by Luuk » Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:02 am
It would be good if the administrators can delete that picture showing the everything.exe because its very, very misleading.
It does present folders that should-be renamed, but it also presents folders that should NOT be renamed like H05-089 (2000).
So the previous "Mask" example Im giving earlier, will not conduct properly because its trusting the picture!
I did just look at the video so now it does seem like, anything that was numbered, is also numbered correctly.
But I would definitely not be clicking onto each Tier sub-folder, and then conducting ~400 each time.
Its much better to only click the "Ordenacao" folder, and then to just conduct them all.
I can provide a better Mask, but Im not getting enough answers to make a better one, so far Im only noticing...
Format-1: 1Alpha2Digits-3Digits-4Digits
Format-2: 1Alpha2Digits-4Digits-5Digits
The 1Alpha is always uppercase, and there was no exceptions with the digits, but I cannot see all of your folders!
If there are exceptions, you will have to say them here, so then and I could change the Mask to your descriptions.
So for right now, Im just assuming there is never to be any exceptions to the 2-formats that Im posting up above.
Im also recommend some extra settings that I believe will give you more confidence when renaming so many folders..
Inside of RegEx(1) first to put a checkmark inside for "v2" then a "Match" like... \x20\(\d{6,7}\)$
Filters(12) need checkmarks inside of "Folders", "Subfolders", "Match Case", and "RegEx" and Lvl==3.
The Filters(12) "Mask" to look like... ^[A-Z]\d\d-(\d{3}-\d{4}|\d{4}-\d{5})( \(\d{6,7}\))?$
Nubering(10) should use all of the same settings, except that Start==1 !
Then to click the "Ordenacao" folder in your folder-tree, and wait for all of the matching folder-names to be presented.
The red-parts of the match will include folder-names that were already numbered with either 6-or-7 padding at the end.
Im including it just to show how all of these settings will be conducted together....
The first thing to happen, but you wont see it, is that RegEx(1) will remove any trailing " (numbers)" when its either 6-or-7 padding.
Then Numbering(10) puts back the exact same (numbers), so if any folders were already numbered, they wont present any changes!
But if any folders still need numbering, they will resume counting with the correct (numbers) at the end.
This does depend on your folders being sorted properly, and the "Mask" might be missing some folder-names that I never saw!
A good way to test this Mask, would be with folders where everything has already been properly (numbered) at the end.
Then you could scroll to the bottom, and if no folders did present any changes, then the Mask is matching everything.
Another way is picking 1-folder to remove its " (number)", then verifying its the only one that would get re-numbered.
Another thing you could do, is just remove the checkmark from RegEx(1), and see how the (numbers) would repeat at the end.
If its me, Im just patiently wait for all of the folders to present, and then numbering them all at once, after previewing.
Some people do prefer to only rename a few-thousand at a time, so this is another setting, that you probably wont need?
Bru can remember the last count by putting a checkmark inside for the menu... "Renaming options, Retain AutoNumber".
But really this is only helpful, if you prefer renaming in smaller batches, instead of all-at-once?
If its me, I would only use the red-parts in the "Mask", if conducting a folder like "Ordenacao" where the numbering is incomplete.
If conducting folders that were never numbered, there is no need for the red-parts, unless planning to rename in smaller batches.
If renaming in smaller batches, you could include the red-parts to "remember" the count, but this would also present more folders.
So with small batches, you can remove the red-parts to only present non-numbered folders, and instead rely on "Retain AutoNumber".
Really a lot of this is just preference, so Im often just experiment with different methods and then decide.. Good luck!
