Version 5.4321st May 2013 The new version fixes a number of minor bugs. Version 5.4216th May 2013 The new version adds a host of date formatting options to the "Rename from tags" feature. Version 5.4127th March 2013 The new version adds improved support for UTF8. Version 5.4013th March 2013 The new version adds a number of new meta-data tags. Version 5.3914th February 2013 The new version introduces metadata tag-based renaming. We will be adding many more tags over the next months! Version 5.3817th January 2013 The new version adds support for reading EXIF information from Nikon NRW RAW image file. Version 5.3710th December 2012 The new version fixes a few minor bugs. Version 5.365th December 2012 The new version adds Windows 8 compatibility. Version 5.3521st November 2012 The new version brings back the "Make Propercase" action that went missing in the transition to the new category based interface. Version 5.349th November 2012 The new version adds Windows 8 compatibility. Version 5.337th November 2012 This is a big update and brings a few major interface changes to bring the Windows version on a par with the Mac version. The renaming actions are now organized into categories to make it easier and faster to find what you are looking for and to provide more room for future features. Version 5.322nd October 2012 The new version adds the ability to truncate file names to DOS 8.3 format. Version 5.3126th September 2012 The new version adds the ability to remove specific chararcters. Version 5.3019th September 2012 The new version makes minor user interface improvements. Version 5.294th September 2012 The new version adds the ability to insert AAC/MP3 tags in front and behind the existing file name. Version 5.2816th August 2012 This major new release adds support for reading the AAC/MP3 tags in your music files! Version 5.2711th July 2012 The new release adds support for reading EXIF timestamps in Sony ARW RAW files. Version 5.2628th June 2012 The new release adds support for reading EXIF timestamps in Nikon NEF RAW files. Version 5.2520th June 2012 The new release can now read time stamps in Canon CR2 RAW files. Version 5.246th June 2012 This release fixes a minor bug. Version 5.2321st May 2012 This is a bug fix release that restore the renaming action that went missing during our action menu cleanup. Version 5.2215th May 2012 The new release cleans up the action selection menu. Version 5.2119th April 2012 The preview list now invites users to drag files and folders onto it. Version 5.2011th April 2012 This latest release improves sorting in the preview table. Version 5.194th April 2012 This latest release further refines the user experience. Version 5.1827th March 2012 This latest release introduces smart sorting, so that your files with sequence numbers sort properly. Traditionally, computers sort numbers "alphabetically", e.g. 1, 11, 12, .., 19, 2, 20, .. Instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 9, 10, 11, .., 19, 20 With the latest version of Better File Rename, you can choose "Order: By name and sequence number" for a more natural sort and then you can add "Padding" to add zeros to the front of unruly sequence numbers, e.g. 001, 002, 003, .., 009, 010, .. Version 5.1720th March 2012 This latest release completes updates the user experience to bring in line with its Macintosh counterpart. We hope you will enjoy it! Version 5.1619th January 2012 This latest update features more UI refinements and fixes a bug affecting regular expressions support. Version 5.1512th January 2012 This latest update reworks the case conversion actions and fixes a bug affecting the regular expressions. Version 5.146th December 2011 This latest update further enhances the user interface. Version 5.1330th November 2011 This new version marks another significant step in updating the Better File Rename user interface to more closely mirror that of its Macintosh counterpart. The entire window is now fully resizable making it much easier to preview large numbers of files. Version 5.1223rd November 2011 This new version further refines the user interface. Over the next few months, we are going to slowly migrate the Better File Rename for Windows interface to correspond more closely to that of its Mac counterpart, A Better Finder Rename, which has received much more attention over the past decade. Version 5.119th November 2011 This new version introduces the long awaited "Rename from file list" feature that allows file names to changed based on new names taken from a text file. This is of special interest for importing new names from spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel, manually providing new file names, or using data from scripts or databases. In addition, the new version features a re-worked user interface to provide an even