Q:

Bulk Rename from list of file names

I have a list of random file names. I want to use this list to rename all files in a particular folder.
The folder contains the files:
Mike.exe
Josh.exe

I want them to be renamed using names from a list.txt
Mike.exe -> Mickey.exe

Like this. What Windows BAT script or tool can do this?
Content of Name.list looks like:
Lorem Ipsum
Foo Bar
Baz Yak

And The file.list looks like:
Skype(1)
Skype(2)

All files are exe's.

A:

Flash Renamer (shareware, but free to use) can accomplish this. Suppose you have five files in a folder: 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt, 4.txt, and 5.txt. You'll then want a CSV file containing your rename rules, looking something like this:
1,One
2,Two
3,Three
4,Four
5,Five

(The program is flexible with the choice of delimiter and which columns contain the find and replace strings, however, so that format is not a hard and fast requirement.) See this screenshot for a demonstration -- navigate to the folder containing your files (the third icon in the toolbar above the explorer), specify the CSV file containing your rules on the left, then click Rename on the bottom.

