How can I do a mass file rename in Windows?

Question

Is there an edit cut program with a search highlight option? For instance say I want to save several files from the temporary internet files and I don't want the (1), tail, on the file name. I could remove the (1), tail, on the file name manually but If the number of files is over 50, the process is a bit time consumming as well as tedious.

Answer 1

I like Bulk File Rename

Answer 2

Try regexrenamer:

If you're not familiar with regular expressions, the wikipedia article should give you a good start. Otherwise a web search for 'regular expressions tutorial' or something like that should help.

Answer 3

I like CyLog’s WildRename. It supports wildcards and regular expressions for file selection and string substitutions. It also includes logging, case-conversion, a counter ability (eg rename files to blah1.txt, blah2.txt, blah3.txt, etc.), and even rename simulation (see the results without making any actual changes).

One of the main uses I had for it was specifically to remove the [1] from files that I downloaded with IE (or the (1) from files saved in Chromium). This is simple with WildRen, just create regex string-substitution rule (which you can enable or disable as needed, so you can keep it permanently):

Replace:
  \(\d{1,2}\)\.
With:
  .

It will delete all occurrences of parentheses surrounding one or two numeric digits. (And you can go from there.)