Bulk Rename Utility

Hi
I am an old fogie who is struggling to get to grips with technology & was very pleased with myself after managing a clean install of Windows 10 on my Lenovo W520 laptop without too much trauma.
However, I think I managed to screw up restoring my File History as everything has acquired, what I've discovered, is a UTC time stamp appended to each file name. Much research has brought me here as I'm told that BRU is the answer but I am completely flumoxed as to how to proceed - could some body please take me through the process as simply as possible?
Many thanks!
Papi

Examples of the filenames?

Thanks for the reply, sorry - the file names all end as follows:

Bertrand Russell (2017_10_24 11_26_27 UTC).jpg

B & I 8-Oct-16 (2017_10_24 11_26_27 UTC).jpg

Thanks again
Papi

Renaming Options -> Ignore --> File Extensions (uncheck)

1:RegEx

Code: Select all

Match:  ^(.*?) \(\d\d\d\d_\d\d_\d\d .*UTC\)$
Replace:  \1


Wow! Thank you so much! No idea how you figured that out but it works!
Thanks again
Papi

Hello,

I have the same issue with timestamp formats (multiple timestamps): (201*_**_** **_**_** UTC).

However, I tried using the solution offered by therube

RegEx

Match: ^(.*?) \(\d\d\d\d_\d\d_\d\d .*UTC\)$
Replace: \1

and I could not get it to work with Version 3.4.3.0 of BRU.

Furthermore, this version no longer has the option:

Renaming Options -> Ignore --> File Extensions (uncheck)

Any suggestions on how to do it with the new version is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Greg

It still works, but as written, it will depend on the setting of:
Renaming Options | File/Folder Extensions

You need to uncheck (if it is checked), 'Rename File Extensions As Being Part of File Name'.