Hi Chris,

Not sure what OS you are running. Under Windows 10 (at least) you can
select all the files you want to have the same base name, then right click,
select rename and they will all be renamed base name (xxx)

Jennie

On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 5:14 AM Chris Swann via LegacyUserGroup <
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> All,
>
> I suspect i already know the answer but.........
>
> I have a LOAD of media files that have the name Unknown(xxx), where xxx
> is a number. I have tagged the files (in Windows Explorer) as to whether
> they are 1911 UK census images or UK BMD entries.
>
> What I would like to do is rename, at the very least, the Census files
> to a standard 1911 England Census(xxx) format so that I at least have
> all the Census files in order.
>
> Is there any way to bulk rename the files to replace the Unknown with
> 1911 England Census without having to do each one individually ?
>
> Alternatively, does anyone have a schema for the data tables that I
> could use to cook up my own Access query to try and achieve the desired
> outcome ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris Swann
>
>
>
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