Being able to see file extensions is a good thing. This supposedly makes things less confusing in fact, it’s a piece of paternalistic boneheadedness.
Microsoft has been hiding file extensions from users in version after version of Windows. jpg image files and rename the first one Dad’s Birthday, you’ll end up with files named The filename of the last file you clicked will be selected.Įach of the files will be renamed, with sequential numbering used to distinguish one file from another. You can select a group of contiguous files by click the first one and then Shift+clicking the last one you can select any number of files by Ctrl+clicking each file or to select all files in a folder, press Ctrl+A. To change a whole batch of files at once: It’s a small change from the previous method, where you had to manually select the filename before editing, but it saves a lot of time.