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Author:  Lemon =GCHQ= [ Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:47 pm ]
Post subject:  need to change a folder name
gents geeks and helpful people

I have loads of pictures on my harddrive but i also have many duplicates
but they are all in different folders ect
what i would like to do is put them all in one folder and delete the duplicates .. by looking at them not by the same name
the problem i have is i need to change the file names so i can put them all together but there are so many .....
is there a way of changing say a folder name and the contents{ could be 30-40 pics}inside .....
have i explaned what i want or do u need more info ? :?
thanks Lem :D
Author:  gemma=GCHQ= [ Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:57 pm ]
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There are so may answers to this, were you thinking of nameing the pictures based on the content or serializing them? The first you should do by hand but would be slow.

You could serialise the pictures but then you would need to use thumbs to find them. there are loads of photo manage ment software to do this but I avoid those aas I lie to do things manually, fortunately for me though my camera gives each pic a unique serial number so I don't have to worry about duplicates.

Maybe some one has actually used some software which could be of use to you.
Author:  GeneralPublic=GCHQ= [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:01 am ]
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quickest way I can think is to do it in the command prompt.

CD \folder1
REN *.JPG *.001.JPG
CD \folder2
REN *.JPG *.002.JPG etc

will rename all the files, and they'll still be clickable.

Stick the entire lot in one folder and sort by size



You could do

REN *.JPG 1*.JPG
REN *.JPG 2*.JPG etc

as an alternative, this will just add whatever character you want to the beginning of the filename - then dump them in one folder and look at the thumbnails
Author:  Lemon =GCHQ= [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:04 am ]
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GeneralPublic=GCHQ= wrote:
quickest way I can think is to do it in the command prompt.

CD \folder1
REN *.JPG *.001.JPG
CD \folder2
REN *.JPG *.002.JPG etc

will rename all the files, and they'll still be clickable.

Stick the entire lot in one folder and sort by size



You could do

REN *.JPG 1*.JPG
REN *.JPG 2*.JPG etc

as an alternative, this will just add whatever character you want to the beginning of the filename - then dump them in one folder and look at the thumbnails


this im liking as it is prolly very easy ........ ehum but i need a little more info ... sorta like a dummys guide ...or a lemons guide :D mayb i should just back em up and give it a go
Author:  elbow=GCHQ= [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:22 am ]
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press the windows key and r, then type cmd {enter} to bring up command prompt....

then type
Code:
CD "<location of your first folder>"

ie
Code:
CD "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Pictures\Whatever1"

noting important quotation marks

Then type
Code:
REN *.JPG *.001.JPG

what this does is for every file that matches *.jpg (* being a wildcard), it will rename it to whatever the star was, plus .001.jpg

So DSC00036.jpg will become DSC00036.001.jpg

Then for each folder of pictures you increment the .001 so that each folder is guaranteed to have different names of pictures. Then you can lump them all in one folder without fear of overwriting different photos

Thats quite probably made things more confusing :P
Author:  Lemon =GCHQ= [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:29 am ]
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nope its clear now ... just gotta do it that all ... and thank you all
Author:  Chadk [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:55 am ]
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What kind of pictures is that? :twisted:
Author:  Lemon =GCHQ= [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:04 pm ]
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Chadk=GCHQ= wrote:
What kind of pictures is that? :twisted:

well it aint fluffy cats :D
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