[dba-Tech] Renaming files in Windows Explorer

I batchfile rename all the time - I take hundreds of photos. After experimenting with several, the one I like the best, so much that I paid the shareware fee, is Better File Rename:
http://www.publicspace.net/windows/BetterFileRename/ 

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Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tesiny, Ed
> Sent: 26 Jun 2004 8:05 am
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Renaming files in Windows Explorer
> 
> Hi All,
> I have a bunch of folders with picture files from my digital 
> camera.  It (the camera) numbers them aoutomatically, e.g., 
> 101_0110, 101_0111, 101_0112, etc.  I would like to get all 
> the pictures into one folder but a lot of the names are the 
> same because when you erase the memory module in the camera 
> it starts the numbering sequence over.  My question, is there 
> a way I can rename a bunch of files in a folder at one time, 
> e.g., rename all the "101_" to "NewOrleans" and leave the 
> trailing numbers for uniqueness, then I could get them all in 
> one folder with a prefix that is neaningful.  Any thoughts on 
> how to do this?
> BTW Win 98 SE.
> MTIA
> Ed
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