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Rename Expert Changelog

What's new in Rename Expert 5.31.3

Feb 6, 2024
  • If the option to remove empty folders after moving files was activated, but not the option to remove empty parent folders, the removal was not carried out.

New in Rename Expert 5.31.2 (Oct 26, 2023)

  • Revision: For custom profiles, the actual profile name is displayed in the status bar instead of 'Last used profile' when the program is started, provided there are no unsaved changes to it.

New in Rename Expert 5.31.1 (Oct 22, 2023)

  • For custom profiles, the actual profile name is displayed in the status bar instead of 'Last used profile' when the program is started, provided there are no unsaved changes to it.
  • Correction for determining the email delivery date for sent messages.

New in Rename Expert 5.31.0 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • When creating files using 'Tools -> Create folders and files', there is now an option to evaluate the optional content as a path and copy the file content from that path.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.6 (Aug 27, 2023)

  • The zoom of thumbnails remained even when previewing another file.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.5 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • IPTC data: if no short caption is available, the long caption will be used instead.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.4 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Problem with the encoding of umlauts and special characters when reading IPTC data solved.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.3 (Aug 8, 2023)

  • An obsolete component has been removed from the case sensitivity settings.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.2 (Aug 6, 2023)

  • The function 'Use name of a contained folder' did not work under Windows 11.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.1 (Jul 30, 2023)

  • When creating a definition with the 'Use name of a contained folder' filter, file names were also taken into account.
  • When exporting/importing a multiple replace list, the specified encoding was not respected.

New in Rename Expert 5.30.0 (Jul 16, 2023)

  • Support for the most important XMP metadata for photos.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.8 (Apr 16, 2023)

  • Improved computation of daylight saving time and standard time when determining the transmission time of emails.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.7 (Apr 14, 2023)

  • Improved computation of daylight saving time and standard time when determining the transmission time of emails.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.6 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Improved computation of daylight saving time and standard time when determining the transmission time of emails.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.5 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Error correction: When using Replace -> with definition result, a prefix or suffix specified there was ignored.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.4 (Apr 2, 2023)

  • Fixed regression: When using command line mode, the parent folder was always renamed as well (regardless of the settings).

New in Rename Expert 5.29.3 (Mar 11, 2023)

  • Fixed an error when loading the multiple replacement settings.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.2 (Jan 14, 2023)

  • A rarely occurring problem with the dyn. generation of components has been fixed.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.1 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • When adding files/folders, not all of the more complicated inclusion/exclusion rules took effect.

New in Rename Expert 5.29.0 (Nov 24, 2022)

  • Improvement of random numbering, especially for audio files.
  • The milliseconds of the EXIF shooting date are taken into account when sorting by photo shooting date and can now become part of the file name.

New in Rename Expert 5.28.3 (Nov 14, 2022)

  • Consideration of daylight saving time and standard time when determining the transmission time of emails.
  • Support for HEIC files (if the Windows HEIC extension is installed)

New in Rename Expert 5.28.1 (Jan 12, 2022)

  • Support of multiple parent folder names up to one adjustable folder level.
  • Improved EPUB support
  • Some optimizations.

New in Rename Expert 5.27.0 (Sep 27, 2021)

  • Support of file name tags.
  • Support of EPUB metadata.
  • When adjusting the file date, it can now also be set to the current date.
  • New action: Replace definition results.
  • New option when using a regex: Replace/Remove all matches.
  • Day of the week of the creation date/last modification date filterable (e.g., creation date -> contains -> Sunday|Monday).
  • Creation time and last modification time now filterable.
  • Filter supplemented - does/does not contain Document date, PDF date, ...
  • Some optimizations.

New in Rename Expert 5.26.2 (Aug 27, 2021)

  • Column width of preview list was not preserved 100%.

New in Rename Expert 5.26.1 (Aug 8, 2021)

  • Previously introduced problem with possibly missing columns in the preview list fixed.

New in Rename Expert 5.26.0 (Jul 26, 2021)

  • The Audio duration can now be used for file name.
  • Fixed previously introduced problem with decreasing column width at each program start.
  • More flexible adjustment of the height of the action list.

New in Rename Expert 5.24.1 (May 31, 2021)

  • Lowercase letters can now also be used for sequential and conditional numbering. For this purpose, Letters must be selected as numbering type and one or more lowercase letters must be entered as start value.
  • Fixed an error in the filter settings: Filters for the character type were not saved - the default value was always loaded.

