Renaming different types of files, without changing order

Maria Hmr 1 Reputation point
2022-09-29T15:28:16.543+00:00

How do I batch rename multiple files while keeping the original sorting order?

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For example:
I have a folder with a bunch of files (16 in this image). A mix of .jpg .png and .mov. When I rename all of it at the same time, the different files start separate sequels (1), (2), (3), and the file order is not the same as before the renaming.

I would like the files to stay in the same order as before. That they follow one sequel, regardless of type of file.

Can anyone help?

Windows for business Windows Server User experience Other
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  1. Michael Taylor 60,161 Reputation points
    2022-09-29T15:49:34.413+00:00

    Take a look at PowerToy's PowerRename and see if that gives you the functionality you want. If not then you'll either need to write a script or consider leaving the numbers in the name.

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  2. Maria Hmr 1 Reputation point
    2022-09-29T18:10:10.073+00:00

    Thank you for the intention of helping me. However I don't know how to write a script or such.

    Does anyone else have any suggestions? No little box somewhere in windows I could check/uncheck, to stop this from happening?

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  3. Maria Hmr 1 Reputation point
    2023-04-05T17:15:31.6+00:00

    Anyone else that has got any ideas? :)

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  4. Maria Hmr 1 Reputation point
    2023-10-15T19:39:56.7866667+00:00

    Still no suggestions? This wasn't an issue ~10 years ago.

    I can't be the only one that wants to batch rename files of different types? For example: a folder of photos/videos from a christmas day. I don't want the evening videos mixed in with the morning photos, just because the computer are reusing filenames for different types of files.

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