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
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> 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.
>
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