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nkormanik:

Surely the programs to do this exist, so this post is more of a request for suggestions.

JVM.dll is not loading for a particular program.  I'm wondering if that program is barking up the wrong tree.  So I'd like to rename all JVM.dll files to JVM.dll (bak) -- except, that is, for the JVM.dll that the program SHOULD be trying to load.

Suggestions appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

AndyM:
I figured you could do this with a short batch file.  Refreshing my memory re the FOR command, I found the FOR /R command.

Looks like you could use the FOR /R and RENAME commands together right at a command prompt.

IainB:
Seems easy to achieve in xplorer².
I used the Find function in xplorer², for files named "desktop.ini", within a large set of nested directories.
xplorer² brought up a Scrap pane with a flatfile list of all the occurrences. I selected them all and used the F2 (Rename) key which popped up the Mass Rename Wizard, in which I set all the occurrences to be renamed to "desktoG.ini" and pressed the Rename button.

It only took a few seconds.
I repeated the process to rename all "desktoG.ini" files to "desktop.ini".

I have had a lifetime licence for xplorer² PRO for years - currently up to the 2.2.0.1 [Unicode] x64 2012-10-06 version.
If you don't already have xplorer², you should be able to perform the above with a trial/evaluation copy from http://zabkat.com/
As file managers go (and I have probably tried each and every one of them at some point), it seems to be second to none (though I still miss Lotus Magellan!). It's a very powerful tool.

40hz:
+1 w/IainB on xplorer² PRO.

That's been my "go to" Windows file manager for the last few years. The powerful search feature plus being able to easily toggle between a tabbed and dual-pane interface (depending on the task at hand) alone would have been enough justification for me to buy it. I sprung for the ultimate edition to get the portable use feature. I bring it with me whenever I'm heading over to a client site. Super tool!  :Thmbsup:

MilesAhead:
I haven't tried it myself but Ant Renamer claims it can read a list from a file and do the renames in batch.

www.antp.be/software/renamer/features

FreeCommander does not have the scratch pane feature. But it has a search where you can list the drives to search on a single line.  There's a button to export the list to a file. By default pressing Alt-F7 brings up the search dialog.

Two step process but it may be a viable freeware-only solution.

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