How to rename multiple files at once using Excel (Windows)

Change file names in Windows Command Prompt:
Use Excel to make multiple copies of this code then paste it back into Command Prompt.
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[pryjtgz]

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[karinbauer]

I thought I was going to have to spend hours renaming 2000 files and this literally saved my life. THANK YOU!

[TJ-tuxc]

Absolutely fantastic!!! So easy to follow, so well explained and so incredibly much time saved. Thank you so, so much, this is truly one of the best videos that ever existed

[vincentlao]

To say that this has increased my productivity by ten times fold is an understatement. This is perfect!!! and Thank you Karina A.

[VincentX]

You are my hero!
I work in an Accounts Payable position and this will be a massive time saver for splitting & renaming large statements. I just shared it with my team too. Thank you so much for posting this and making it so easy to follow along and learn.

[heitorcassanta]

This is far one of the best videos about how to rename multiple files at once.
The possibility to use excel unlocks so many other things like logical ways to set file names and them use it in file names. That's awesome. Thanks a lot

[peibarry]

Best tech video I've ever seen. It is easy to follow, easy to set it up, and the Excel template that gets created, can be re-used over and over effortlessly. Thank You so much

[Motionbuck]

This video has been absolutely vital to me and my team as we needed to rename hundreds of glossary terms, this has saved us and our business hours of droll work!

Thankyou so much for this!!!

[jasonzdora]

Youre a lethal badass, Karina! Cutting straight through with 100% killer and no filler. I truly appreciate your clear and succinct style. So very well done!!!

[AONomad]

I looked up 6 different web guides on renaming files and didn't find what I needed... this is exactly it. You saved me hours and hours of work, thanks so much!

[sidhedanu]

Great video! I changed it up a little by using concatenate in the last part to just include ren and spaces as part of the formula instead of dedicating columns to those elements. So useful!

[maty]

This has been an extremely helpful tutorial and opened a lot of possibilities on what I thought would be a very tedious process, thank you very much! Short and to the point with good visuals.

[samlyall]

Amazing video! So well explained and really easy to follow. One of the best videos I’ve ever watched as it impacted my work life so much!

[marconico]

10/10 quality tutorial. Well explained and paced as well. Thank you so much for this

[Synthnerd]

Renaming several hundred wav files for the sake of changing two numbers in the file name was no fun at all. THIS has been a brilliant time saver. Thank you SOOO MUCH Karina for your fantastic help 👍👍👍👍

[RobertABradley]

Thank You, Thank You. I had hundreds of files that needed renaming, and thought “There’s got to be an App that does this.” And then lo and behold, I tripped over your YouTube video that showed I already “had” the App with Windows and Excel! Your super clear instructions were a wonder, and I got the files renamed as if by magic. I, of course, saved the spreadsheet, and have already reused it as a template for other lists of files. Cut, Paste, doublecheck, and Done! THANK YOU!

[bluenosedive]

OMG!!! I love you :) was able to rename 500 files at once. Can't believe how easy and time saving it is

[hughevelyn]

I have tried every file renamer in the book - without success. So, after spending hours today and weeks and months before trying to find how to completely rename each one of a long list of files in a file directory it has taken this wonderful lady Brit to come up with the answer - and so briefly and succinctly, too! Thank you, thank you, thank you! (Oh! and plus the =A2&B2&C2 - which is so much quicker than concat)!

[icleducafro]

Not only has this tutorial saved loads of productivity time, it has also probably saved even many hours of just learning the trick somehow else

[TakingTheMike]

I just used this workflow to rename 2000 photos that were incorrectly renamed during an import into Lightroom that crashed half way through. This workflow has literally saved me days of work. Thanks so much Karina!