Windows rename multiple images

Question

I have a folder containing only images:

1.png
2.png
...
11000.png

I want to rename these files, adding a p as follows:

p1.png
p2.png
...
p11000.png

How can I achieve this, as I've tried the following, but it's not working:

Ren *.png ???p.*

You asked for a command to do it, but you might like to know about [PowerRename](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/PowerRename-Overview) as an option in Windows Explorer. — Andrew Morton, Jul 28 '20 at 15:05
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Io-oI · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-28T14:58:55.677

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Try using ren:

Ren "*.png" "p*.png"
for %i in ("c:\your\folder\*.png")do ren "%~i" "p%~nxi"

rem :: in bat file: 
for %%i in ("c:\your\folder\*.png")do ren "%%~i" "p%%~nxi"

In PowerShell:

get-item c:\your\folder\*.png | ren -newname {"p"+$_.name}

Or PowerShell in cmd:

powershell -nop -c "Get-Item 'c:\your\folder\*.png' | ren -newname {'p'+$_.name}"

edited Jul 28 '20 at 14:58

answered Jul 28 '20 at 13:07

Io-oI

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score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 28 '20 at 14:19

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Try this using Powershell:

Get-ChildItem "Filepath" -Filter *.png | Rename-Item -Newname {"p" + $_.name}

Short style:

Ls "Filepath" -filter *.png | Ren -newname {"p"+$_.name}

A bit longer batch style:

@cd "Filepath" & @for %%a in (*.png) do Ren "%%~nxa" "p%%~nxa"

edited Jul 28 '20 at 14:19

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answered Jul 28 '20 at 13:52

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Windows rename multiple images

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