What's new in Bulk Rename Utility 3.4.4.0
Jul 19, 2022
- Added ability to specify a custom 'Prevent Duplicates' format.
- Added ability to specify the rename log file name and path.
- Added ability to use quotes (") in Filters (12) -> Mask.
- Fixed missing version in the BRU installer and the Windows Control Panel.
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.4.2.0 (Feb 8, 2021)
- Changed 'Simple' Regex behaviour from longest match to shortest match.
- Enhanced 'Title Case' in Case (4) behaviour to use the 'New York Times Title Case' rules by default. Custom words and exceptions can be specified.
- Added ability to have a general case exception for Roman Numerals in Case (4) using exceptions <rnup> or <rnlo>.
- Added Roman Numerals as new Type in Numbering (10).
- Added Lower and Upper Case options in Numbering (10).
- Added support for extended Unicode characters when saving the .INI file and favourites files. New created files are saved as Unicode while all existing files are kept as they are.
- Added ability to use U L E u l modifiers in the Replace field of RegEx (1) also when the 'Simple' option is used
- Added ability to specify a subfolder level in Filters(12) to set the maximum level of recursive scanning when subfolders are included.
- Added ability to use negative values for 'Levels' in Append Folder Name (9). A negative level number will only append that specific folder name to the file name instead of the chain of all folders.
- Enhanced the Change File Timestamps function to use the file 'Item Date' if the EXIF 'Taken (Original)' timestamp is not available, for example for videos or some image formats.
- Fixed issue with file timestamps changing by one hour if the renaming operation is undone selecting 'Undo Rename'.
- Fixed issue with dates earlier than 1970 when using Windows File Properties to rename files.
- Fixed an 'open' file issue if the file path contains certain Unicode characters (the open file dialog would not open at all).
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.4.0.0 (Sep 8, 2020)
- Added 'Simple' regular expressions in RegEx (1).
- Added 'v2' (version 2) regular expressions in RegEx (1).A
- Added support for multiple regular expressions in RegEx (1).
- Added support for multiple replacements in Replace (3).
- Added support for full file paths in Import Rename pairs.
- Added new 'Item Date' column to file list containing the Windows Item Date for media, pictures, videos, HEIC files, etc. It also supports dates earlier than 1970 unlike other dates in Bulk Rename Utility.
- Added new 'Item Date' to Auto Date (8) : Type.
- Added Ctrl+8 shortcut for 'Apply Random Sort to Current List'.
- Added Ctrl+9 shortcut for 'Show Only Items Affected by Renaming Criteria'.
- Added new command 'Clear All Non-Selected Items from Current List' and Ctrl+0 shortcut.+ Improved items' selection from the 'Bulk Rename Here' shortcut.
- Improved selection performed by the 'Select from Clipboard' command.!
- Fixed typing negative numbers in some renaming criteria fields.!
- Fixed 'Sentence' case for Extended ASCII characters.!
- No longer deselect currently selected items when opening Favourite file
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.3.2.1 (Jun 25, 2020)
- Fixed .INI configuration file issue (not all settings stored properly).
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.3.2.0 (Jun 2, 2020)
- Added new F7 shortcut to clear file list.
- Added creation of crash info files to debug application crashes (.rpt and .dmp).
- Fixed issues with 'Drag and Drop' files into BRU.
- Fixed a possible commercial license Windows Registry issue.
- Fixed a possible invalid memory crash reported on User's Forum.
- Fixed typing values in 'Name Len Min'/Max field and 'Path Len Min'/Max
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.3.1.0 (Oct 30, 2019)
- Added new <removed> tag support to Add(7).
- Fixed 'Import Rename-Pairs' issue with some ANSI and UTF-8 text files.
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.3.0.0 (Oct 24, 2019)
- Added support for EXIF version-2 tags.
- Added support for HASH value tags.
- Fixed 'Import Rename-Pairs' issue with UNICODE-16 text files.
- Fixed 'Single-File Rename' issue using mouse clicks.
- Fixed issue with selecting 'Exit' from the main menu and not saving INI file.! Fixed 'Character Translations' issue with recursive replacements.
- Dropped support for Windows Vista/XP/2003: the last version to support Windows Vista/XP/2003 is now version 3.2.0.1 (see below).
New in Bulk Rename Utility 3.2.0.0 (Sep 13, 2019)
- All version history prior to 3.0.0.0 now removed
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.1.3 (Jul 29, 2014)
- Fixed an issue on Windows 8.1 which could cause Bulk Rename Utility to freeze
- or start very slowly
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.1.2 (Jun 22, 2010)
- Restored “Bulk Rename Here” Windows Explorer extension.
- Correctly extract “Date Taken” field for pictures edited on Windows 7 and Vista.
- New program icon.
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.1.1 (Nov 26, 2008)
- Added ability to browse for folder in “jump to path” action.
- Treat EXIF timestamps individually.
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.0.3 (Apr 3, 2008)
- Prevent crash when encountering zero-byte MP3 files
- Change the way that A-Z and a-z autonumber padding works
- Attempt to process malformed EXIF headers
- Allow for > 20 sections within EXIF
- Allow the root to be Desktop (NB READ Forum Announcement!)
- I'm struggling for time at the moment, so rather than wait until I've new functionality to add, I've released this to address a few quirks that some people have encountered.
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.0.2 (Jan 12, 2008)
- Prevent crash when encountering zero-byte MP3 files
- Change the way that A-Z and a-z autonumber padding works
- Attempt to process malformed EXIF headers
- Allow for > 20 sections within EXIF
- Allow the root to be Desktop (NB READ Forum Announcement!)
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.0.1 (Dec 6, 2007)
- Reinstate visual styles (some people like them, apparently)
- Timestamp and File Attribute settings now stored in Favourites files
- Handle additional TIFF structures
- Document root now My Computer instead of Desktop (sorry, but it has to be)
- Allow Insert At and Autonumber At to be negative (e.g. position from end)
- Ensure that Escape key can cancel a scan
- Disable Ctrl A whilst scan is in progress
- Timestamp dialog reformatted to accommodate new fields.
- Allow the timestamps to be set to the "date taken" value
- Include the Formatted file-size (2.6.1.0) in the Clipboard Copy feature
- Timestamp "set to modified" was not reflected in the file list
- Clipboard Copy feature had misleading size for Folders
- Prevent screen corruption when closing whilst minimised.
- Prevent error on timestamp screen in non-GMT locales
- Remove the mysterious "D" from the Timestamp screen
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.5.4.0 (May 30, 2007)
- Allow Autonumbering to reset on a change of subfolder
- Allow EXIF �User Comments� tags
- Allow EXIF �Exposure Bias� tags
- ID3/EXIF tags now specified inside the Prefix/Suffix/Insert fields
- Seek confirmation from the user before performing an �Undo�
- Include the MP3 track number as a column
- Allow the �not� operator (�!�) in the filename-filter box
- Fix minor issue with the �Move n to pos n� function
- EXIF logic was aborting early on certain files.
New in Bulk Rename Utility 2.5.2.0 (Mar 5, 2007)
- Active Criteria groups are now shown with coloured text, rather than background
- Case-change exceptions now use colons for delimiters (allowing spaces)
- Roman Numerals dropdown didn�t expand with mouse (OK with keyboard)
- Favourites Name on status bar incorrect when loaded from MRU list