Title: Rename Your Files to Organize Them

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Section/SPIG: Health Administration

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If you have a lot of files that need renaming for what ever reason, consider downloading and installing Rename-It! on SourceForge. Download at <https://sourceforge.net/projects/renameit/>. This application enables you to rename photos, videos, music files or professional files. You get to set the rules for renaming including setting up rules for simple sequential naming like Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.

You can drag-and-drop files into Rename-It! Use the application to select a whole group of files for Rename-It! It can even change or fill in MP3 tags for a song's artist, album or genre. You must be using Windows 98 and newer Operating Systems (no Macs, sorry). The application is free. More information about the application can be found at the Rename-It! Web site.

Other renaming applications include: Rename Batch File Renamer (http://www.1-4a.com/rename/download.htm), File Renamer (http://www.123renamer.com/), Better File Rename (http://www.publicspace.net/windows/BetterFileRename/) and Flash Renamer (http://www.rlvision.com/flashren/download.asp). I use Rename Batch File Renamer myself. It gets the job done but is a little clunky to use. For example, you cannot cut and paste into the renamer from the application. You have to type in the words you want changed or removed - or cut and paste from the filename or folder. Still, it gets the job done. Flash Renamer requires you to download and install one program and then download and install an upgrade.