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Cleaning up file names in Windows XP

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Lawlessness

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Feb 18, 2008
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I am in the process of cleaning up my music library. It's over 60Gb and I would like to have it all in a uniform state.

I am not worried about editing the individual MP3 file names and ID3 tags, because I can edit those using iTunes or another program called MP3TagTools.

What I am having trouble with is cleaning up the file names of the folders which contain these MP3s.

The file names are all mostly in lowercase. I would like to have the first letter of every word in the file name be uppercase. I have been doing this manually, but it is slow and tedious. I wish there was a way of highlighting a bunch of files, right clicking and it saying "Clean Up File Names" Presto. Done. All the file names keep the individual text just with a standardized, uniform format.

For Example...
Before
X rolling stones- greatest hits
X Johnny cash- Lake of Fire
X JOHN DENVER- SILLY BOOGIE

After
X Rolling Stones- Greatest Hits
X Gary Newman- Lake Of Fire
X John Denver- Silly Boogie


Thought I'd ask...
 
Try posting this in the vbscript forum.
 
Wow Bob!
Thanks!
This is pretty much what I was looking for!
It seems really nerdy. I look forward to learning this little app.

Thanks again,
Luis
 
Will this program let me edit the names of folders or just the files?
And how?

I've dropped a folder with the sub-folders with which I wanted to edit the names of and the only things I see are the actual files.

Again, I'm looking to edit the folder names that contain the files. Not the actual files.

I hope I'm not asking too much and I hope I'm making myself understood.

Thanks guys.
Luis
 
Ok Bob. I got it!
Thanks to your help I got what I was looking for.
The program you suggested is helping me with the individual files and I found a similar program but for folders.
its called Fast Folder Rename v1.5.
Thanks again.
 
Will it help you improve your taste in music????

[rofl2]

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004
 
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