How to rename folder & file names across an entire drive?

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How to rename folder & file names across an entire drive?

Postby jarhtmd » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:30 pm

I have 1,000s of image files saved in multiple formats (jpg, tif, raw, psd, etc). They are scattered throughout my computer. Some are at the top of the folder/subfolder "tree". Others are buried at varying depths within the "tree". Some are not in "tree" at all. Is there a way to search an entire drive and change selected file/folder names, no matter how shallow or deeply they are embedded . . . without having to select each & every folder & subfolder on the drive? I have software that will find folder & file names containing the literals that I want to change.

In other words, change the folder and/or filename anywhere on the drive whenever either or both match the criteria

Examples;
change ABC to CBA (anywhere on D drive)

D:/ABC.jpg

D:/ABCxyz.jpg

D:/Folder1/ABCxyz.jpg

D:/Folder1/Subfolder1/ABCxyz.jpg

D:/Folder1/Subfolder2/ABCxyz.jpg

D:/Folder1/Subfolder2/Subfolder3/ABC.jpg

D:/abc/abc.tif

D:/XYZ/abc.tif

D:/.../.../abc.tif

D:/.../.../abc/.../abc.tif
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Re: How to rename folder & file names across an entire drive?

Postby TheGhost78 » Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:29 pm

Filters (12):
Tick Subfolders.
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Re: How to rename folder & file names across an entire drive?

Postby jarhtmd » Tue Jul 01, 2025 6:41 pm

Thanks for your reply . . . but there's gotta be more to it than that.

I hate to be so dumb, but . . .
I've searched my entire D drive for "foxglove(digitalis)" & found 19 files scattered across the drive.

When I try to rename foxglove(digitalis) to Foxglove (with subfolders ticked). . . BRU (preview) tells me "There are no selected items that need renaming"

What do I need to select (change + to -) in left panel . . . Data(D)
or do I have to change every + under Data(D) to - ?
or do I just highlight Data(D)

What do I need to select (change + to -) in dight panel?

I can manually rename a few files/folders, but that would take forever for 100s.
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No selected items

Postby Luuk » Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:50 pm

When BRU says there's 'no selected items' to rename, it comes from using the menu "Actions, Rename".
And he's talking about the "Name" column inside the right-pane, not the folder-tree inside the left-pane.

So you can either manually select anything to be renamed, or also just Ctrl+A to select everything.
Most users just put the checkmark for "Actions, List, Auto-Select All Items", so then its always automatic.
You can also just click the Rename-button (bottom-right), which only activates if there's something to rename.
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