Bulk Rename Utility for Windows

User Reviews

• Excellent at what it is supposed to do

  teo1735/21/2017

  Pros

  Powerful Many features Quick Lightweight Free

  Cons

  UI seems a little bit cluttered and confusing at first

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• Does perfectly what the name says.

  Terry Stanley2/16/2016

  Pros

  -Lots of options that can be easily enabled, disabled and configured. -It is Free!!!!!!! -No advertising or trying to sell anything -No Malware as mentioned by other reviews (according to ESet AV)

  Cons

  -It might be a little confusing to use if you are a complete idiot. Thankfully, there is detailed help available to those poor fools that need it.

  Summary

  Works perfectly for renaming bulk files. Will even insert text or numbers, change case to title, upper, lower etc.. I see a couple of reviewers claim Malware installed with this application. To make a claim like that without any real detail as to why they would say that is quite unhelpful. It seems odd people would lie about that, but I can't see any malware. How about someone tell me where on my computer I might find this malware.

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• Cannot read the date&time taken attributes of a photo

  nhanvulenp8/2/2015

  Pros

  Very flexible

  Cons

  Cannot read the date&time taken attributes of a photo

  Summary

  I wanted to rename photo files based on the date&#38;time taken file attributes, but the utility showed blank for these attributes.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Aug 2, 2015<p/>I figured out how to extract the EXIF attributes of photo, so can use date taken now.

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• Full Manipulation of Files

  richragan3/15/2015

  Pros

  If you want to easily manipulate file names, this program is the BEST. The interface does not attempt to force everyone into the same mold of file-name management. Everything is at your fingertips to manipulate the names exactly how you want. I have been using this program for a number of years and I cannot imagine how much time it has saved me in organizing all of my file names just how I want them. This is especially the case if you have lots of music files that need file name adjustment or lots of photos which you want to name according to when they were taken, instead of having file names like IMG_601. I manipulate my photo file names like this: 2015-03-16 - 09-15-22 to reflect the date and time they were taken. And you can do this in batches so renaming an entire library of files and folders is not a problem. The program author has done a great job, so remember you can donate if you think the program was useful. Otherwise, it is entirely free.

  Cons

  The first time you see the Interface it may seem confusing because there are so many options.

  Summary

  100% free program that does everything you thought was possible with file name manipulation, plus much, much more.

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• Hate installers

  JohnnyWI12/24/2014

  Pros

  Sounds like a great program. Sounds like it would do everything I want it to.

  Cons

  Comes with an installer that wants to change start pages and add shopping browser extensions. Either the program is free or it isn't. I would gladly throw a few dollars their way in lieu of crappy browser extensions that just slow down your computer and mess with your browser.

  Summary

  None. Never got to use it. Browser extensions are practically malware, and a very underhanded way of sneaking advertiser info that changes your start page, or redirects you to advertiser sponsored pages.

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• absolutely brilliant!

  kendawson10/27/2014

  Pros

  It renames, renumbers, it can knock bits off add bits from and to anywhere in the filename. It did all that for me for nearly 800 files, all in a flash.

  Cons

  None at all but if you don't want malware, download it from the proper web site.

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• Just a shell for a lot of malware

  kirby001z8/20/2014

  Pros

  There are no pros

  Cons

  Just a lot of malware

  Summary

  Why does Cnet even allow such stuff on its site?

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• I use this all the time

  XNam3605/19/2014

  Pros

  I use Bulk Rename Utility all the time to name and organize my massive collections of images, music, etc. Okay, so the main screen is cluttered... I only ever make use of about half of the stuff on the main screen - I'm not even sure what much of it means, but the features that I do use work very well - that's the important thing. Frankly, this software is so loaded with features that I'm not even sure that I'll ever need to use; but that's probably a good thing - to know that it's capable of a whole lot more than just what I'm making use of. One thing I really like: The colored preview text makes it very easy to see the difference between the old filename and the new filename. I very much like how it updates instantly right along with me as I'm adjusting the settings - much better than the software I used to use, File Renamer Basic, which didn't show you the preview until you pressed a "preview button" after adjusting all your settings.

  Cons

  The cluttered interface of the main screen can be confusing. And if you try to figure everything out, it's not exactly easy. I thought the HELP should explain everything, but it does a bad job of making itself clear. For example, some of the sections on the main interface are titled with an abbreviation, such as "RegEx" or "Repl," but nowhere in HELP do the abbreviations "RegEx" or "Repl" appear anywhere! They do not explain their own abbreviations. I had to search through the help for a while before I figured out that they actually stand for "Registry Edit" and "Replace." So it takes some effort to figure out what everything means (Of course, you don't have to know how everything works in order to use this software, just knowing the basic features are enough for me - I use it all the time, even if I'm not using all the features).

  Summary

  I used File Renamer Basic for years, but was very disappointed when it failed to work properly on my new Windows 8 computer... But I've no reason to be disappointed any longer now that I've found Bulk Rename Utility - this software does everything File Renamer Basic did, does it better, and does more. I've been using it for about a month now and I've been very pleased with it.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on May 19, 2014<p/>Oops, I made a mistake in my review. "RegEx" stands for "Regular Expression," not Registry Edit.

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• Quickto rename file.. its amazing software to rename

  yosoft5/5/2014

  Pros

  I try this software today. can rename very quick. safe my time to rename many files.. thanks to cnet bring this software in cnet

  Cons

  can rename all file.. its amazing

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• Very powerful.

  boblite7/14/2013

  Pros

  It has the great strength of showing how the filename will change in response to your specifications. I was able to extract the day month and year the picture was taken from the picture files, and to add the extracted date as a prefix in Year Month Day format to all the pictures, which is a great aid in sorting them and grouping them correctly.

  Cons

  As mentioned in the CNET review, the interface is initially intimidating. Be prepared to fiddle around for quite a bit of time before attaining any kind of mastery. But in my experience it was worth it, to help tag a huge number of photos with meaningful labels.

  Summary

  Very powerful.

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