Bulk Rename Utility

Hi, since version 4.0.0.2, when I want to remove a set of characters from a list of filenames in BRU, when I click on the raise number pointer by the 'From' box (Section 5), BRU removes the whole filename in the new name column, then adds in the filename characters one by one from the start, as the numbers are clicked up.

In previous versions, it used to keep showing the full filename in the new window column and delete only the first character you scrolled up to, leaving the previous characters still showing, then you'd use the 'To' button to delete the rest and actually see what you were getting before clicking Rename. Surely this is the way it should work? The current method just doesn't work at all for me, it doesn't seem possible to visually select a set of characters to remove and see what the result is going to be before you apply the Rename action. Thanks for any help

Hi, when removing From the char in position X to 0, Bulk Rename interprets that to mean from X to the end of the name. If want to remove only in position X use From X To X, or can use From X To x + 2, etc The difference might be that the To value is no longer incremented automatically when incrementing the From value, it needs to be done manually.

Admin wrote:Hi, when removing From the char in position X to 0, Bulk Rename interprets that to mean from X to the end of the name. If want to remove only in position X use From X To X, or can use From X To x + 2, etc The difference might be that the To value is no longer incremented automatically when incrementing the From value, it needs to be done manually.

Thanks, it seems different from how I remember it up till the last program update or two, but I'm getting my head around it now.

Admin wrote:Hi, when removing From the char in position X to 0, Bulk Rename interprets that to mean from X to the end of the name. If want to remove only in position X use From X To X, or can use From X To x + 2, etc The difference might be that the To value is no longer incremented automatically when incrementing the From value, it needs to be done manually.

Is there an option to have it function like in the old update? The "To" value would used to automatically follow the "From" Value. It was easier to gauge where to remove characters easily this way.

Hi, at the moment, there is no such option, sorry.