New in Rename Expert 5.24.0 (May 6, 2021)

  • Certificate renewed.
  • Month names and weekdays are now country specific.
  • Support for the EXIF information Copyright.
  • Keyboard shortcut for the profile menu.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Rename Expert 5.23.0 (Feb 17, 2021)

  • Support for metadata of CR3 files.

New in Rename Expert 5.22.0 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Support for metadata of 3GP, 3GPP and 3G2 files.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.11 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • Regression fixed: When inserting a conditional numbering, it was always appended to root directories.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.10 (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Improved support for incompatible folder and file names.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.9 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • In the error handling dialog, the path causing the problem can now be copied to the clipboard.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.8 (Sep 30, 2020)

  • Further improved protection against creating incompatible folder and file names.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.7 (Sep 29, 2020)

  • When recursively renaming folders and using conditional numbering, name collisions could not be resolved automatically.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.6 (Sep 8, 2020)

  • Reading files with overlong paths is now also possible from FAT file systems.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.5 (Aug 30, 2020)

  • Improved scaling for high-resolution monitors.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.4 (Aug 27, 2020)

  • Improved scaling for high-resolution monitors.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.3 (Aug 22, 2020)

  • Improved scaling for high-resolution monitors.

New in Rename Expert 5.21.2 (Aug 22, 2020)

  • Improved scaling for high-resolution monitors.

New in Rename Expert 5.19.0 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • New: Support of PDF creation date and PDF modification date.

New in Rename Expert 5.18.4 (Dec 4, 2019)

  • Bug fixed:
  • When creating folders using a list, the folder names had to be specified as absolute paths. Now it is sufficient to specify folder names in connection with the destination folder.

New in Rename Expert 5.18.3 (Nov 4, 2019)

  • New option: Options --> General --> Show hidden elements in Explorer mode

New in Rename Expert 5.18.2 (Nov 4, 2019)

  • An error concerning the detail display has been fixed.

New in Rename Expert 5.18.1 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Sorting revised.

New in Rename Expert 5.18.0 (Apr 9, 2019)

  • Recovery of the last state is now also possible via batch file (see Tools --> Create batch file).
  • Extra button to empty the list.
  • Sorting default changed to natural sorting.
  • New action "Change filter": Apply subsequent actions only to objects with changed properties.
  • Some optimizations.

New in Rename Expert 5.17.3 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • Improved compatibility with some video formats.

New in Rename Expert 5.17.2 (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Bug fixed: Some metadata were not checked for invalid characters in path when using the action Move/Copy Files.

New in Rename Expert 5.17.1 (Jul 30, 2018)

  • Some optimizations for the new action Set File Date.

New in Rename Expert 5.17.0 (Jul 28, 2018)

  • File creation date and modification date can now be set to a date contained in the metadata (e.g. photo taken date) or flexibly corrected (e.g. hour +/- 1)
  • the minimum size of the task window was significantly reduced
  • a minor error has been corrected
  • some optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.16.2 (May 3, 2018)

  • When using Outlook 64-bit: reading email metadata from MSG files caused a message box to appear "There is no default email client or the current email client cannot meet the message request."
  • Another problem related to reading email metadata from MSG files has been fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.16.1 (Feb 13, 2018)

  • Fixed a problem regarding the excluding of sub-folders

New in Rename Expert 5.16.0 (Jan 13, 2018)

  • Email file support (EML and MSG files) including the following properties: date submitted, subject, sender name, sender address, sender domain, recipient name, recipient address, recipient domain
  • Smaller optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.16.0 (Jan 13, 2018)

  • Email file support (EML and MSG files) including the following properties: date submitted, subject, sender name, sender address, sender domain, recipient name, recipient address, recipient domain smaller optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.15.4 (Dec 28, 2017)

  • Additional support for raw data of some new cameras
  • Faster abort of the reading process in certain situations
  • Faster completion of reading when using the filter for subfolders
  • Error when using the path exclusion filter (program options --> exclusion) fixed
  • Error fixed: The displayed profile name was not updated after saving the profile

New in Rename Expert 5.15.3 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • Fixed a potential error when exiting the program.

