The Renamer

If you frequently download batches of files from various sources, you will find that their names often contain dashes, spaces or underlines that aren’t consistent with the naming scheme you use for other files you have saved locally.

The Renamer is a very straightforward utility that can help you perform conversions between multiple types of characters within a file’s name, as well as capitalize words. It works well, but it offers a limited number of features at present.

The program comes in the form of a single executable file and does not need to be installed on your PC before use. It stores no data on your hard drive and leaves no traces behind once it is deleted.

Thanks to its small file size, the utility can be carried on a portable storage device and used to rename files on multiple PCs effortlessly.

First off, you need to provide the path to the folder that should be scanned. There are no filters that can be applied, so the application will process every file it encounters based on the settings defined by the user.

You can choose to capitalize file names, replace dashes with spaces, replace underlines with spaces or replace underlines with dashes. A decent set of options, to be sure, but it would be great if it were possible to remove certain types of characters or set up more complex rules.

It must be noted that this is the first version of the app to be released, and further improvements are planned for The Renamer. It is not exactly packed with features at the moment, but more will be added in the future.

On the whole, this app does its job well, and it is especially well suited for renaming albums downloaded from the web. Some more features would be welcome, but it is a great tool for quick renaming jobs.