Rename-It!
Rename-It! Description
Rename-It! can rename in seconds multiple files, that can be in different folders. It is incorporated in the Windows Shell (via Explorer's context menu). Before renaming files, Rename-It checks the files' names. The renaming itself is done by filters:
- Search & Replace: Replace a string by another. Support Regular expressions and Wildcards.
- Case: Make the file name uppercase, lowercase, ...
- Crop: Only keeps a part of the file name.
- ID3 Tag: For the MP3 files, read the ID3 informations and rename the file with your own criteria.
Some Key Features of "Rename-It!":
- Rename files from the Explorer
- RegExp and wildcards
- Advanced enumations system (01, 02, 03...)
- Unicode support
- MP3 ID3 v1 & v2 tags
- From simple to advanced usage with preset filters
- Check filenames before renaming and allow manual fixing
Tutorial
View a demonstration tutorial of Rename-It!. Requires Flash.Screenshots
Download
Rename-It! v3.42 (2007-06-18) (1.44 MB) for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and Vista on Intel x86See what's new in this release.
Install
- Download the setup program on your computer.
- Open the folder where you have downloaded the file and open the setup program.
- Follow the setup wizard step by step.
- To launch the Rename-It!, after the installation has finished, go to Start > All Programs > Rename-It! and click on Rename-It!. Alternatively you can select some files in the Explorer, then right click on them to open the context menu, and select Rename-It!.
The next version of Rename-It! is being developed
The next major version of Rename-It!, the version 4, is currently being developed.
Estimated progress
It is hard to define how much percents of a project have been done. That's why you won't see any % of progress. The illustration below shows only the project's progress estimation: The triangle on the time line indicates the estimated progress. Above the triangle you can see different round boxes. Each box represents a different phase of the project. The circle denotes the project's end: Time at which the release version will be available. Before that, some testing versions will be available.
Planed improvements:
- New functionalities
- Rename a full path (create/rename folders)
- Command-line execution support
- More advanced Search&Replace filter
- Possibility to add comments
- New external processor filter for easy custom filters
- Simpler to use
- User interface improvements: Faster and much easier
- Help documents
- Wizards to simplify basic tasks
- Coloured regular expressions
- Safer renaming
- Vista transactional renaming support: All or nothing
- Improved pre-renaming checking
- Much faster renaming (1000x faster)
- Full Vista support (designed with UAC in mind)
- (delayed) Show files' icons and add an access to the explorer context menu
A now outdated preview of the coming new version.
When will it be ready?
The version 4 is not ready yet and there is no time schedule. See estimated progress section for more details.