Rename several Files in sequence at once - Useful Trick

When we transfer photos from digital camera or from mobiles, they often have unrecognizable names. Renaming all files one by one is very annoying task also it can take forever if you have really large number of files. So here i am providing you an easy method to rename all image files at once. This works for renaming all types of files.

Just follow given steps:

1. Open the folder which contains files you want to rename.

2. Select the files you want to rename.

3. Now right click on any one of selected file and click on Rename.




4.Type the new name, and then press ENTER.


Its done.

All of the files in the series will be named in sequence using the new name you type.

For example, in this case I rename 1 file as Disney, so the first file is disney and others are disney (1), disney (2), and so on.

Add Window explorer or Folder to Taskbar - Cool Computer Tricks

If you use some folder very frequently and tired of browsing to find file your files, Then just add that explorer or folder to taskbar, It will display an icon on taskbar which open that folder when clicked. Here are steps:

1). Right-click on the taskbar on the space between Start Menu and the Tray.

2). Click Toolbars and then New Toolbar.

3). New Toolbar Window opens with a list of folders, Select the desired location and click OK.

The task bar now displays an icon for the access of your selected destination, just with a click.

Creating Keyboard shortcuts to open files, folder or browser

You can create a keyboard shortcut that can automatically open a folder, a program or a word file or any application or browser through your keyboard even when you have other windows like Internet explorer, Office maximized. This is very simple trick and very usful save lots of time. Here are steps:

1). Create a shortcut of the folder / program / file on the desktop.

2). Right click the shortcut on the desktop, and then click Properties.

3). In the Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab.

4). Now in the Shortcut key textbox, enter a key combination for example CTRL+ALT+R or CTRL+SHIFT+R or whatever you like.

Its done.

Now when you hit the key combination just specified, the folder / program / file will open even if other program windows are maximized.

Make folder or file without a name - Cool Computer Tricks

Do you know how to make a folder without a name? is it possible? Yes it is possible you can make a folder or a file without any name. Just try this

1). Click the folder or file which you want to have no name.

2). Right click on it and then click rename and delete the old name.

3). Press ALT button from your keyboard and type 0160(holding alt) after that press enter. Note that while you will type 0160 it will not appear, but continue typing and press enter.. thats it.

Its Done.

Make sure that you are using the number pad, using just the row of numbers above the qwerty doesn’t work. For a laptop, if you dnt have number pad then check and see if there’s a pseudo-numpad that uses the fn key. then you can just hold down the fn and alt at the same time while typing in 0160.

For deleting this folder you have to rename it by using command prompt. rememver dont use space use alt+0160 as current file name.

Access your folders as drives - Cool Computer Tricks

You can create Virtual Drives in your Computer. Now you can access your Favorite Folders as a drive in My Computer.
Just Do The Follwing :

1) Start >> Run

2) Type cmd and hit Enter.
This will open Command Prompt.

3) Type subst Z: E:\picture and hit Enter key.
Here Z: is your desired New Drive Letter (Do not use existing Drive letters) and E:\picture is path of your favorite folder.


4) Now, type exit.
Its done.
This will create a new drive ! When you open this , it will open your folder !!!

Make Folder Invisible - Cool Computer Tricks

Do you have some confidental files want to hide them with other users then this trick is for you. by using this trick you can hide a folder without using any software just follow these steps:

1) Right Click on the desktop(or where you want to create invisible folder) and make a new folder.

2) Now rename the folder with a space (hold ALT key and type 0160).

3) Now you have a folder with out a name.

4) Place your confidental files in this folder.

5) Right click on the folder and then on properties.

6) In Property window click on custom tab and then on change icon.

7) In change icon template window, scroll a bit, you should find some empty spaces, Click on that.

8) click ok.

Its done.

Now to make it visible rename it and change its icon by following similar steps.

Make a folder named "CON" or "PRN" - Cool Computer Tricks

Do you know that you cant make a folder named as "con" or "prn". If u dnt believe then try to rename a folder give its new name con. It will give error that 'Specified Device name is invalid'. There are many words like con. Some of are them PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6,LPT7, LPT8, LPT9.

These words are windows inbuilt reserved device names. so we cant use them.

But here I provide you a trick by which you can name a folder by any of the above specified names, So go n challenge your friends and prove your superiority..

Here is solution, follow these steps:

1) Open Command Prompt (Type cmd in Run).

2) Type md \\.\d:\con to create a con folder in d drive, You can replace d with any drive .

Its done.

Now for deleting it Type
rd \\.\d:\con