To get started, choose a current folder and choose a filter. Then run a scanner of your choice which will produce a renaming list. After the scan is complete, a window previewing how the names are to be changed is displayed. From there, you can edit and remove entries that you don't want, and then carry out the renaming.
You can insert pre-defined renaming commands in the custom renaming list by right-clicking the mouse over the custom renaming panel and selecting the 'insert pre-defined renaming command' entry.
Many useful commands can be accessed in the custom renaming panel by right-clicking the mouse while the cursor is over the panel.
Many useful commands can be accessed in the Detailed Information window preview list by right-clicking the mouse while the cursor is over the list.
There is a tooltip for every feature. Place the cursor over a button or other control object (e.g. pull-down list) for a few seconds and the tip will appear.
There is a shortcut key for commands in window menu bars and for many buttons. The shortcuts for menu selections appear when selecting the pull-down menu. If a shortcut exists for a button, the key sequence will be indicated in the tooltip for that button. A list of all shortcut commands can be found in the help pages.
You can drag rows in the custom renaming list or the preview list.
You can hide columns by right-clicking the mouse while the cursor is positioned over a column header of the preview list.
You can Drag names from Explorer into the 'Current Folder' text field.
You can Drag names from Explorer into the Custom Renaming 'Sample Name' field.
Double clicking the left button of the mouse while the cursor is positioned on a row of the preview list will open the 'old name' specified in that row.
You can use the keyboard to navigate around a window. Use TAB to move ahead. Use Shift-TAB to move back. Other navigation keys are explained in the Help pages.
The Music Scan ignores the user file filter and instead uses a built-in filter so that only music files with the appropriate extensions are scanned.
Using the file filter wisely could speed up your scan time by only letting files you care about into the scanner. e.g. if you only want to scan jpeg files, set your filter to *.jpg (assuming that you are using the Unix Wildcard matching method).
You can use back references in the Custom Renaming to move different parts of a string. e.g. to swap 2 parts of a string set the 'search pattern' to: (group1regex) - (group2regex); set the 'replace pattern' to: \2 - \1
There are many examples of regular expression usage in the Help pages.
There is a general option to enable/disable the scanning of the content of subfolders.
There is a general option to enable/disable the renaming of subfolders
There is a general option to enable/disable the auto resolution of duplicate filenames which would be caused by renaming.
There are different display formats for the detailed information window. Vertical compare is especially useful when name changes are not obvious in the horizontally oriented displays.
There is a general option to choose whether to use "unix wildcard" format or "python style" regular expressions for the file filter.
There is an option for customizing the 'Custom Renaming Set x) titles displayed above the Load and Save buttons of the custom renaming panel.
There are options available for configuring the startup (i.e. default) values of the file filter list or the folder list.
Right clicking the mouse while over the detailed information window will bring up a 'Find' dialog. This can be useful if you have warnings in a very long list of files.
There are music options available to enable/disable different types of string replacements.
There is a music option available to select which words you want to always have a specified case.
There is a music option available to select which words in the middle of a name that you always want to have in lower case.
