When I recently got asked if there was anyway to make the Windows file manager (a.k.a. explorer) permanently remember the re-ordering of files in a folder, I knew the answer was “no, you have to rename all the files”.
Although I suspect there are tools out there for doing this already, I decided to have a go at making my own version. It only works with jpg images as the original question was about sorting pictures that came from 2 different cameras and so had different naming systems.
Using it is fairly simple:
- Hit the browse button and select the folder with the pictures that need sorting.
- Drag and drop them around in the list. Thumbnails are displayed so you know which image is which.
- Enter a prefix for the file names in the text box and hit apply.
Download here (394K Windows).
It’s written in C# and uses a DataGridView to show the list of files.
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