Thanks for these suggestions, but I have tried both drop rename & ABFR: neither have facility to keep file extensions intact
any other suggestions? thanks Greg >> I have been trialing some re-naming utilities, some of which do some very >> impressive things... but the one's i've tried don't seem to be able to >> rename a file without losing the extension (eg: DSC0023.jpg --> >> picture.jpg)... i would have thought this would be a basic feature! >> >> any recommendations would be much appreciated - standalone or CMM style, i'm >> not fussy > > Try Drop*Rename > > <http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/DropRename.html> > > Have fun, > Shay

