Bulk Rename Utility

What's new in this version:

- New “Detached Window” option for the renaming criteria
- New “Highlight Name Changes” option to show detailed changes between
new name and old name
- New Picture Viewer supports more image formats
- Dark Mode. Automatically enabled on Windows 11 and 10, if dark mode is
active, or it can be manually enabled/disabled in program Preferences
- New 'Apply Windows Themes' option in program Preferences, set to Yes by
default
- Support for Auto Refresh On / Off
- Shortcut to 'View Imported Rename-Pairs' using Ctrl+Alt+V
- Option 'Select Imported Rename-Pairs' (Ctrl+Alt+S)
- Display Options > List > 'Size All Columns to Width' (Ctrl+Shift++)
- Renaming Options > Advanced Options > 'Skip Renaming of File If File
Name Already Exists'
- Program preference > Bulk Rename Utility logo type > Use custom
logo image bru.bmp, bru.png or bru.svg
- Program preference > Ask to check for program updates every 30 days >
Yes/No
- Support for double-quotes for Replace (3) when using wildcards * and ?
- Show total Elapsed Time for renaming operations
- When the ENTER key is pressed while on items in the file list, open up to 9
files in their default app
- Sort and select items after they are dropped into Bulk Rename Utility according
to the current sort order
- New JavaScript object properties: object('container'), object('container[num]'),
and object('containers')
- Popup information balloon tip for certain program features
- New editor to easily build a list of multiple RegEx, Replacements, Case
Exceptions, and Filters by clicking on the list button
- Network paths and mapped drives improvements
- Ability to delete selected files from disk using Shift+Delete
- New Bulk Rename Utility general program preferences in main menu 'Tools'
- New program preference: Allow multiple instances of Bulk Rename Utility to
run at the same time
- New program preference: When the ENTER key is pressed while on an item in
the file list, action to be taken
- New program preference: Bulk Rename Utility logo on the main window,
show or hide
- Remove non-printable Unicode characters from file properties if present
- Fixed dropping the double quotes (“) when loading values from a BRU file
- Track and select recently used entries in most input controls, including
regex, add, remove, etc., using F8 or
- Option to confirm each renaming operation individually
- Support for UTF-8 files in “Import Rename-Pairs”
- Display the name of the current “Import Rename-Pairs” file in-use as a
tooltip and in the imported pair list view
- New tooltip to show full text if otherwise truncated in the file list
- Prevent duplicates, “Start From 1” option
- Prevent duplicates, “Across Folders” option
- Pad Numbers and Reformat Date in Name (2)
- Support for wildcards * and ? in Replace (3)
- New \regex\ option in Replace (3)
- Support for negative from/to values in Remove (5) (= remove counting from the
end)
- New Copy Range and Move Range in Move/Copy (6)
- Support for negative values in Move/Copy (6) (= move/copy counting from the
end)
- New Name Segment section to apply the renaming criteria to just a specific
part of the file name. Negative values are also supported (count from the end).
Characters to start/end from/to also supported.
- New Special (14) Order to change the order of the renaming criteria applied
and name segment
- New Link Files by Extension option to rename files with certain extensions as
if they were the same file
- Capitalize the abbreviation of month %b, in custom date format
- New option to auto-select all items after a drag and drop operation into BRU
- ALT key no longer stops the renaming operation, use the ESC key instead
- Ability to expand the width of the Add (7) group
- Possibility of hiding or customizing the BRU logo in the main window
- Ask whether to refresh the folder tree if a new drive is detected
- Warning shown in the Preview Window if duplicate names are found and the
'Prevent Duplicates' option is not enabled
- Display the number of duplicate names found in the Preview Window
- Enhanced item selection and folder scanning speed
- Enhanced preview speed
- Enhanced overall handling and responsiveness of the application when
renaming several thousand files
- Quick access to open .bru files next to the rename button
- Added button to select recently browsed folders next to the path bar
- Fixed Title Enhanced behavior in Case (4) for words starting with numbers
(e.g., use 3rd, not 3Rd)
- Added 'Select All' and 'Clear All' buttons next to the path bar
- Added 'Exif Date Taken (Original) / Item Date set to' in File Timestamps
- Improved 'autofit all columns' functionality
- Fixed bug when using | symbol and one single character in Remove (3)
- Fixed crash with certain JPG and TIF files when extracting EXIF information