Having copies renamed as per old style "Copy of ..." rather than file name then copy at end?

How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename. Thx.

On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:09:20 -0400, StargateFan
<IDon'> wrote:

>How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
>copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename. Thx.

The obvious way is to use your keyboard, but I suspect you're looking
for another solution that's probably more programmatic?

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Char Jackson

> How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
> copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename. Thx.

Found this discussion, maybe useful
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...me-folder.html

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mick

On 02/08/2011 9:46 AM, mick wrote:
>> How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
>> copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename. Thx.
>
> Found this discussion, maybe useful
> http://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...me-folder.html

According to this, the Teracopy copy-replacement utility will do this
for you.

Yousuf Khan

StargateFan wrote:
> How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
> copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename. Thx.

This probably isn't what you want, but if you copy the file(s) to the
same directory, a new file with " - Copy" appended to the name will be
created. For example, "letter.txt" will copy as "letter - Copy.txt."

The new files are highlighted after the copy, so it is easy to move them
to another directory.
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Crash

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"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
news:j19408$8ur$...
> StargateFan wrote:
>> How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
>> copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename.
>> Thx.
>
> This probably isn't what you want, but if you copy the file(s) to
> the
> same directory, a new file with " - Copy" appended to the name will
> be
> created. For example, "letter.txt" will copy as "letter - Copy.txt."
>
> The new files are highlighted after the copy, so it is easy to move
> them
> to another directory.

That is exactly what the OP wants to change - in Win7, " - Copy" gets
appended to the file name, so the copy sorts with the original when
the directory is sorted by name. In XP, "Copy of " gets pre-pended to
the name, so all copies sort together. I don't know of any way to
change the behavior, but I can see how some might find it preferable.

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Zaphod

Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:20:47 -0400, "Zaphod Beeblebrox"
<> wrote:

>
>"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
>news:j19408$8ur$...
>> StargateFan wrote:
>>> How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
>>> copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename.
>>> Thx.
>>
>> This probably isn't what you want, but if you copy the file(s) to
>> the
>> same directory, a new file with " - Copy" appended to the name will
>> be
>> created. For example, "letter.txt" will copy as "letter - Copy.txt."
>>
>> The new files are highlighted after the copy, so it is easy to move
>> them
>> to another directory.
>
>That is exactly what the OP wants to change - in Win7, " - Copy" gets
>appended to the file name, so the copy sorts with the original when
>the directory is sorted by name. In XP, "Copy of " gets pre-pended to
>the name, so all copies sort together. I don't know of any way to
>change the behavior, but I can see how some might find it preferable.

Just a wild shot in the dark, but there are several tweak utilities
that are able to turn the "Copy of" feature on and off in XP. I wonder
if a person could flip that setting while watching the XP Registry for
changes, then replicate the change in Win 7. Probably not, but I don't
know.

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Char Jackson

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:

> Dave wrote ...
>
>> StargateFan wrote:
>>
>>> How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
>>> copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename.
>>
>> This probably isn't what you want, but if you copy the file(s) to the
>> same directory, a new file with " - Copy" appended to the name will
>> be created. For example, "letter.txt" will copy as "letter -
>> Copy.txt."
>>
>> The new files are highlighted after the copy, so it is easy to move
>> them to another directory.
>
> That is exactly what the OP wants to change - in Win7, " - Copy" gets
> appended to the file name, so the copy sorts with the original when
> the directory is sorted by name. In XP, "Copy of " gets pre-pended
> to the name, so all copies sort together. I don't know of any way to
> change the behavior, but I can see how some might find it preferable.

If the OP is making copies and wants them all conveniently grouped
together for some following action, like moving them to a different
folder, why not just click on the Date Modified column. All the copies
would have the latest datestamp so they'd all group together.

However, the OP never stated the cause for his need for wanting "Copy"
to prepend instead of append to the filename. Yet moving "Copy" to
prepend to the filename means the copies are somewhere in the middle of
the listing instead of all grouped together at the beginning or end.
First there would be the numeric and "A" and "B" files, then the "C"
files which include the "Copy of" files, followed by the "D" through "Z"
files. The copies would be somewhere buried inside the listing instead
of grouped together at the end. Sorting on date would put all the
just-made copies together in the listing.

Hi, StargateFan.

As someone pointed out, you don't say WHY you need the other arrangement, or
how often your need occurs. But here is one solution that might fit:

In a Command Prompt window, use the Dir command with wildcards (and
quotation marks because of the spaces in the filenames):
dir "* - Copy*"

Add other switches as needed (type dir /? for a list of all switches and
parameters), such as:
C:>dir "e:\somefolder\* - Copy*"


Combine this with renaming commands, in a batch file perhaps, to change the
names. Example for a single filename:
ren "letter - Copy.txt" "Copy of letter.txt"

Or for a series of files, such as letter1, letter2, etc.:
ren "letter? - Copy.txt" "Copy of letter?.txt"

Since I never use Copy'n'Paste in this way to copy files, I don't know if
this would work. Please test it (on sample files, of course) and let us
know what happens.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"StargateFan" wrote in message
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How can we get pre Win7 naming convention for copies. Prefer all
copies together under "Copy of ..." rather than with filename. Thx.

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 12:07:18 -0500, R. C. White wrote:

> Hi, StargateFan.
>
> As someone pointed out, you don't say WHY you need the other arrangement, or
> how often your need occurs. But here is one solution that might fit:
>
> In a Command Prompt window, use the Dir command with wildcards (and
> quotation marks because of the spaces in the filenames):
> dir "* - Copy*"
>
> Add other switches as needed (type dir /? for a list of all switches and
> parameters), such as:
> C:>dir "e:\somefolder\* - Copy*"
>
>
> Combine this with renaming commands, in a batch file perhaps, to change the
> names. Example for a single filename:
> ren "letter - Copy.txt" "Copy of letter.txt"
>
> Or for a series of files, such as letter1, letter2, etc.:
> ren "letter? - Copy.txt" "Copy of letter?.txt"
>
> Since I never use Copy'n'Paste in this way to copy files, I don't know if
> this would work. Please test it (on sample files, of course) and let us
> know what happens.
>
> RC

Brilliant answer.
Gee dude, I've never jumped out of a plane without a parachute.
Would you mind doing that for us and tell us what happened?
Or, try diving into a pool from the top of the stratosphere.

Your brilliant answer is only a method to fix what has been done.
It will not change the future use of how copied files are renamed.