New in Rename Expert 5.15.2 (Nov 30, 2017)

  • Problem with sorting fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.15.1 (Oct 17, 2017)

  • Problem when entering long paths in the folder creation tool fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.15.0 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • Two new operations to adjust numbers: Multiply and divide
  • The profile name is now displayed in the status bar

New in Rename Expert 5.14.1 (Sep 11, 2017)

  • Problem solved regarding video metadata

New in Rename Expert 5.14.0 (Sep 8, 2017)

  • The program can now create a portable version of itself (menu bar --> Tools --> Create portable version)

New in Rename Expert 5.13.0 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Support for the document property Category
  • Support for EXIF-XP metadata: Author, Comment, Tags, Rating, Subject, Title
  • The number of available definitions is now displayed
  • Definitions may be given a designation
  • Correction: Video recording date was UTC
  • Support for the video encoding start (corresponds to the encoding date minus the duration of the recording)
  • The original command line version is no longer compatible and therefore no longer included
  • Smaller corrections

New in Rename Expert 5.12.6 (Mar 19, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug when using command line mode
  • Smaller corrections

New in Rename Expert 5.12.5 (Feb 15, 2017)

  • An error related to the loading of older profiles has been corrected

New in Rename Expert 5.12.4 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Significantly faster response to canceling the read-in process

New in Rename Expert 5.12.3 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Fixed a problem on reading files with a certain path length
  • File dates could not be read in some countries

New in Rename Expert 5.12.2 (Dec 26, 2016)

  • The Save As Template function did not work for the new date types

New in Rename Expert 5.12.1 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Fixed a newly introduced bug - datess could not be used for folder names

New in Rename Expert 5.12.0 (Nov 27, 2016)

  • Templates have been integrated into the profile menu
  • The folder creation tool now issues a warning when no target directory has been entered.
  • Filter entries can now be deactivated individually
  • New option for the filter: "Keep all objects in stock" or "Keep only suitable objects in stock" - using the second option allows to search very large amounts of files for files with certain criteria, as long as the maximum number of 200,000 matching objects is not exceeded
  • New action "Shorten names" - allows to, among other things, shorten file names individually depending on the length of the path
  • Highly improved detection of daylight saving time on file dates
  • Own group "Dates" for file creation date, photo taken date, etc.
  • Recent added dates such as Video encoding date have been upgraded and are now also "clickable"
  • Some optimizations and error corrections

New in Rename Expert 5.11.0 (Aug 24, 2016)

  • Support for the audio formats: .aac, .m4a, .ogg, .aiff

New in Rename Expert 5.10.2 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • In some cases, an error message regarding the focus was displayed

New in Rename Expert 5.10.1 (Jul 11, 2016)

  • Shared profiles are no longer read-only
  • Shared profiles were not available in the batch script generator
  • Smaller bug regarding the filter fixed
  • Some optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.10.0 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Command line mode is now integrated
  • Additional dialog for managing profiles
  • Optionally, an additional profile location can be specified, which is shared with other users (read-only)
  • Additional keyboard shortcut for opening the Task Dialog [F2]
  • Keyboard shortcut for opening the Restore Dialog [F3] as well as [STRG + Z]
  • Subfolder levels can now be limited
  • Some optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.9.2 (Apr 15, 2016)

  • Optimized checksum calculation (in particular CRC32)
  • A smaller bug has been fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.9.1 (Feb 14, 2016)

  • Two smaller bugs have been fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.9.0 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Video Plug-in is now integrated (no longer needs to be installed as plug-in)
  • New: support of document metadata (Office, OpenDocument, XPS files)
  • New: support of the video encoding date
  • Improved detection of the frame rate of videos
  • Added two new templates to shorten filenames
  • Minor bug fixed
  • Some optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.8.0 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Video Plug-in is now integrated (no longer needs to be installed as plug-in)
  • New: support of document metadata (Office, OpenDocument, XPS files)
  • New: support of the video encoding date
  • Improved detection of the frame rate of videos
  • Added two new templates to shorten filenames
  • Minor bug fixed
  • Some optimizations

New in Rename Expert 5.7.0 (Nov 23, 2014)

  • New function: move / copy files using a CSV file
  • Improved camera raw data support and support of some new file types
  • Minor optimizations
  • Fixed some small bugs

New in Rename Expert 5.6.0 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Task Dialog can now also be opened using the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl + R]
  • Height of the action list can be customized now
  • Saved profiles now contain in addition the filter status (Enabled/Disabled)
  • New formats for display of video playing time
  • New menu group "Tools" with two new utilities
  • Tool for creating folders and files added
  • Added a batch-script wizard for easier creation of batch files
  • Minor optimizations
  • Fixed some small bugs

