Renaming pics?

[LisaB]

Renaming pics with Windows XP.

Is this the right way to do it?

I put the cursor on the first pic and shift arrow down to the ones I want to
include; and then right mouse click and rename. This seems to work fine.

Thanks
LisaB

 

[John Inzer]

Renaming pics with Windows XP.

Is this the right way to do it?

I put the cursor on the first pic and shift arrow down to the ones I
want to include; and then right mouse click and rename. This seems to
work fine.

Thanks
LisaB

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Maybe the following tutorial will
offer some useful info:

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - Organize Pictures
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-OrganizePictures.html

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[LisaB]

Thanks for the link.

I was not adding the .jpeg at the end of my pics when I rename them. It
allows me to do that without and problems. I NOW do add it because I'm
concerned it can corrupt the pics if I don't. I guess it's best to add the
..jpeg?

Thanks
LisaB

 

[Yves Alarie]

You do not need to add it depending on how you rename.
Open the folder, click on the Views icon and select Details to display file
names.
Do you see .jpg added at the end of each file name?
If not, click on Tools on the top bar and then Folder options and then the
View Tab.
Scroll down and remove the check in the box "Hide Extension ...." and click
OK.
You will now see the .jpg added to your file name.

Now suppose you have
Filename(with the .jpg extension hidden)
and
Filename.jpg

You rename Filename to Filename1. This will work fine because you did not
remove or change the .jpg extension, it was simply hidden from you. But if
you now add .jpg you will see the following:
Filename.jpg.jpg
if you list the files without adding the extension.
The first .jpg is the one you added and the second one was hidden. But this
will still work fine.

If however you try renaming when you see the extension, as in
Filename.jpg
and you rename it
Filename1 without adding .jpg you will get a warning message and you have to
go back and add .jpg

You can display files with or without extensions using the above procedure,
I prefer with extensions, so I know the types of files I am working with. I
have no idea why XP made the default being hiding file extensions. No longer
such in Vista.

 

[LisaB]

Thanks it all makes sense now.
LisaB

You do not need to add it depending on how you rename.
Open the folder, click on the Views icon and select Details to display file
names.
Do you see .jpg added at the end of each file name?
If not, click on Tools on the top bar and then Folder options and then the
View Tab.
Scroll down and remove the check in the box "Hide Extension ...." and click
OK.
You will now see the .jpg added to your file name.

Now suppose you have
Filename(with the .jpg extension hidden)
and
Filename.jpg

You rename Filename to Filename1. This will work fine because you did not
remove or change the .jpg extension, it was simply hidden from you. But if
you now add .jpg you will see the following:
Filename.jpg.jpg
if you list the files without adding the extension.
The first .jpg is the one you added and the second one was hidden. But this
will still work fine.

If however you try renaming when you see the extension, as in
Filename.jpg
and you rename it
Filename1 without adding .jpg you will get a warning message and you have to
go back and add .jpg

You can display files with or without extensions using the above procedure,
I prefer with extensions, so I know the types of files I am working with. I
have no idea why XP made the default being hiding file extensions. No longer
such in Vista.