Hi David.
Thanks for the info.
There is software to do what she wants to do automatically, adding numbers
in front of a list of files.
However, it does so for the files as listed in a folder. So this is not
going to work for her. She needs to do two things simultaneously. First she
needs to sort them in the order she wants (regardless of how they are
alphabetically listed) and the only way I know how to do this is easily is
with moving the thumbnails manually in the position she wants them (or use
Irfanview and move files up and down on the list but this is not so easy to
do). Once this is done, she cannot read the files for renaming into some
software. She will be right back to the original listing.
So she has to click on each thumbnail and rename.
Since she renames each photo file from the name assigned by her digital
camera, all she has to do in the future is to add numbers in front as she
renames.
Not a system I would adopt, but many do this. Including my daughter. I don't
argue with her!
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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This will allow you to keep your filenames.
Say you are doing all jpegs in c:\documents and settings\david candy\my
documents\my pictures.
Create the two files in C:\program files
File 1 (two or three lines) but to make life easy we'll add one line (else
the %~ will get even more complex and longer).
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cd c:\documents and settings\david candy\my documents\my pictures
Set X=0
for %%A IN (*.jpg) Do Call "c:\program files\RenFile" %%A
File 2 (RenFile.bat) (two lines)
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set /a x=x+1
ren "%1" "%x%%~n1%~x1"
%1 is the file the batch file is working on passed by the first batch file
(it's %%A in the first batch file)
%x% is our counter that is incremented by 1 each time renfile is called (the
x=x+1 part)
%~n1 is a %1 but the ~n means just the name of it
%~x1 is %1 but the ~x means just the dot and extension
These are ways of breaking up the file name into parts. As we wish to insert
numbers into the middle of a fully qualified path (eg c:\somefolder\<insert
number>originalname.ext) we need to break it into pieces.
The upcoming replacement for this is even more bizzare.
Normally one would run these commands from the command prompt but I changed
it a bit so dbl clicking file1 will do. Normally you type the first line of
file 1 by hand then run the command. Then it work whereever you want, you'll
have to edit file 1 if wanting to do a different folder (and remember that
MY My Pics folder not yours so change it to yours)
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"Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
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> It looks like you want each photo file to have a description of an event
> as
> the file name. However, XP will sort (or list) files by
> numerical/alphabetical order. So your files will be listed in your folder
> (and on a CD) as follows:
>
> after baby arrive
> having baby
> photo of mommy pregnant
>
> Obviously not the correct order, but a is before h and h is before p. What
> you want to do to have them in the "your" order, but still keep a
> different
> name for each file, is to add a number and then a space in front of your
> names. Right click on the photo and click on Rename on the opening menu.
> Then type in:
> 001 photo of mommy pregnant
> 002 having a baby
> 003 after baby arrive
> for each of your file. Then the number in front will control the order,
> not
> the name of the event.
>
> To do this with photos "out of your order", open the folder. Move the
> thumbnails with your mouse to place them in the order you want. Then start
> renaming by right click on the first thumbnail and click on Rename and add
> 001 and a space in front of the first one, etc.
>
>
> "Gladys222" <Gladys222@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello, when I put my photos in my pictures, they are put in individual
>> folders and in the order I like. Like, photo of mommy pregnant, having
> baby,
>> after baby arrives. My order. Well, when I back them up to a cd they are
> put
>> in a different order, unorganized. How do I keep them in the order I
> prefer
>> when I backup my pictures. I have windows xp home edition. Thank you for
> your
>> time.
>
>