Is there a way with BRU to search a hard drive for files based on a string you want renamed/removed?
The idea: I want to rename ANY file of ANY extension that includes the string "---DumbString2---" on a hard drive with 1000 directories. It would be much more thorough and logical to be able to search the entire drive for the string, returning a list of all files matching the parameters similar to Windows Search, and executing the rename on those files, rather than loading each directory/sub-directory to manually search and target the files.
I've looked for a way to do this online and haven't found anything. Powershell scripts apparently don't like renaming the files within the same directory. I've read many of your posts and understand that some regulars are against developing independency between file and folder and automatic selection of files. But this procedure makes complete sense to me.
The only bulk renaming utility that I know of that did this was Metamorphose, and unfortunately it doesn't install on Win10. BRU is the closest thing I've found so far to that, though I do see a directory dependency. Is there still a way? Thanks in advance.