What's new in Portable 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 Portable 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 Portable Bulk Rename Utility 3.3.2.1 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • Fixed .INI configuration file issue (not all settings stored properly).

New in Portable 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