We show you how to rename a file in Windows 10 using File Explorer, PowerShell, and Command Prompt, as well as how to batch rename files, if you wish to know how to rename multiple files at once.
- Method 2: Rename Multiple Files using Windows 10 File Explorer. To rename multiple files in bulk on Windows 10 PC, follow these steps: Note: This method is applicable if you want the same file name structure for every file. Open the File Explorer either from the taskbar or the desktop. Open the folder whose files you want to rename.
- To batch rename files using Visual Basic’s macro in Excel: In a new worksheet, in one column, enter all the current file names for the files to rename, then in another column, enter the new file.
This tutorial will show you step by step how to quickly rename multiple files at once in Windows 10.
The steps on this page work for photos, documents, video files, audio files, and other types of files.
Methods:
- Microsoft PowerToys (free tool with more options)
- File Explorer (without extra software)
How to batch rename files on Windows 10 using PowerToys
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity.
Renaming Files In Dmg File
We'll be using the PowerToys PowerRename utility for renaming multiple files at once.
PowerRename is a bulk renaming tool that allows you to:
- Change the file names of a large number of files (without renaming all of the files the same name).
- Perform a search and replace on a targeted section of file names.
- Perform a regular expression rename on multiple files.
- Check expected rename results in a preview window before finalizing a bulk rename.
- Undo a rename operation after it is completed.
File Rename Tool Windows 10
You can download PowerToys from GitHub, here.
You can find the latest release at the top of the page.
To download PowerToys, you click on the EXE file with a name similar to PowerToysSetup-0.27.1-x64.exe.
Once the download is complete, you run the file to install PowerToys on your PC.
On this page, you'll find two methods for renaming multiple files at once using PowerToys. The first method is for renaming all files to something completely new. And the second method is replacing a word in all file names.
How to rename all files to something new
The steps below will show you how to replace entire file names with something completely new.
1. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).
2. Go to the files you want to rename.
3. Select the files.
Below you'll find two ways to select multiple photos at once.
- Press the [CTRL] and [A] key on your keyboard.
- Click on the first file, press and hold the [SHIFT] key of your keyboard and then click on the last file.
4. Right-click on the selected files and then click on PowerRename.
The PowerRename window will open.
5. Type the following expression .* in the Search text box.
6. In the Replace text box, you type what you want to replace it with.
7. Check the Use Regular Expressions, Enumerate Items, and Item Name Only options.
Tip: PowerRename provides a preview of how the renamed files will look after the renaming process.
8. When you're done setting it up, you click on the Rename button at the bottom of the PowerRename window.
PowerRename will now rename all files at once.
How to rename all files by replacing a word in all file names
1. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).
2. Go to the files you want to rename.
3. Select the files.
Below you'll find two ways to select multiple photos at once.
- Press the [CTRL] and [A] key on your keyboard.
- Click on the first file, press and hold the [SHIFT] key of your keyboard and then click on the last file.
4. Right-click on the selected files and then click on PowerRename.
The PowerRename window will open.
5. In the Search text box, you type a search term.
6. In the Replace text box, you type what you want to replace it with.
PowerRename will replace the first occurrence (or every occurrence if you check the Match All Occurrences option) of that search term in all file names with the text you entered in the Replace text box.
Tip: PowerRename provides a preview of how the renamed files will look after the renaming process.
PowerRename offers several options. Check the options you need. Below you'll find what each option does:
- Use Regular Expressions: This option allows the use of search strings known as regular expressions. Regular expressions can enable in-depth or complex search-and-replace operations.
- Match All Occurrences: This option will replace all text that matches the text in the search field with the text entered in the Replace text box.
- Case Sensitive: This option makes searches sensitive, whether the letters are capital or lowercase.
- Enumerate Items: This option will add a number to the end of each renamed file.
- Item Name Only: This option will make the operation only change the file name and not the file extension.
- Item Extension Only: This option will make the operation only change the file extension and not the file name.
- Exclude Folders: This option will make the operation only apply to folders and not files.
- Exclude Files: This option will make the operation only apply to files and not folders.
- Exclude Subfolder Items: This option will exclude items in selected sub-folders from renaming operations.
- Make Uppercase: This option will make the entire file name in uppercase letters.
- Make Lowercase: This option will make the entire file name in lowercase letters.
- Make Titlecase: This option will capitalize the first letter of each word in the file name.
7. When you're done setting it up, you click on the Rename button at the bottom of the PowerRename window.
PowerRename will now rename all files at once.
