Add & Remove

The Add & Remove function allows you to either add certain strings to filenames or delete a number of characters from filenames.

• Add Textbox - Enter the string you wish to add to the filenames. You are allowed to use <tags> here.

• Remove Textbox - Enter the number of characters you wish to remove from the filenames.

• Beginning / End - Select if "Add" respectively "Remove" should work from the beginning or the end of the filename.

• Pos - Enter the position from which the "Add" or "Remove" operation should begin. Use this together with the Beginning/End switch to gain full control of the operation! Position 0 indicates the very beginning/end of the filename.

  Tip: Press the button with an eye icon (or use the shortcut F3) to open the Visual Assist window that allows you to visually set the position and length of the add or remove function!

Hint: You can use the "Process Name" and "Process Extension" (above the rename options) to you advantage here. For example add "Name" to the end of "File.Ext". Here the ending of the filename would change depending on if the "Process Extension" was used or not. The result would be either "FileName.Ext" or "File.ExtName".

Problem: You have a folder full of files to burn to a CD. If the filenames are too long the CD-Burner program will shorten them to fit on the CD, so you want to make sure that all filenames are within the legal length. Solution: The allowed length of the filenames depends on the file-format of the CD. A common limit is 64 character. This includes the file extension. Using Flash Renamer you can easily check your filenames before burning! Begin by unchecking "Process Extension" from the common options at the top. Next choose the "Remove" function and set it to "Remove 999 chars at Pos 60 from The Beginning of the filename". Now something interesting happens! The preview view will begin to show only files that have names that are too long. This makes it really easy to find and correct the filenames! The best way is to work your way through the preview field, manually renaming the files. Once they disappear from the preview list, they are safe to burn! Hints: To manually rename files press F2! The above example assumes that the length of the filename extension is 3. If your files have longer or shorter extensions you will have to compensate for this.