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A problem with folders & files.

F

Frank Martin

Flightless Bird
I have WinXP SP3.

I download many JPEG pictures from the internet, and these
are in the form of individual files, and also folders
containing many pictures.

The folders often have pictures with the same name sequence.

How do I dump all pictures, the individual ones *and* the
ones in the folders into one master folder containing
pictures only?

Some renaming would be necessary so that the names would not
clash.

Is there software to do this, because I can't find any in
WinXP.

Please help, Frank
 
C

choro

Flightless Bird
Frank Martin wrote:
> I have WinXP SP3.
>
> I download many JPEG pictures from the internet, and these
> are in the form of individual files, and also folders
> containing many pictures.
>
> The folders often have pictures with the same name sequence.
>
> How do I dump all pictures, the individual ones *and* the
> ones in the folders into one master folder containing
> pictures only?
>
> Some renaming would be necessary so that the names would not
> clash.
>
> Is there software to do this, because I can't find any in
> WinXP.
>
> Please help, Frank

Try the "anti-porno-pics" software. It deletes any image remotely porno thus
freeing up a lot of real estate on your hard disk. Naturally you will then
also be able to defrag your HD which tends to need around 15 % of free real
estate to do the job.
;-)
--
choro
*****
 
J

John Inzer

Flightless Bird
Frank Martin wrote:
> I have WinXP SP3.
>
> I download many JPEG pictures from the internet, and these
> are in the form of individual files, and also folders
> containing many pictures.
>
> The folders often have pictures with the same name sequence.
>
> How do I dump all pictures, the individual ones *and* the
> ones in the folders into one master folder containing
> pictures only?
>
> Some renaming would be necessary so that the names would not
> clash.
>
> Is there software to do this, because I can't find any in
> WinXP.
>
> Please help, Frank
=======================================
Simple to do ...hard to explain...

Open a folder and go to...Edit / Select All...
or just select one photo and type...Ctrl+A...

Now...with all the files highlighted...right click
the first photo and from the menu...choose...
Rename.

Type a base name that might be descriptive for
the folder... Vacation ... and a number...as follows...
Vacation (10001).jpg

Now press...Enter...and windows will rename
the batch.

Vacation (10001).jpg
Vacation (10002).jpg
Vacation (10003).jpg

Enter a different base name in the next folder
and if you wish you can begin the numbers where
they ended in the first folder. Maybe the ending
filename in the first folder was:
Vacation (10303).jpg

For example: Summer Trip (10304).jpg

and windows will do the following:

Summer Trip (10304).jpg
Summer Trip (10305).jpg
Summer Trip (10306).jpg

Once all the renaming is done...you can
copy all the photos into one folder and do
a final rename for the complete collection.

Good luck.

BTW...you may want to copy some files to
a new folder and practice this task to become
familiar with it.

--

Volunteer J - MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
F

Frank Martin

Flightless Bird
Thank you. I have been doing this but it's very tedious.
I have since found a thing called "ReNamer"
http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
which does what I want, and it works OK, but is a bit
complicated.
I have managed (so far) to load many folders each with many
files into it and rename all the files, which I then
consolidate into a master folder.

I am still working to get the thing to do this
automatically.

Regards, Frank


"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message
news:%23HsOM4P8KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Frank Martin wrote:
>> I have WinXP SP3.
>>
>> I download many JPEG pictures from the internet, and
>> these
>> are in the form of individual files, and also folders
>> containing many pictures.
>>
>> The folders often have pictures with the same name
>> sequence.
>>
>> How do I dump all pictures, the individual ones *and* the
>> ones in the folders into one master folder containing
>> pictures only?
>>
>> Some renaming would be necessary so that the names would
>> not
>> clash.
>>
>> Is there software to do this, because I can't find any in
>> WinXP.
>>
>> Please help, Frank
> =======================================
> Simple to do ...hard to explain...
>
> Open a folder and go to...Edit / Select All...
> or just select one photo and type...Ctrl+A...
>
> Now...with all the files highlighted...right click
> the first photo and from the menu...choose...
> Rename.
>
> Type a base name that might be descriptive for
> the folder... Vacation ... and a number...as follows...
> Vacation (10001).jpg
>
> Now press...Enter...and windows will rename
> the batch.
>
> Vacation (10001).jpg
> Vacation (10002).jpg
> Vacation (10003).jpg
>
> Enter a different base name in the next folder
> and if you wish you can begin the numbers where
> they ended in the first folder. Maybe the ending
> filename in the first folder was:
> Vacation (10303).jpg
>
> For example: Summer Trip (10304).jpg
>
> and windows will do the following:
>
> Summer Trip (10304).jpg
> Summer Trip (10305).jpg
> Summer Trip (10306).jpg
>
> Once all the renaming is done...you can
> copy all the photos into one folder and do
> a final rename for the complete collection.
>
> Good luck.
>
> BTW...you may want to copy some files to
> a new folder and practice this task to become
> familiar with it.
>
> --
>
> Volunteer J - MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
 