New in Rename Expert 5.5.0 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • View Profile renamed to Column Profile
  • The Close button in the task dialog has been added back
  • New option: Load the last used profile automatically at startup (enabled by default)
  • Included links now lead to our new websites www.rename-expert.de or www.rename-expert.com
  • New option: Do not read metadata contained in files
  • Warning before executing the recovery action "Delete copies" (All copies are deleted irrevocably)
  • Small optimizations
  • Bug fixed: Renaming of a profile is now also possible when only the case is changed
  • Bug fixed: Umlauts and special characters in EXIF data were not always displayed correctly
  • Bug fixed: Problem when reading many PDFs
  • Bug fixed: Sending error reports did not work due to relocation to a new provider

New in Rename Expert 5.4.2 (Jun 10, 2013)

  • On some computers, the reading of files in the command line version did not work properly.

New in Rename Expert 5.4.1 (May 27, 2013)

  • translation error fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.3.1 (Mar 29, 2013)

  • On larger amounts of data, the renaming process was accelerated significantly
  • In the export dialog of the list you can now choose between the old and new names (for registered users only)
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.3.0 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Settings made for the use of metadata or the date can now be stored directly as a template "Templates --> Save template as...".
  • Added an option to the Folder Selection Dialog and the Explorer Mode to save commonly used directories as Folder Favorite.
  • Added an option for the Tasks Dialog to automatically start the execution as well as to automatically close the dialog after completion of all tasks (Options --> General --> Tasks dialog).
  • In the actions "Replace" and "Insert", the types "a character type" and "an area" were moved from the top menu to the menu item "Other --> Part of own name".

New in Rename Expert 5.1.0 (Jan 21, 2013)

  • Support of some other raw formats (among others cr2).
  • When moving or copying files based on audio data, you can now also use the first letter of the artist to create folders.
  • New feature "Definitions": Compose folder names from: parts of the name of a parent folder, of contained subfolders and also of contained files. It is now possible to move (or copy) files into folders generated from: parts of the name of a parent folder as well as parts of their own name.
  • The detailed view displays now also the title of mp4 files.
  • Newly added: "Replace with --> a character type," and "Insert --> a character type"
  • New example for using definitions added: "Insert part of file name into folder name"
  • New example: "Shorten names"
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Rename Expert 5.0.1 (Dec 19, 2012)

  • Minor bug fixed
  • English help complemented

New in Rename Expert 5.0.0 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Program interface and dialogues revised
  • Restoring previous name etc. is now also possible after closing the program
  • Possibility to set file attributes
  • Command line support
  • Logging of actions in a log file
  • Support for album artist, composer and disc number in audio metadata
  • Support of the number of pages in PDF metadata
  • Function to copy files added (copies can be renamed at the same time)
  • In the action Multiple Replace, lists can now also be pasted from the clipboard
  • Many minor optimizations
  • Some bugs fixed

New in Rename Expert 4.4.4 (Oct 2, 2012)

  • Support of the title tag of video metadata
  • Problem solved - in rare cases, the program was closed by the copy protection shortly after the start
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Rename Expert 4.4.3 (Aug 20, 2012)

  • A bug related to the language settings of the system has been fixed

New in Rename Expert 4.4.2 (Aug 16, 2012)

  • Minor bugs fixed
  • Some optimizations

New in Rename Expert 4.4.1 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • Fixed a rare bug when moving items in the preview list
  • Improved error handling when moving files (if space is insufficient)
  • Template for SharePoint-compliant names added

New in Rename Expert 4.4.0 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • New file extension RxProfile for profiles - A double-click on a RxProfile-file opens an instance of Rename Expert with this profile
  • Profiles can now be imported and exported
  • New entry Recently Used in the Profile Menu provides quick access to recently used profiles
  • New button Duplicate Action to create a copy of the selected action
  • New menu item "Properties -> Hash value" for the MD5, SHA1, SHA256, or CRC32 hash value of the file contents
  • Template editor, with some prepared templates for date formats and metadata
  • Possibility to insert a conditional numbering for avoiding name duplicates
  • Adaptability of the case is now also possible for parts of the name
  • New character type Alphanumeric Group added
  • Various options for the export of folder and file lists added
  • Filter extended by character types and the application possibility of regular expressions
  • Current and new length of the path and name added as selectable columns for the preview list
  • New action: En-/Decrypt Names
  • New Action: Adjust Numbers provides the possibility to change the number of leading zeros of existing numbers and/or the values of numbers
  • Support of PDF metadata
  • Support for video metadata through installation of an extension
  • Minimum resolution reduced to 800x600 pixels
  • Some bugs fixed

