Windows 10: Batch rename in a folder containing .jpg, .png and .mov using file explorer

I have all files in the order I want them I click on first then hold shift as I click on last to select all. I then right click the first and select rename. For example using Alpha… after pressing enter they’re Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Alpha 3 and so on until there’s a file type change then it’ll name that file Alpha 1 again… for example:Alpha 1 .jpgAlpha 2 .jpgAlpha 3 .jpgAlpha 1 .movAlpha 4 .jpgAlpha 1 .pngAlpha 5 .jpgAlpha 2 .pngAlpha 6 .jpgAlpha 2 .movIs there a way to ignore file type and rename said files from Alpha 1 to Alpha 10…?

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How do I rename mixed JPG and MOV files into one numerical sequence

I have several folders of mixed photos and videos. Currently they’re manually sorted as I want them, in the order of their creation regardless of filetype (IMG or MOV). If I sort them temporarily on another column (e.g. Comments or Tags) then I have no way of returning to the current sort because IMG and MOV files don’t share a common creation date metadata field, and some files have no date metadata at all. I want to batch rename them so that the current sorting can be recovered by sorting on name. Unfortunately, when I do a batch rename in File Explorer it renames the files sequentially within each filetype, for example a very small selection of my current files might look like this (the numbers in square brackets aren’t part of the name, they’re to show how the order changes):

IMG_6345.JPG [1]
IMG_6347.JPG [2]
IMG_4213.MOV [3]
IMG_4004.MOV [4]
IMG_6221.JPG [5]

I selected those five files, right clicked the top one, selected Rename and typed “2018-08-07 iPhone” expecting them to be renamed as follows, retaining their existing positions in the list:

2018-08-07 iPhone (1).JPG [1]
2018-08-07 iPhone (2).JPG [2]
2018-08-07 iPhone (3).MOV [3]
2018-08-07 iPhone (4).MOV [4]
2018-08-07 iPhone (5).JPG [5]

But the files were renamed and numbered by type, so what I got back was:

2018-08-07 iPhone (1).JPG [1]
2018-08-07 iPhone (2).JPG [2]
2018-08-07 iPhone (3).JPG [5]
2018-08-07 iPhone (1).MOV [3]
2018-08-07 iPhone (2).MOV [4]

When I then sorted by Name I got:

2018-08-07 iPhone (1).JPG [1]
2018-08-07 iPhone (1).MOV [3]
2018-08-07 iPhone (2).JPG [2]
2018-08-07 iPhone (2).MOV [4]
2018-08-07 iPhone (3).JPG [5]

Is there any way to rename the files sequentially without the file extension modifying the process?

 

How to Batch Rename files ?

I have a lot of files I want to give names to. I already found a way to get names into a text I need. So all these names i have in text, I want to give to other files.

How do i do this in a batch process ?

Currently trying to learn FastStone Image viewer. Seems to be updated version of Resizer by the same company?
That has been useful for other batch processes for images . But I've yet to figure the batch naming options .

A different software I'm considering for this task is called Advanced Renamer .

Maybe I've become too slow through the years because :
I've been looking for the right tutorial that I can clearly understand and found none .
They seem to be out of my grasp .


Note : I currently use a bat file, that takes the names of other files I have in a folder and puts them into a text file.

( I'd prefer a one click Bat process ideally for this specific task ) .

So I'd be happy with a bat file that can also take those names in my text list
and apply them to files I want to rename in any given folder with those . If anyone knew how to do that.

It don't matter the order applied - as long as each file in the folder receives one name from the list.
The names I pulled are from images in a folder. The names are to be applied to a equal number of files ,
which is a different extension. so no worry about them having the same name. So just the names .




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I found this thread. But unsure how to apply it and its replies into the bat i need ?

stackoverflow rename-files-after-a-list-of-names



Update possible reference
for loop - Creating a batch file to rename TXT files based on content (removing inappropriate syntax) - Stack Overflow

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and yet another reference i need help understanding if its useful
windows - Generate file-folder list.txt file in a directory/subdirectory & rename list.txt to folder/subfolder name using dir & ren command in a batch file - Stack Overflow

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.