How to Rename Multiple Files with Windows Explorer

Start Windows Explorer. To do so, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer. Select multiple files in a folder. To do so, press and hold down the CTRL key while you are clicking files. After you select the files, press F2. Type the new name, and then press ENTER.

NOTE: When you complete the preceding steps, the highlighted state of all files except one disappears, so it may appear as if you are only renaming one file. However, after you press ENTER, all of the files are renamed. When you rename multiple files, all of the renamed files have the same name with a number in parentheses appended to the name to make the new file name unique. For example, if you type BUDGET as the new name, the first file is named BUDGET. All of the remaining selected files are named BUDGET(x), where x is a unique number, starting with (1).

Notes If you make a mistake when you try to rename multiple files, you can press CTRL+Z, or click Undo Rename on the Edit menu to undo file rename action you just completed, and you can repeat this process as needed.

The Rename function in Windows Explorer does not match the behavior of the REN command you may use at a command prompt. For example, if you had files that are named smitha.doc, smithb.doc, and smithc.doc, you could use the ren smith*.doc smythe*.doc command. All file names automatically show the new spelling, and are renamed smythea.doc, smytheb.doc, and smythec.doc.

If you use the Windows XP Rename function in Windows Explorer, after you select the three "smith" files, and rename smitha.doc to smythea.doc, all the other files you selected are named smythea(x).doc. To return to the original file name structure (the use of a, b, c, etc), you must rename each file individually.--http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320167

COMMAND.COM vs. CMD.EXE.

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Not to be confused with OS/2 Warp CMD.EXE, the file CMD.EXE is the Microsoft Windows NT command line shell and is more compatible and portable between different hardware platforms when compared to the original COMMAND.COM, which has been used as the command interpreter with DOS for several years. COMMAND.COM is included for backwards compatibility and is recommended that it be used when old MS-DOS programs may not be able to be run in Windows NT, 2000, XP and later releases of Windows.

What versions of Windows have support for the CMD command?

Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and above all have support for the CMD command.

What are some advantages of using CMD instead of COMMAND?

Apart from what was listed in the opening paragraph, one of the most noticeable things a user is going to notice when using CMD to access MS-DOS is the ability to use long file names. When a user is using COMMAND they will need to use the short 8.3 name. For example, if a user wanted to access "My Documents" in COMMAND they would need to type cd mydocu~1. However, a user who wanted access the same directory through CMD could type cd "my documents".-http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000395.htm

Viruses require human interaction. In the early days, this was often giving a floppy disk to a friend who then put it in his computer. These days it means double-clicking an email attachment or visiting a website.

Worms are completely autonomous. They actively scan the internet for new targets, immediately infect them and the new target starts scanning the internet for new targets. Worms can spread extremely quickly because there is no need for human interaction. Nimda, Code Red and Blaster are famous examples of this.

Trojan Horses are disguised to look like something useful but are actually malicious. Most trojan horses these days fall under one of the other categories because nobody writes random destructive code anymore. In the early days many viruses and trojan horses would do nothing more than delete your entire hard drive. Now, the virus writers want to make money by sending spam or collecting credit card numbers and marketing information.

Spyware and adware are subcategories of viruses, worms and trojans that collect information (spyware) or display ads (adware) on the infected system.

Malware is a collective term that describes any malicious software on a computer system.-http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080521200647AAqUn0M

*Virus is a program to cause damage to computer.

*Trojan is a program which is used to gain access to a computer by installing a program on infected PC to open some backdoor. [Trojans are also known as Backdoors].

*Worm is a program which infects the computers which are connected by some network. Worms slow down the network.

* Spywares are the program which are used to monitor/Log the activity performed on a computer. These are used to spy on some one either for legal or illegal perpose. Example: Keylogger applications.

* Adwares are the programs which delivers ads to your computer (generally in POP-UP's form). They consume your network.

*Malwares are the program with malicious intention. It can be damaging your computer, spying on you or any other malicious task.-http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080521200647AAqUn0M