Speedcommander has a function that does just that; Multi-rename. There is a trialversion available. Me, I bought the whole thing and am quite pleased. ;-) Check www.speedproject.com. HTH. -- /Sorin >-----Original Message----- >From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Steve Rance >Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:29 AM >To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [windows2000] File Renaming Utility > >Hi, > >I have thousands of folders that I need to rename, the current format of >the folders are "Number - Description", and I wish to remove the "- >Description" part. For example; > > 1 - Description > 1000 - Description > 10000 - Description > >I have been looking at loads of rename utilties and I can't find one >where I can say delete the - and everything after it. Because the >numbers are between 1 and 5 characters in length I can't crop at a fixed >position. > >Is anyone aware of any utilities or scripts that would allow me to >achieve this. > >Thanks for any help. >Steve >