Advanced Renamer 3.85

Advanced Renamer supports batch renaming multiple files and folders easily and quickly by applying various methods by this functional and user-friendly application.

Notable Features

• Undo functionality
• Real time preview of file rename
• MP3/ID3 renaming
• Image renaming with EXIF support
• Thumbnail view
• Supports both files and folders
• Several renaming methods
• Use multiple methods at once
• Tag rename

Download Information

Date Updated: July 11, 2019

Supported OS(es):

• Windows 10 32/64 bit
• Windows 8 32/64 bit
• Windows 7 32/64 bit
• Windows Vista 32/64 bit
• Windows XP

Download: https://www.advancedrenamer.com/download
File size: 12.1 MB (installer), 14.6MB (portable version)
Category: File Management
License Model: Free, Commercial
Multilingual: Yes
Developer: Kim Jensen/Hulubulu Software

Advanced Renamer full changelog

Advanced Renamer 3.85 – July 11, 2019

• Performance optimization for ExifTool when using program settings “Always use ExifTool for retrieving metadata” and when using ExifTool for fetching timestamps from images
• Improvements for high dpi displays
• Fix for new case method when changing case of local characters
• Fix: Sometimes the method panel is not showing
• Fix: When adding folders from folder panel the folder could get locked, preventing rename of the folder
• Fix: Program may become unstable after batch with errors

Advanced Renamer 3.84 – Oct. 8, 2018

• + Script method: Javascript console for better debugging
• + Added checkbox in settings window: Don’t show summary before renaming
• * TV Show import guide: Skip welcome page checkbox
• * Pair renaming option in main view. Removed from settings window
• + New tags for embedded video date and time: <Video Date Year>, <Video Date Month>, <Video Date Day>, <Video Date Hour>, <Video Date Min>, <Video Date Sec>
• + Support for HEIC image format used on iPhones
• + Option in settings: Always use ExifTool to retrieving metadata for images

Advanced Renamer 3.83 – Aug. 20, 2018

• + Import CSV data for use with the new tag <Csv:X>
• + <DirName> support for negative numbers to insert folder name in opposite order
• + New option to enable or disable sorting of files when adding with drag and drop. Default: Sort
• + File list: Right click popup: Sort by pattern for sorting based on tag value
• + Choose file encoding when importing CSV
• * Fixed text bug in progress window
• + Added Indonesian translation

Advanced Renamer 3.82 – Apr. 03, 2018

• * Pair renaming active by default on new installations
• * Pair renaming will now prioritize media files when dertmining the master file in a pair
• * TV show import didn’t handle file pairs well
• * Default setting for “Add files when batch ends” changed from None to Ask
• * Fixed not visible Apply To box in List and Replace List method when running display in 200% scaling
• * Performance optimization when adding files, detecting file pairs, and running batches
• * Performance of detecting name collisions improved dramatically
• * Fixed bug when using image tags for non images
• * Pre batch window now shows the number of methods that will be used
• + Added Bulgarian translation

Advanced Renamer 3.81 – Feb. 13, 2018

• * CSV Import: Default Apply To fields to name and extension instead of just name
• * CSV Import: Program will remember field values when window is closed
• * CSV Import: Changed to use UTF-8 encoding
• * Renumber method: Fixed renumbering relative numbers when the number is very long
• * When using media tags like Img or Video for folders the program will now use the properties of the first file in the folder
• * Load list now supports UTF-8
• * New case method did not support UTF-8 in the pattern match modes
• * Fixed <Inc Nr> zeropadding and <Num Files> value when working with file pairs

Advanced Renamer 3.80 – 17. oct. 2017

• Improved integration with ExifTool
• Optimized performance when testing new file names
• Option for not analyzing media files (program settings window)

Advanced Renamer 3.79 – 06. sep. 2017

• Folder panel will no longer show zip files as folders
• When adding both root and sub folders, the root folders will be added last instead of first
• Files are no longer sorted alphabetically when dragged from Windows Explorer
• Add files not matching a regular expression
• Added option in settings to move the Start Button to the left
• Ukranian translation

Advanced Renamer 3.78 – 20. aug. 2017

• Better support for high DPI monitors
• Various user interface changes
• Check/Uncheck all on method list right click popup
• Delete old undo jobs
• Larger present methods drop down
• Fixed status bar some times showing “Got errors” when no errors were found
• Updated regular expressions engine
• Fixed wrong thumbnail size in list

Advanced Renamer 3.77 – 17. apr. 2017

• Rename file pairs with the same new filename
• Make text blue for items with name override (F2 key)
• Improved error message for error code 101
• Deleted presets were not removed from the presets drop down
• Allow main menu to wrap into two lines when window is too small
• Updated language files

Advanced Renamer 3.76 – 26. mar. 2017

• Override new filename (F2 key)
• Hitting enter key will now open the file. Hitting ctrl + enter will open the folder of the file
• Added tag
• Don’t analyze video files unless video tags are used
• New Name method will remember last used page
• Shift+F10 did not open file list popup menu

Advanced Renamer 3.75 – 7. mar. 2017

• GPS Tag override window
• Write EXIF Metadata
• New tag: for random text strings
• Fixed timestamp method reading filename pattern when pattern contains ( or )

