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So you returned from your Florida vacation and dropped all your digital photos onto your computer. All’s great … except all the photos have names like “DSC00077.JPG”. No one could possibly have enough free time to sit down and manually rename every single file, either. What to do?

Rename them in bulk. (This is SO cool. Thank you CNet!!!)

Assuming you’re using Windows XP, open the folder where all your photos are located, select View from the menu at the top, then select Thumbnails. Now hit Ctrl + A to select all the photos in your folder.

Okey dokey, so far so good. Next, right-click that first photo and select Rename from the menu that appears. The filename for that photo becomes highlighted, meaning you can give it a more descriptive name, like DisneyWorld-Trip. Once you’ve typed in your new name, press the Enter key on your keyboard - and sit back and relax as your computer automatically applies that name with a sequential number to every single photo in your folder. Awesome!