Script to change file extension

[FN-GM]

Hello,

 

Does anyone have a script I could use that looks at a folder and sub folders and finds files that are .doc and changes to extension to .docx please?

 

I know its a bit of a bodge, but for what we need it does solve an issue

 

Thanks

[Steve21]

Just to rename or to actually convert the filetype?

 

Steve

[FN-GM]

Just to rename please.

[6Foot2]

Have a look at this post in an old thread:

 

Link: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/3906-rename-batch-files-all-once.html

 

Might do the job for you?

[FN-GM]

Have a look at this post in an old thread:

 

Link: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/3906-rename-batch-files-all-once.html

 

Might do the job for you?

 

I already use this tool, its really handy, but I can't go into sub folders.

 

Thanks anyway.

[bicky]

use Bulk Rename Utility (bulkrenameutility.co.uk)

 

On Windows Explorer, Open root folder then do a search *.doc (top right)

Select all (ctrl A) from the search results, then drag them to the Bulk Rename Utility and rename the extension

Edited November 17, 2016 by bicky

[clareq]

look at pfrank - PFrank File Renamer I've yet to find anything I can't rename with it!

[FN-GM]

use Bulk Rename Utility (bulkrenameutility.co.uk)

 

On Windows Explorer, Open root folder then do a search *.doc (top right)

Select all (ctrl A) from the search results, then drag them to the Bulk Rename Utility and rename the extension

 

Been using that for years and didn't know you could do that!! thanks.

[HPlum78]

Set-Location E:\Local\Tmp #Parent Folder - where the files live

$FileList = Get-ChildItem -Recurse | ? {$_.Extension -eq ".doc"} #Gets a list of files where the Extension is = to .DOC

 

# foreach-object loop gets the name of the file and then builds a new file name with the replacement extension - in this case .DOCX

$FileList | % {

$FileNameNew = $_.BaseName + ".docx"

Rename-Item -Path $_.PSPath -NewName $FileNameNew

}

 

# End

 

PowerShell? the above will do what you want, you ask for a script so you get a........

 

Right that will work, forgot about sub-folders!

Edited November 17, 2016 by HPlum78

[Arthur]

If you need to rename .doc files in different folders often, here's a PowerShell function that would help...

 

function Invoke-Doc2Docx {

   Param(
   [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
   [string]$Path
   )

   Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Include *.doc -File -Recurse | ForEach-Object {

       Try {
           Write-Output "Renaming $($_.FullName)"
           Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName ("{0}{1}" -f $($_.BaseName),'.docx') -ErrorAction Stop
       }
       Catch [Exception] {
           Write-Output "$_.Exception.Message"
       }
   }

}