On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:08:20 GMT, "Kieron Capehorn"
<kcapehornR.E,M-O'V`E@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Is there a method of renaming all the files in a folder systematically? I
>have a folder full of files that begin with numbers. I want to add a 0 to
>the beginning of each filename (i.e. 1.xls will become 01.xls). I have
>tried putting the command 'rename *.* 0*.*' into command, but that replaced
>the first letter of each filename with a 0, rather than adding a 0.
>
>This there an easy way to do this?

Yes, there's an extremely easy way do this; using, of all things, a
free image viewer program called Irfanview. It takes a bit of
experimenting to get used to it, but that's true of any program. Once
you have Irfanview (http://irfanview.com)open, go to File / Batch
Rename. Use the help files to help you get started. BACKUP YOUR
ORIGINAL FILES first. In getting used to using this program, I have
overwritten many file names with the wrong stuff. I've used it
enough now, that I don't make that mistake any longer. ::knock on
wood::

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Zilbandy