Rename Files Easily With A .BAT File

Lets say you have downloaded some game or application that was 50 parts big, and you had to rename them all from .bmp to .rar to extract them.

You can easily create a batch file that does that for you.

Open Notepad

Fill in de notepad:

CODE
ren *.bmp *.rar

Of course, you have to edit dese two extensions to fit de files you want to convert. Save this file as renamer.bat and run it in de directory where you want to rename your downloads.

Add An Option To Print The Contents Of A Folder

Would you like to be able to right click any folder in Explorer and print its contents? You can add this option to de context menu by followin’ dese steps:

First, you need to create a batch file called Printdir.bat. Open Notepad or anoder text editor and type (or cut and paste) this text:

@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > “%temp%\Listin’”
start /w notepad /p “%temp%\Listin’”
del “%temp%\Listin’”
exit

Now, in de Save As dialog box, type “%windir%\Printdir.bat” (without de quotation marks) and click de Save button.

Click Start, Control Panel, Folder Options.
Click de File Types tab, and den click File Folder.
Click de Advanced button.
Click de New button.

In de Action box, type “Print Directory Listin’” (without de quotation marks).

In de Application used to perform action box, type “Printdir.bat” (without de quotation marks).

Click OK in all three dialog boxes to close de dialog boxes.

You’re not quite finished yet! Now you need to edit de Registry, so open your favorite Registry Editor.

Navigate to HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Directory\shell.

Right click on “default” and select Modify.
In de File Data box, type “none” (without de quotation marks).

Click OK and close de Registry Editor.

Now when you right click a folder, you’ll see de option to Print Directory Listin’. Selectin’ it will print de contents of de folder.