MyRename Manual


Manual Index

  1. License
  2. Features
  3. System Requirement
  4. Menus Explanation
  5. Renaming Options
  6. Context Menus
  7. Keyborad Shortcuts

License ->Index

This software was written by Kai-Chieh Ku. You can use it and distribute it without any restrictions except commercial usage. The author does not undertake the responsibility if this software cause any damage on your computer. If you use this software you must agree these rules first.

MyRename's Homepage
The Author's WebSite (Chinese)
The Author's e-mail

Features →Index

MyRename takes the features in CKRename. It is easy to use. However, it provides more powerful functions such as Regular Expressions.


System Requirement →Index

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Microsoft Windows 98/ME (with Microsoft Layer for Unicode (MSLU).)

Menus Explanation ->Index

Settings
Filter
Specify the items type which you would like to see in the files lists.
Confirm
For safety reason, you may like to let the application display a confirmation dialog before performs renaming operations.
Auto Delete Thumbs.db
Delete the "Thumbs.db" file when it is found, this file is used by Windows to store thumbnails.
Use Smart Sort
When this option is checked, the appliaction would detect the numbers in the file names. (i.e. 5.txt < 20.txt < 100.txt.)
Register Shortcuts
Register the shell context menu shortcut, thus you can open MyRename in Windows Explorer. See the screenshot.
Language
Specify the language which you familiar with.
Edit
Undo
Restore the renaming operations before.
Help
About MyRename...
Show the infomations about the version and the author.

Renaming Options ->Index

Regular Expression
MyRename use PCRE to execute the regular expressions, see the following links to get more information.
Perl regular expressions (CPAN)
Correct big5-extension characters
This option will map several Chinese (Traditional) characters to the correct codes.

Context Menus ->Index

The Tree View
Open in Explorer
Open the folder in Windows Explorer.
Copy
Copy the NAME of the folder. Note it does not copy the folder.
Rename
Manual rename a folder.
The List View
Folders, Hidden Files, System Files, and Readonly Files.
See the explanation of the filters.
Copy
Copy the the filenames of the selected items (only line per item). Note it does not copy the files.
Delete
Delete the files from the disks.
Rename
Manual rename the item.
Select All
Self explained. :)
Auto Scroll
If this option is checked, the scrollbars of current filenames window and preview filenames window would be synchronized.

Keyborad Shortcuts ->Index

Ctrl + C
Copy
Ctrl + A
Select All
Ctrl + Z
Undo
Delete
Delete
F2
Manual Rename
Enter
Perfom Mass Renameing