Renames being hidden within "Quick (!) Actions", i.e. in "Actions" (where I would have searched first), they can not be found. Then, gracefully, the last-used "Action" is remembered, so that then, shift-alt-6 will bring back the previous "Action", "Rename" here (and with the previous values as defau…

Renaming a folder/directory always moves all the files in that folder to the newly named location. This also happens in the explorer if you rename a directory. If you want to treat only a single file, you have to rename the file and not the folder. I don't know how often you rename files and fold…

My bad memory; I had thought though that "Rename" would have been recognizable as "Replace". So I'm speaking of that "Replace" dialog, and _DIRECTORY in there, from the dialog's internal drop down menu. I applied a simple typo correction, with the two fields oldstring/newstring (they are named othe…

An actual example of what you have now, and what you would like it to be would be more helpful. Include a screenshot of your extended tag window so you can share what fields you have available to work with.

Long text - and no real example. If you want to rename a file and perhaps even distribute it from a collective folder to the target folder, the easiest way would be Convert>Tag-Filename Format string: d:\music\%albumartist%\%year% - %album%\$num(%track%,2) _ %title% (where you replace the fixed p…

It can be done even shorter: "Actions (shift-alt-6) work on the currently selected files (vertical grid scope), the selection in the respective action's dialog's "Field" field (drop-down menu) determining the action's target column (horizontal grid scope)." (Well, I haven't checked all of'em "acti…

Reading this thread has been an exercise in frustration. Two of our most knowledgeable members have spent much time trying to help you and have repeatedly asked you for specific examples: [image] MotleyG: An actual example of what you have now, and what you would like it to be would be more he…

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