Possibly with a 3rd party program like this one.
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"kaci" <kaci@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I tried to rename a batch of file by select all then rename it XXX. After
> that, all the files renamed as XXX(001), XXX(002) etc.... however, i
> would
> like to file to be renamed as XXX001 XXX002 without bracket.
>
> I can do this by window xp, but not vista. Please help. Thanks alot.
>
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