Mass rename files down to 40 characters?

[aphex]

I have a ton of files i need to shorten to 40 characters to fit on my xbox...

What program can do this?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

This may work:
http://www.publicspace.net/windows/BetterFileRename/index.html

here's another:
http://www.dcsoft.com/products/longff/longff.htm

 

[skace]

Did those applications do what was needed? I wrote something in DOS if you want it, but it doesn't account for duplicate files (IE 2 files that, when truncated to 40 chars are identical).

Well... I'm gonna tack it on incase I forget to read this again. It only echoes at this point, so you could get an idea for what it would return before making any changes.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

That's an awesome batch file. I wish I could write stuff like that.

 

[doornail]

I think this should work too:

Edit: Oops, had to shave off four '?'s to include the dot + extension. This is assuming DOS-like 3 character extensions. Longer ones would need tweaking.

 

[Mellman]

theres a link on xbox-scene to a program that does this for you, sorry but i forget the name. But i know it is on there

 

[rainypickles]

http://www.xbox-scene.com/tools.php search for rename and it lists some. i don't know which one is good.

names:
PreXBoxCopyTool
MP3 FAT-X Renamer
FatX File Renamer
High Fiber
Fast FatX Renamer