Windows 10: PowerToys-A PowerRename command over my head

Win Pro ver 1090 build 18363.778

I browsed the extended command language on GitHub and quickly left knowing my limits.

Object:
Find all filenames in the directory that begin with 'a'. (easy)
Then Replace that group's filename with a numeric suffix starting with '1' and successively incrementing with each filename (e.g. 1axxxx, 2axxxxx,...).

Can do?

Mark

:)

 

Microsoft PowerToys 0.13 now available for Windows 10

How to install

For new and existing users, head to Releases . microsoft/PowerToys . GitHub and download the PowerToysSetup.msi installer.

How to Download and Install Microsoft PowerToys in Windows 10




What’s new inside 0.13

PowerRename:

• Fixed crashing bug
• Fixed duplicate entries for PowerRename in context menu for shortcuts
• PowerReanme dialog is no longer appearing in top corner all the time
• Ensure we show the file extension in the UI even if extensions are hidden in Windows Explorer

Shortcut Guide:

• Fixed conflicting key with Xbox controller
• Hide Shortcut Guide when a screenshot is taken

 

I see two PowerRename items when I right-click a shortcut on the desktop

After installing PowerToys from Microsoft Github, it comes with PowerRename, so when I right-click a shortcut on the desktop, I get two PowerRename items. Disabling and re-enabling it through PowerToys does not solve the problem. If I right-click a file
in File Explorer, I only see one PowerRename item.

 

New Microsoft PowerToys version 0.14.0 released for Windows 10

UPDATE 12/5: New Microsoft PowerToys version 0.14.1 released for Windows 10


How to install

For new and existing users, head to Releases . microsoft/PowerToys . GitHub and download the PowerToysSetup.msi installer.

How to Download and Install Microsoft PowerToys in Windows 10




What’s new inside 0.14.0

FancyZones

Changes:

• Removed legacy editor (along with the settings option to choose between the legacy editor and the new editor).
• Added a settings to disable FanzyZones for user defined list of applications.
• The editor now opens highlighting the current active layout.
• Show the correct keyboard key for the editor shortcut (with some limitations due to the WebView control).

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the FancyZones bug that was stealing the number keys (mostly happening when dragging Chrome tabs).
• Fixed a DPI scaling bug in the FancyZones editor that was causing the zones to be placed in the wrong position on the screen.
• Fixed bug preventing several apps from working with FancyZones (there are still some cases, like remote apps, that may not work).

PowerRename

Changes:

• The dialog can be resized (still need to finished the work to handle DPI changes when moving the dialog between screen with different scaling %).
• Added settings to restore search and replace flags value from previous run.
• Added settings to enable autocomplete and auto-suggest.

Bug fixes:

• Improved RegEx replace result.
• Fix bug preventing sub-folder items to be renamed if parent folder is also renamed.

Other bug fixes

• fixed a bug in the runner that was causing the tray icon to not appear.
• minor UI tweaks to the Settings appearance (icons position and margins, module's description text and documentation links position and margins).
• fixed a crash in the SortcutGuide.

NOTE: When upgrading from a previous version, the installer will close all the Windows Explorer windows in order to update the PowerRename shell extension.