better user experience. Version 5.102nd November 2011 The new version cleans up the user interface. Expect further improvements over the next few months. Version 5.0918th October 2011 The new version fixes a problem with the 64-bit shell extension. Version 5.0812th October 2011 The new version adds the ability to expand camel case. Version 5.711th January 2010 The new version adds a PDF user manual and the ability to use today's date in all date/time related renaming actions. Version 5.620th October 2009 The new version is Windows 7 compatible and fixes a number of minor bugs. Version 5.512th August 2009 The new version adds the ability to add the name of the enclosing folder to the end of the file name. Version 5.430th July 2009 The new version contains a number of improvements:
Version 5.3.13rd November 2008 Fixes a minor bug introduced in version 5.3. Version 5.328th October 2008 The new version adds a detachable preview window and improved unicode support. Version 5.2.59th September 2008 Provides compatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3. Version 5.231st January 2008 Better File Rename 5.2 improves title case handling, allows comments in droplet files and further improves the user experience. Version 5.114th November 2007 The new release features an improved regular expression preview and fixes all known bugs. Version 5.0.221st September 2007 Fixes a minor bug affecting droplets. Version 5.0.119th September 2007 Fixes a minor bug with the multi-step rename feature. Version 5.0 Final19th September 2007 After several months of beta testing, the long-awaited version 5 of Better File Rename has finally arrived. Version 5 introduces:
We have decided to make version 5 is a free upgrade for all users who have purchased Better File Rename 4 after the 1st of January 2006 or who own a forever upgrade. If you have purchased Better File Rename 4 before the 1st of January 2006, you will need to purchase an upgrade from our webstore. More details on the pricing of upgrades and how to obtain your free upgrade codes are available on the upgrade page. Version 5.0 Beta 310th September 2007 This beta release delivers the long-awaited regular expression support. Version 5.0 Beta 220th August 2007 This second beta improves the way the program operates as a stand-alone application. Version 5.0 Beta 122nd March 2007 This is the first public beta of Better File Rename 5. Version 4.9.627th April 2006 The new version incorporates our brand new icons. Version 4.9.510th January 2007 The new version adds Windows Vista compatibility. Version 4.9.427th April 2006 The new version incorporates our brand new icons. Version 4.915th March 2006 The new version adds support for the 64 bit version of Windows XP. Version 4.81st Feb 2006 The new version adds full unicode support on Windows NT and above. This allows international character sets (e.g. accented characters, Japanese, Chinese, etc.) to be used. Version 4.7.1The new version fixes a minor dialog box positioning bug. Version 4.727th October 2005 New features:
Version 4.6.14th October 2005 This version fixes a bug affecting only Windows 95/98/NT4 users. Version 4.627th September 2005 The new release provides adds natural order sorting and fixes some minor bugs. Version 4.5.54th August 2005 The new release fixes a bug affecting the numbering system when some folders are skipped manually. Version 4.525th May 2005 This release adds a "complete rename" feature (useful in combination with the droplet feature), as well as fixing a problem with long file names. Version 4.416th March 2005 The new version improves the preview user interface and fixes a minor sorting problem. Version 4.326th JANUARY 2005 The new release provides extended control over the sorting and renumbering process. It allows renumbering to be either restarted for each subfolder or to apply to all files to be renaming globally ignoring subfolder boundaries. Version 4.28th DECEMBER 2004 The new release features the ability to insert numbers anywhere within the file name. It also provides a few minor bug fixes. Version 4.13th NOVEMBER 2004 This new release introduces "droplets", little applications that you can drop files onto to perform batch operations on the them. This powerful automation feature helps you automate recurring tasks, such as renumbering photo files, etc. |
Version 5 is a free upgrade for customers who purchased after the 22nd of March 2007 or own a forever upgrade. Downloads for current and older versions. 21st May 2013 Version 5.43 fixes a number of minor bugs. Our A Better Finder Rename 9 for Mac OS X product offers similar functionality for Macintosh users. Questions? Suggestions? Just drop us an email at windows@publicspace.net Get this or any other tool on this site for free by linking from your website or blog! |
