only when Before Text or After Text is selected

Case Sensitive Is string search case sensitive? Only when Before Text or After Text is selected

Delete Tab

Number of Chars How many characters to remove.

Delete Position Start, End , Column #, Before Text, After Text

Colum Number Column number to start inserting at. Only when After Column # is selected

Search Text Text to search for. Only when Before Text or After Text is selected

Case Sensitive Is string search case sensitive? Only when Before Text or After Text is selected

Delete Between ( ) Delete text between parenthesis.

Delete Between [ ] Delete text between square brackets.

Delete Between { } Delete text between curly brackets.

Delete Extra Spaces All Delete all extra spaces

Delete Extra Spaces End Delete extra spaces from end of file name

Delete Extra Spaces Start Delete extra spaces from beginning of name

Auto # Tab

Format Combo Box Automatic numbering style.

Digits How many digits will the number have

Text1 Text to insert before the number

Text2 Text to insert after the number

Starting Number Start with this number

Increment With Increment with this number

Fix Leading Zeros None, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Last Number

Fix Leading Zero Digits How many digits will the new number have

Mp3 Tab

Skip If Necessary Tags Empty Do not rename a file if any of the necessary mp3 tags is empty.

Common Styles
Rename files using a common media file name format. For example

Custom Rename files using free form combination of mp3 song info.

Preview and Rename Files

The Rename Files List displays the following columns

Original Name Original file name

New Name Automatically regenerated when options change

Status Shows warnings and errors

Path Name of parent folder

Title Song info from mp3 tags

Artist Song info from mp3 tags

Album Song info from mp3 tags

Track Song info from mp3 tags

Year Song info from mp3 tags

Genre Song info from mp3 tags

Comment Song info from mp3 tags

The song info columns will display mp3 tags only when the Mp3 Tab is open or when you press [Read Mp3 Tags] button.

The status messages

No Change new name is same as old name no change

Preview Ok New name seems to be ok. preview ok

Extension Changed You are changing file extension warning

Empty Tags Needed mp3 tags were empty warning

Empty Name New name is empty string error

Invalid Characters New name contains invalid chars error

Name Too Long New name is too long error

Cannot Find File File not found error error

Error Any other error error

Empty Tags Needed mp3 tags were empty error

Done File renaming successful done

'Empty Tags' message will be an error message by default. If "Skip If Necessary Tags Are Empty" is unchecked it will be a warning.

Status Message Color Codes

Black no change

Green preview ok, renaming done

Orange warning

Red error

No real file renaming is done until you click "Rename All" or "Rename Selected" buttons. When one of them is clicked, the files will be renamed; original name, new name, and the status message columns will be updated. The new status messages will display black on success or Red on error.

Clicking the Rename buttons will try to rename files with

green status message (preview ok) or
orange status message (warning).

To change a single filename quickly

Use the Instant Edit Box. Select the file in the Rename Files List
The file name will appear in the Instant Edit Box.
Change the file name.
Press Enter or click [Instant Edit] button.

IMPORTANT: No real renaming is done until you click [Rename All] or [Rename Selected].