If you don't like the result, you can press [CTRL] + [Z] in File Explorer to undo the renaming process.
How to batch rename files on Windows 10 without extra software
1. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).
2. Go to the files you want to rename.
3. Select the files.
4. Right-click on the selected files and then click on Rename.
5. Type a name.
6. Press the [Enter] key on your computer's keyboard.
Windows will now rename all files at once.
If you don't like the result, you can press [CTRL] + [Z] in File Explorer to undo the renaming process.
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In addition to this, it can also use New Disk Image Format (NDIF) for its structure. When it comes to the security of these DMG files, they can be protected by AES-256 and AES-128 encryption. Moreover, they can be compressed by compression formats like ADC, bzip2 and Zlib. Thus, the compression and security imposed on these DMG files have made it an ideal disk image format for sharing data (distribution of software) over the internet.
Different Kinds Of DMG Files
Before we learn that how to view DMG files in Windows, it is to be noted that there are different kinds of DMG files available. We have listed only a few DMG files that a user can mostly come across:
Read Only
This type of DMG file will prevent the users from making any alterations in the content of the file. When this read-only DMG file is created, the free space of the original file is not omitted. Therefore, the volume header will assume the size of the DMG file to be larger than it originally is.
Compressed
The data residing in the read-only file when compressed is referred as the Compressed DMG files. Although, this compressed DMG file is not as secure as the read-only file since there is no protection to the data stored in it.
Read/Write
This DMG File will contain both the data and the free space of the original file from which it was taken. This type of DMG file is similar to that of a raw disk drive image. You can even rename the .dmg file to .dd and vice versa.
Hybrid Image
This is a cross platform image that contains fore file systems. The data of the image is saved between all the four files equally. The data, which remains unique to each file system, is the directory information and the volume data.
Deep Analysis of A DMG – DMG File Forensics
When it comes to forensically analyze the structure of DMG files, the first step is to mount them in order to view the contents residing in the file. Moreover, the content can only be viewed if the forensicators have access to a Finder that enables to read this file. Before accessing these DMG file, the files need to be locked first in order to maintain their authenticity and protect them from any changes from the forensicator’s end. The biggest challenge, which the examiners face, is that a DMG file cannot be accessed on Windows machine. Therefore, in order to perform an effectual forensic analysis of DMG file, the forensicators usually deploy professional forensic tool such as MailXaminer.
The software enables dedicated forensic analysis of DMG files even when the message storage source has been deleted permanently. This is the strongest feature of the software that enables the forensicators to restore the DMG file data, view DMG files in Windows and perform further investigation on it. The forensic experts can recover the data and build the artifacts in their native form, without compromising with the data integrity at any stage of the investigation.
Adding DMG File
Scanning of DMG File
Once the DMG file is selected, it is completely scanned by the software.
Root Structure of DMG File
Once the DMG file is successfully scanned, the software displays the entire root structure of the DMG file on the left pane. All the kinds of files stored in the DMG fie can be previewed and selected from the root structure.
Select & View the Embedded Files of DMG in Windows
In the generated preview, you can see the EML and MBOX files being shown separately. If you click on MBOX and EML, the entire IPM Root AND IPM-SUBTREE structure is displayed.
Note: IPMRoot is the main root folder that contains the root structure of the selected file. The IPM_SUBTREE contains folders like inbox, outbox, sent items, etc. We can say it is the child folder of IPM Root folder and folders like inbox, outbox, etc. are its grandchildren folders which contains messages.
MD5 & SHA1 Hash Values
The software generates a MDF and SHA1 hash values of each message stored in the MD5 file. These hash values enable the forensicators to prove that no fiddling has been done with the evidence during the investigation.
Examining Embedded Attachments
With the software, you can separately examine the associated attachments of the messages stored in the DMG file. All the attached emails, videos, images, audios, etc. are listed along with their count.
Suspected Attachment
MailXaminer lists all the suspected videos and images under a separate option, Suspected Attachments. All the Videos and images, which contain information related to the suspect, are enlisted here according to the level of sensitivity.
Search for Evidence – In – Depth DMG File Forensics
The search feature embedded in the software enables the user to perform deep searching of the DMG file to get hold of the evidence in a time efficient manner. The different search options provided, assures successful search of the evidence.
MailXaminer enables the forensicators to perform a full-fledged forensic analysis of the Apple DMG file. The variety of options provided by the software enables to get access to the evidence in a timely and precise manner.