When you download images from your digital camera to your computer, the file names of the images have nothing to do with the events or scenes in the pictures. Renaming each file manually is time-consuming, but using this Windows XP technique, you can quickly rename a folder of digital photos all at once. When you use this technique on a folder, all the files in the folder end up with a single name (including a sequential number) that relates to the subject of the images. Using this technique to rename your digital photos makes it easier to locate the one you’re looking for at a later date—a photo named museum of flight august (18).JPG, for example, is easier to find than that some photo named DSCN1518.JPG.

1. View the photos in your folder using the Details view
2. Select a bunch of photos
3. Right click on the first photo on the selection (at the top)
4. Change the name ie Wedding Set 1 and ENTER
5. Voila – the other photos will have their filenames changed accordingly.