How to rename multiple files in Windows

In this video I show you a few different methods for renaming multiple files all in one go in Windows using the Windows PowerShell, Windows command prompt and Windows file explorer.

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PowerShell

dir | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace "Taiwan", "TW"}
dir | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace " ", "-"}
dir | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace "TW-", ""}
dir -exclude "Taiwan-*" | Rename-Item -NewName {"Taiwan-" + $_.name}
dir | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.basename + "-example" + $_.extension}

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Command Prompt

rename "Taiwan-*" "Taiwan *"
ren "taiwan *" "///////*"
ren "2015*" "2016*"
For %a in (*.*) do ren "%a" "prefix-%a"