renaming multiple files using the command prompt

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Chris Angle

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Hello,I had a few dozen files that used a naming convention beginning with an abbreviation for a city (in this case, WI) and then an alpha-numeric sequence that was unique to each file. I wanted to rename the files to include the entire city name (in this case, Windsor) without changing the subsequent unique sequences. So I opened command prompt, traced a path to that file, typed in the "dir" command to ensure that I had found the correct folder (I had, the correct files were listed). This is the command that I entered in to change all the file names: ren WI*.* Windsor*.*After executing that c

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