What do you want to do?  Select either Rename Files or Generate Directory Listing to display a dialog box for each function.  Return

Date Option  Select Use File Modified Date if you want the new filenames to be generated based upon the Modified Date of each file to be renamed.  Select Specify Date if you want to specify the date to be used in generating all new filenames.  Note:  the file's modified date is used instead of the creation date because when a file is copied, it's creation date is set but it's modified date is not changed.  Hence, when files are copied from the camera to your hard drive, the modified date is the most relevant.   Return

Specify Date  These controls are displayed only when Specify Date is selected and is used to specify the single date that will be used to generate all new filenames. Use the left/right arrows to decrement/increment the Year, Month, and Day.  Return

Disable Help  A brief description of each control is displayed when the cursor is moved over the control.  These pop-up displays can be disabled by clicking the Disable Help button.  Return

Filename Prefix  When the selected files are renamed (by clicking the Rename Files button) a unique filename is generated for each file based upon either the Last Modified date of the file or a fixed date you specified.  You can specify a prefix, such as Easter Pics, that will be used at the beginning of each new filename.  Return

Initial Sequence #  In order to generate unique filenames, an incrementing sequence number is used in each new filename.  You can specify the initial sequence number to be used for the first filename.  Return

###  You can specify how many digits to be used in the sequence number portion of each new filename.  Each time this button is clicked, it rotates among the following:  ###    ##    ####  specifying that 3, 2, or 4 digit sequence numbers will be used respectively.  Return

YY  You can specify how many digits to be used for the year in the date portion of each new filename.  Each time this button is clicked, it rotates among the following:  YY   YYYY   Y   specifying that 2, 4, or 1 digit years will be used respectively.  Return

P000408001.ext  As you use the controls to specify how you want to rename the selected files, a sample filename is displayed to show the affect of the specified options.  Return

Drive/Folder Controls  Use the Drive and Folder controls to specify the location of the existing files that you want to rename.  The specified drive and folder are saved between executions of tenRname.  Return

File List Box  This list box contains all of the files in the specified drive/folder that match the specification entered in the box below (based upon filename extension).  Select the files that you want to rename.  You can select multiple individual files by holding down the Ctrl key while left-clicking each filename.  You can specify a range of files by selecting the first file by left-clicking it, and then left-clicking the last file in the desired range while holding down the Shift key.  Return

File Extension Filter  You can limit which files will be displayed in the File List Box above by specifying one or more file filters.  To display all files in the specified folder, enter  *.*   To display all files with the extension jpg  enter  *.jpg  You can specify more than one filter by separating the specifications with a semicolon.  Return

Select All  Clicking this button will select all of the files in the File List Box.  Return

Select None  Clicking this button will de-select all of the files in the File List Box.  Return

Rename Files  Clicking this button will rename all of the selected files in the File List Box based upon the options specified.  You can always undo the last rename action using the Undo Last Rename button. 

You will be prompted to verify each file rename as shown below:

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Undo Last Rename  You can always undo the last rename action by clicking this button.  Even if you have closed the tenRname program and then realize that you made a mistake, you can still reopen tenRname and undo the last rename action.  Note:  this should only be done if you have not deleted, renamed, or moved any of the files outside of tenRname.  Return