Have you ever had a lot of files with a bunch of unwanted information in between parentheses ' ( ) '? Such as a archive of photos, or your MP3 music collection? Using a program known as Batch Rename .EXE from SoftTech InterCorp we can quickly remove this unwanted information from thousands of files at once. Making renaming files, photos or mp3 collection easy.

This tutorial will teach you how to:

Rename files from:

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Into:

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(Note: Screenshots corrosponding to this article can be found at: http://www.stintercorp.com/tutorial_br_remove_parentheses.php)

Step 1:

The first step is acquiring and installing the necessary software. In our case we need to download and install Batch Rename .EXE which can be found at: http://www.stintercorp.com/br.php.

Step 2:

Now that we have the application installed we need to open it. Once opened the first screen we should see is the welcome screen. From here go ahead and click the next button, so we are now on the file selection screen. This is where we want to add all the files we wish to rename.

So go ahead and add the files that you wish to rename to the list.

My preferred method of adding files is simply selecting the files I want to rename in Windows Explorer (My Computer/My Documents) then dragging and dropping them into the file list.

Once we have all the files added, go ahead and click 'next'. This will take use to the rename settings dialog.

Step 3:

This is where the magic happens. You'll first notice 6 combo boxes under the 'file naming' caption. The two boxes we are interested in are the ones that say ' Document Name ' and ' extension '. First we will replace the ' Document Name ' text with ' {Split((,1)} ', then we'll replace the ' extension ' text with ' {Split(),2)}'. You'll notice our example output below now shows that the files we added have had the parentheses and text removed. Now we're almost ready, however we need to click one more box - we need to make sure the checkbox next to ' Fix Spacing Errors' is checked, this will go ahead and solve any double spacing, or space dot errors that may be present when renaming the file.

Now Click Next >

Step 4:

We are now on the review settings dialog. The only thing you need to do on this screen is check over the preview area and make sure the files are going to be renamed like you wish. If everything seems okay, go ahead and click finish >. The files will then be renamed and you have saved countless hours of manually having to remove all that unwanted information.