Solved Multiple rename for shortcuts

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MrBiggz

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Greetings!

My DOS is a bit rusty and on my wife's computer this game place she belongs to installs the desktop shortcut as Play <game name>. That drives me crazy as it lumps these games into the P's.

Short sample of the directory.

I tried doing a
Code: 
ren "Play *".* *.*

No luck, even tried without the quotes.

11/20/2010 12:54 PM 2,087 Play 2 Tasty.lnk
11/20/2010 12:54 PM 2,120 Play 4 Elements.lnk
11/20/2010 12:57 PM 2,417 Play A Gypsy's Tale - The Tower of Secrets.lnk
11/20/2010 01:12 PM 2,342 Play Agatha Christie - Evil Under the Sun.lnk
11/20/2010 01:13 PM 2,304 Play Age Of Oracles - Taras Journey.lnk
01/21/2011 04:02 PM 2,255 Play Alice's Tea Cup Madness.lnk
11/20/2010 01:13 PM 2,205 Play Antique Road Trip USA.lnk
12/17/2010 02:06 PM 2,306 Play Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny.lnk
11/20/2010 01:20 PM 2,306 Play Art of Murder - FBI Confidential.lnk
11/20/2010 07:47 PM 2,329 Play Avenue Flo - Special Delivery.lnk
11/20/2010 07:46 PM 2,112 Play Avenue Flo.lnk
11/20/2010 07:48 PM 2,197 Play Beach Party Craze.lnk
02/19/2011 08:51 PM 2,038 Play Behind the Reflection.lnk
11/20/2010 07:48 PM 2,257 Play Belle`s Beauty Boutique.lnk
04/23/2011 08:12 PM 1,971 Play Bistro Boulevard.lnk
11/20/2010 07:48 PM 2,139 Play Burger Bustle.lnk
11/20/2010 07:49 PM 2,129 Play Burger Shop.lnk
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I'd be obliged if somebody could show me in the errors of my ways.

Thanks for your time and help!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66Ghz
    Motherboard
    Abit IP35 Pro
    Memory
    4Gb Patriot PC1600
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA (Nvidia) GT 430 1GB
    Sound Card
    On board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Syncmaster 2494
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
Hi,

Not sure that will work as there are too many variables.

I would suggest you create a text batch file to to the job for you (rename.bat) or something.

Sorry, but it is long winded! & must be run from the desktop where the links are stored.

ren "Play 2 Tasty.lnk" "2 Tasty.lnk"
ren "Play 4 Elements.lnk" "4 Elements.lnk"
ren "Play A Gypsy's Tale - The Tower of Secrets.lnk" "A Gypsy's Tale - The Tower of Secrets.lnk"
ren "Play Agatha Christie - Evil Under the Sun.lnk" "Agatha Christie - Evil Under the Sun.lnk"
ren "Play Age Of Oracles - Taras Journey.lnk" "Age Of Oracles - Taras Journey.lnk"
ren "Play Alice's Tea Cup Madness.lnk" "Alice's Tea Cup Madness.lnk"
ren "Play Antique Road Trip USA.lnk" "Antique Road Trip USA.lnk"
Etc. etc...........
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OK?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD BluRay & DVD Weiters HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
Also you can download FreeCommander

On the Toolbar there's a button for Desktop. Select the shortcuts you want to rename and hit F2 function key.

See Number 5 on this page to download PDF with help for using Multi-Rename Tool

FreeCommander - freeware file manager
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G 2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66Ghz
    Motherboard
    Abit IP35 Pro
    Memory
    4Gb Patriot PC1600
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA (Nvidia) GT 430 1GB
    Sound Card
    On board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Syncmaster 2494
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
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