Listing of input controls

Instant Edit Box Edit file name to rename a single file

Instant Edit Button Rename file with new name from Intant Edit Box

Rename Files List List of files to rename

[^] Up Button Move selected files up in Rename Files List

[v] Down Button Move selected files down Rename Files List

[Read Mp3 Tags] Show Id3 tag information

[>>] Button Add all files in current folder to Rename List

[>] Button Add selected files to Rename Files List

[<] Button Remove selected files from Rename Files List

[<<] Button Clear Rename Files List

[Undo] Button Undo previous rename operation

[Redo] Button Redo rename operation

[Rename Selected] Button Rename selected files

[Rename All] Button Rename all files in the Rename Files List

Keyboard Shortcuts

In the Path Box

Enter Goto directory

In the File Browser

Enter (on folder) Browse into the folder

Enter (on file) Add selected files to Rename File List

+ Add selected files to Rename File List

Backspace Goto parent folder

In the Rename File List

F2 Instant Rename (Edit) selected file

Del Remove selected file(s) from Rename File List

- Remove selected file(s) from Rename File List

In the Instant Edit Box

Enter Rename file and focus to Rename File List

Command Line File Renamer

Command Line File Renamer 1.0 (cmdren.exe) is a command line multiple file renaming utility tool. It is designed to be a scripting and batch command to aid you in file renaming related work. File renaming options are specified via command line parameters (switches). Cmdren.exe has command line versions of all the file renaming options that can be found in Complete File Renamer.

Usage:

cmdren (-? | -help | -h)

cmdren -register | -reg

cmdren file1 [file2 ...]
   -preview

   -ext inc | -inc ext
   -ei | -ie

   -ext case (upper | lower | word | sentence | toggle | random)
   -ec (u | l | w | s | t | r)

   -ext change <newext>
   -ex <newext>

   -case (upper | lower | word | sentence | toggle | random)
   -c (u | l | w | s | t | r)

   -special words [skip1st]
   -sw [s1]

   -space from [uscore] [period] [hypen] [%20]
   -sf [u] [p] [h] [%]

   -space to [uscore] [period] [hypen]
   -st [u] [p] [h]

   -space around hypens
   -sh

   -space extra [all] [start] [end]
   -se [a] [s] [e]

   -split [left | right]
   -sp [l] [r]

   -insert <string> (start | end)
   -insert <string> column <number>
   -insert <string> (after | before) <string> [sensitive]
   -i <string> (s | e)
   -i <string> c <number>
   -i <string> (a | b) <string> [cs]

   -delete <number> (start | end)
   -delete <number> column <number>
   -delete <number> (after | before) <string> [sensitive]
   -d <number> (s | e)
   -d <number> c <number>
   -d <number> (a | b) <string> [cs]

   -delete between [paren] [curly] square]
   -db [p] [c] [s]

   -replace (all | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | last) <string1> <string2> [sensitive]
   -r (a | 1 | 2 | 3 | t) <string1> <string2> [cs]

   -number extend (all | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | last) <digits>
   -ne (a | 1 | 2 | 3 | t) <digits>

   -number add [start | end | none] <str1> <digits> <str2> [<start> [<inc>]]
   -na [s | e | n] <str1> <digits> <str2> [<start> [<inc>]]

   -mp3 common (TrTi | ArTi | TrArTi | TrTiYe) [noskip]
   -mc (TrTi | ArTi | TrArTi | TrTiYe) [ns]

   -mp3 free <s1> tag <s2> [tag <s3>] [tag <s4>]  [noskip]
   -mf <s1> tag <s2> [tag <s3>] [tag <s4>] [ns]

Details:
   (a | b | c) means a or b or c
   [a] means a is optional
   <...> means user input string
   use "" for empty string
   if a string contains space quote it i.e. "string with space"
   when using -mc switch, tag should be as follows
     tag = (title |artist |album |track |year |genre |comment |oldname)
     tag = (ti | ar | al | tr | ye | ge | co | on)
   commands have long and short versions i.e. -delete -d, upper u

Examples:
   Rename all file to lowercase
      cmdren *.* -case lower
      cmdren *.* -c l
   Split into words, convert _ and . to space, change to Word Case
      cmdren *.* -split -space from uscore period -case word
      cmdren *.* -sp -sf u p -c w
   For image files replace 'dsc00' substring with 'Island Trip '
      cmdren *.jpg *.tif -replace all "dsc00" "Island Trip "
      cmdren *.jpg *.tif -r a "dsc00" "Island Trip "
   Rename mp3 files to 'Artist - Title' using Id3v1, Id3v2 tags.
      cmdren *.mp3 -mp3 common arti
      cmdren *.mp3 -mc arti
      cmdren *.mp3 -mp3 free "" artist " - " title ""
      cmdren *.mp3 -mf  "" ar " - " ti ""