CNET Editors' review
Ken Rename from Kensoft is a free batch file renamer that offers a lot of configuration options and enables you to replace strings, reorder and renumber files, remove and insert specific characters from files, decode files, and create macros to perform batch processes automatically. It includes extra features such as picture previews, EXIF support, and import/export capabilities.
At first glance, Ken Rename's red-bordered interface seems busy, but it actually does a capable job of managing a lot of features in a limited space, with a file menu and toolbar along the top, a tabbed selection of functions, and a left-hand tree view and main window with list view along the bottom. Dividing the interface in the middle is a file-selection tool with a Wildcard filter, Include and Exclude options, and the ability to specify RegEx. Basically, everything below and including the file section displays files and folders, while the tabbed section is where you perform many and various actions, from creating Macros with counter, digit, and increment options as well as MP3 Tags, EXIF, and Extension options, to Script, with a text field, to Code Page, with a variety of source and destination options, including Unicode, Windows, Big5, and GBK. We could also import lists, select HTML, HTTP, and URL encode and decode options, and change cases. The program's Web page offers some documentation and tips as well as a forum, but there's no proper Help file, though a program that offers so many options could benefit from one.
Nevertheless, we found Ken Rename a capable performer and easy enough to use, once we'd reviewed and made our option choices. This is a powerful tool that can dramatically speed up large batch-processing jobs, and we only scratched the surface of its abilities.
Publisher's Description
From Kensoft:
Ken Rename renames various files in a batch mode. Features include: filter files with wildcard, use multi-actions to rename and can change order, create a numbered file list, convert to upper or lowercase, replace a string with a different string, use regular expression with replace, keep only certain letters of the file name, remove a string between 2 string or before or after a string, can undo rename, unicode support, convert of code page, ID3v1 ID3v2 support, EXIF support, set file attribute, multi-Language support, select directory in file explorer with context menu, preview rename results are shown immediately, export and import rename file list, save actions as preset, picture preview, custom keyboard shortcuts, VBScript support.
What's new in this version: Show Hint when drag Folder or Files from Explorer When rename files use Context menu of Explorer, limit of filenames length only 2000 characters expand to 32700 characters.
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"Great batch file manager. Makes organizing easy."
Version: Ken Rename 1.02
Pros
For the most part it is very intuitive.
Windows right-click integration.
Non-bloated.
Free.Cons
Needs a [select all] button on the button menu. Otherwise have to go to file menu and [Edit] ----> [select all] each time. Refresh could at times be slow or nonresponsive. Ten months since its release and still no updates. Fix for 5 stars.
Summary
Highly recommend just hope they add a [select all] button.
I have a few external hardrives that i use for a comic book and movie collection and it made organizing them very easy for the most part.
It did take a little playing around with the program but once i got the hang of it it went smoothly. -
"Seems to work well"
Version: Ken Rename 1.02
Pros
Easy to install
Cons
Hardly use
Summary
I installed as it seems like a worthy program. Hardly use it though.
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