F

Frank Martin

Flightless Bird
"choro" <choro@tvco.net> wrote in message
news:zi9Gn.55039$BO.44814@newsfe26.ams2...
> Frank Martin wrote:
>> I have WinXP SP3.
>>
>> I download many JPEG pictures from the internet, and
>> these
>> are in the form of individual files, and also folders
>> containing many pictures.
>>
>> The folders often have pictures with the same name
>> sequence.
>>
>> How do I dump all pictures, the individual ones *and* the
>> ones in the folders into one master folder containing
>> pictures only?
>>
>> Some renaming would be necessary so that the names would
>> not
>> clash.
>>
>> Is there software to do this, because I can't find any in
>> WinXP.
>>
>> Please help, Frank
>
> Try the "anti-porno-pics" software. It deletes any image
> remotely porno thus freeing up a lot of real estate on
> your hard disk. Naturally you will then also be able to
> defrag your HD which tends to need around 15 % of free
> real estate to do the job.
> ;-)
> --
> choro
> *****

How do you know I don't like cats, and collect squillions of
them.
:------))
 
B

Bob CP

Flightless Bird
On 5/11/2010 6:18 PM, Frank Martin wrote:
> Thank you. I have been doing this but it's very tedious.
> I have since found a thing called "ReNamer"
> http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
> which does what I want, and it works OK, but is a bit
> complicated.
> I have managed (so far) to load many folders each with many
> files into it and rename all the files, which I then
> consolidate into a master folder.
>
> I am still working to get the thing to do this
> automatically.
>
> Regards, Frank

xxcopy with the "flatten" option.

http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy16.htm
 
J

John Inzer

Flightless Bird
Frank Martin wrote:
> Thank you. I have been doing this but it's very tedious.
> I have since found a thing called "ReNamer"
> http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
> which does what I want, and it works OK, but is a bit
> complicated.
> I have managed (so far) to load many folders each with many
> files into it and rename all the files, which I then
> consolidate into a master folder.
>
> I am still working to get the thing to do this
> automatically.
>
> Regards, Frank
===========================
Sorry...I thought it was pretty simple.

Anyway...thanks for the update.

--

Volunteer J - MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
F

Frank Martin

Flightless Bird
"Bob CP" <ctcboater@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:hscp6l$or7$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 5/11/2010 6:18 PM, Frank Martin wrote:
>> Thank you. I have been doing this but it's very tedious.
>> I have since found a thing called "ReNamer"
>> http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
>> which does what I want, and it works OK, but is a bit
>> complicated.
>> I have managed (so far) to load many folders each with
>> many
>> files into it and rename all the files, which I then
>> consolidate into a master folder.
>>
>> I am still working to get the thing to do this
>> automatically.
>>
>> Regards, Frank
>
> xxcopy with the "flatten" option.
>
> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy16.htm

I have WinXP pro SP3
The computer will not recognize "XXCOPY" at the DOS promp.

Am I doing it right?

Frank
 
D

Doum

Flightless Bird
"Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> écrivait news:ejb#BFZ8KHA.980
@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>
> "Bob CP" <ctcboater@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:hscp6l$or7$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 5/11/2010 6:18 PM, Frank Martin wrote:
>>> Thank you. I have been doing this but it's very tedious.
>>> I have since found a thing called "ReNamer"
>>> http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
>>> which does what I want, and it works OK, but is a bit
>>> complicated.
>>> I have managed (so far) to load many folders each with
>>> many
>>> files into it and rename all the files, which I then
>>> consolidate into a master folder.
>>>
>>> I am still working to get the thing to do this
>>> automatically.
>>>
>>> Regards, Frank
>>
>> xxcopy with the "flatten" option.
>>
>> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy16.htm
>
> I have WinXP pro SP3
> The computer will not recognize "XXCOPY" at the DOS promp.
>
> Am I doing it right?
>
> Frank
>
>
>

You must download the utility first, xxcopy is not built into Windows

http://www.xxcopy.com/xcpydnld.htm
 
F

Frank Martin

Flightless Bird
"Doum" <me@domain.net> wrote in message
news:XnF9D76E1366A08doumdomainnet@207.46.248.16...
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> écrivait
> news:ejb#BFZ8KHA.980
> @TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> "Bob CP" <ctcboater@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:hscp6l$or7$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> On 5/11/2010 6:18 PM, Frank Martin wrote:
>>>> Thank you. I have been doing this but it's very
>>>> tedious.
>>>> I have since found a thing called "ReNamer"
>>>> http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
>>>> which does what I want, and it works OK, but is a bit
>>>> complicated.
>>>> I have managed (so far) to load many folders each with
>>>> many
>>>> files into it and rename all the files, which I then
>>>> consolidate into a master folder.
>>>>
>>>> I am still working to get the thing to do this
>>>> automatically.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Frank
>>>
>>> xxcopy with the "flatten" option.
>>>
>>> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy16.htm
>>
>> I have WinXP pro SP3
>> The computer will not recognize "XXCOPY" at the DOS
>> promp.
>>
>> Am I doing it right?
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>
> You must download the utility first, xxcopy is not built
> into Windows
>
> http://www.xxcopy.com/xcpydnld.htm

Thanks. I'm finding the "ReNamer" rather good.
 
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