Increment numbers in file names

From a recent question to support:

How do I rename two thousand files that are numbered p_0098.dat, p_0099.dat….p_2098.dat so that all the numbers are incremented by 1,000. I tried but an error kept popping up saying that the file could not be renamed because a file by that name already exists.

This one is easy though it may not be immediately obvious. Continue reading

Admin Shares come to FileBoss

(Note: this post applies to features in version 2.6 and later. Version 2.6 will be released in early August 2011.)

Starting with FileBoss version 2.6 FileBoss not only recognizes administrative shares when they are typed into the command bar but will also display them in the folder list on the left and in the contents view on the right. And of course they can be used as targets of any copy operation. Continue reading

Blog started

This blog for The Utility Factory is just starting at the end July 2011. While we have made it publicly accessible immediately we are still feeling our way as to design and organization and will continue to do so for the next few weeks, so you may see visual changes between one visit and the next. But we hope that no matter how the visual elements change you will find the information here useful. Continue reading