New in Rename Expert 4.3.6 (Mar 9, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • the storage folder for program settings and profiles can now be changed in the options
  • options and settings can be reset to the delivery status
  • improved detection of CSV separator
  • Fixed bugs:
  • minor bugs fixed

New in Rename Expert 4.3.0 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • Support for regular expressions for the actions: replace, insert, move, swap, remove as well as when using file contents for naming
  • When swapping, you can now also interchange a character type with a character type (e.g., first group of digits with the third etc.)
  • For numbering, you can now choose between numbers and letters (e.g., AAA, AAB, AAC, ...)

New in Rename Expert 4.1.0 (Aug 4, 2011)

  • Extended filtering capabilities - new comparison operations such as greater than
  • Additional characters types - group of digits or letters
  • Two new options added for specifying an area - the area between two search words and the range from / to
  • New action: Swap - swapping text or areas in the name
  • Possibility to use the file contents of text files (e.g. XML files, log files, HTML files) for naming
  • New action: names from CSV file
  • Options for editing the file extension revised
  • New Example templates added
  • Many other optimizations

New in Rename Expert 4.0.1 (Jul 15, 2011)

  • Changes:
  • Program interface and some dialogs improved
  • Lists with file or folder names can be imported
  • Detail view has been optimized
  • If only folders are added, the included files are no longer analyzed. The reading of folders is therefore completed faster.
  • All actions have been optimized for clarity and ease of use
  • Program help reworked and additional examples added
  • The update check can now also be started manually
  • DPI scaling improved
  • Many other optimizations
  • Fixed bugs:
  • The previous size of some dialog windows was not correctly restored at startup
  • The Dialog to add folders was not always opened with the last used path
  • View profiles were not available in Windows XP
  • The update check was no longer possible after moving to new domain
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in Rename Expert 3.4.0 (May 9, 2011)

  • The program name was changed to 'Rename Expert'.

New in Rename Expert 3.3.0 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Added: Last used sort settings are loaded at startup
  • Added: Optional loading of the last "Display / Edit" settings on startup
  • Changed: By clicking on the column header, any column can be sorted ascending or descending
  • Changed: The filter can now be applied directly to all available data
  • Improved: Some optimizations
  • Fixed: Some minor errors

New in Rename Expert 2.8.0 (Feb 12, 2011)

  • Added: Random characters for file and folder names
  • Added: Use today's date for naming
  • Added: Move files - use today's date and parent folder name
  • Added: Individual filter and sort settings for action lists
  • Improved: Multiple levels for the name of the parent folder
  • Improved: Small optimisations
  • Changed: Simplified action settings for name lists
  • Fixed: Smaller bugs

New in Rename Expert 2.7.1 (Feb 4, 2011)

  • Fixed: Error on conflict checking

New in Rename Expert 2.7.0 (Feb 4, 2011)

  • Added: Network support
  • Added: Filter multiple terms with | separator
  • Added: Move files
  • Added: Move files into sub-folders created from metadata
  • Added: Optionally search for updates at program start
  • Added: Option for excluding paths, names, file extensions in advance
  • Added: Displaying of the number of filtered files/folders
  • Improved: Further small optimisations
  • Fixed: Smaller bugs

New in Rename Expert 2.6.2 (Jan 5, 2011)

  • Corrected: Smaller bugs
  • Corrected: Occasional error at startup

New in Rename Expert 2.6.1 (Dec 22, 2010)

  • Fixed: Display error in load-/save-dialog

New in Rename Expert 2.6.0 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • Added: Right click on button to move list entries moves to beginning/end
  • Added: Move selected list entries up/down
  • Added: Ability to save standard settings for actions
  • Added: Action fields can be restored to their standard settings
  • Added: Applying actions to character types (number, letter, etc.)
  • Added: Multiple replace
  • Added: Replace multiple terms at once
  • Added: Remove duplicate characters
  • Added: Choose between German/English
  • Amended: Removal of limitation in list editor when removing list entries
  • Amended: Further small optimisations
  • Corrected: Smaller bugs