Advanced Renamer 3.74 – 21. feb. 2017

• Added search edit box to the ExifTool window
• Larger preview image in file info box when selecting image files in the list
• Fixed TV shows with characters not legal for filenames like * or ?
• Fixed FileInfo box not using last resized height
• Fixed reading DPI from image files, namely TIFF files

Advanced Renamer 3.73 – 21. aug. 2016

• New method: List Replace. Replace multiple phrases in a single method
• TV Show Import: Added Select All/Select None buttons for seasons and episodes checklist box

Advanced Renamer 3.72 – 27. mar. 2016

• New tag for image resolution in dots per inch:
• New tags for image width and height in inches, cm and mm: , , , , ,
• CSV Import now also work with folder rename
• Link for tag documentation in the insert tag frame
• Fix name collision bug when using incrementing number. Fallback to old logic

Advanced Renamer 3.71 – 19. feb. 2016

• New name collision rule: Ignore. Will ignore batch on single file is target already exists
• Batch mode and output folder values are not saved in batch method list files. This makes these values optional for command line runner (arenc.exe)
• Fixed CSV Import: Would get the order of new names wrong when one or more files were missing

Advanced Renamer 3.70 – 1. jan. 2016

• Fixed ExifTool bug. Sometimes values were shifted when assigned to items in the list resulting in wrong values for some items
• Fixed “Invalid floating point” error when sorting on column Date Taken when column contains blank values
• Updated translations

Advanced Renamer 3.69 – 6. dec. 2015

• Fixed: TV Show import: When multiple hits from search query, only the first hit were shown
• Shortcut for opening the TV Show import guide

Advanced Renamer 3.68 – 1. nov. 2015

• New tags: , , and
• Romanian translation
• Korean translation
• Catalan translation
• Uses TVMaze instead of TVRage for TV Show information import
• Fixed: Calculation of file size only supported sizes up to 2 GB
• FileInfoBox: Don’t load images if more than 30MB (it was too slow)
• Reimplemented parts of the ExifTool integration. Hopefully it will become more stable
• Fixed: Update was not showing when changing created timestamp of folders

Advanced Renamer 3.67 – 19. may. 2015

• Fixed Timestamp and Attributes method changed files even if they were not checked in the list

Advanced Renamer 3.66 – 6. may. 2015

• Add files using regular expressions pattern
• Updated translations
• Fixed bug in natural numeric sort

Advanced Renamer 3.65 – 30. nov. 2014

• ExifTool tags will automatically replace unsupported characters
• Fixed tag when searching for the last word in a filename
• Name collision rules will now also apply to collision on existing files
• File list popup: Added “Open Containing Folder”
• Explorer Context menu fixed on 64 bit windows

Advanced Renamer 3.64 – 26. mar. 2014

• Fixed reading some corrupted ExifData from JPEGs taken with Samsung mobile phones
• Day tag textual result with and
• Item list limit can now be changed in the settings window
• Mark items not matching pattern right click options
• Fixed explorer context menu for 64 bit Windows 8 systems

Advanced Renamer 3.62 – 20. jan. 2014

• Fixed: and tags were only working properly for the first file in the list

Advanced Renamer 3.61 – 12. jan. 2014

• Command line configuration dialog
• New list popup menu item: Inverse marks in list
• New list popup menu item: Select all, select none, inverse selection
• New tag: for reading line in file
• New tag: for decrementing number
• Improved performance for tag
• Arabic Translation

Advanced Renamer 3.60 – 08. sep. 2013

• Added new tags , , , for adding audio playtime to filename
• Added new tags , , for adding video playtime to filename ( already existed)
• Fixed mask search when adding files matching a mask

Advanced Renamer 3.59 – 18. aug. 2013

• Fixed bug when changing case of unicode characters
• Fixed error message when reading timestamp from file filename. Message is now displayed in the grid instead of crashing the batch process.
• Added and tags
• “Need help getting startet” button on Folders tab did not follow the checkbox in settings
• Insert tag window showed regular expression help line for \D twice
• It was not possible to delete column sets due to an error
• .webm files are now recognized as video file
• Setting “Use zero padding in inc nr tags” now also affects ID3 Track Tags
• Display hints for all tags accepting parameters
• Date/Time based tags now all take and extra parameter for controlling zero padding, ex or and or

Advanced Renamer 3.58 – 26. june 2013

• Fixed bug in FileContent tag when using specific filename.
• Changed Load/Save presets icons
• Scripting: Default script changed
• Mark/Unmark by pattern, making checkboxes selected/unselected when matching pattern
• Added minimum width to renaming result box
• New tags: and for incrementing hexidecimal and roman numerals

Advanced Renamer 3.57 – 02. may 2013

• Fixed analyze image bug. Images with upper case extension were not analyzed
• Added TVShow Episode Sequence number tag. An episode number representing the number in the series not in the season

Advanced Renamer 3.56 – 07. april 2013

• Optimized scripting speed and memory use
• Won’t analyze files for image data until actually needed. Will improve performance of adding files
• Fixed bug where name collision rule wasn’t showing on low screen resolutions
• Fixed display of ampersand in method descriptions
• Trim non-numeric values from ID3 track numbers
• Improved use of ExifTool when working with many files

Advanced Renamer 3.55 – 26. feb 2013

• TV Show population based on data from tvrage.com
• New TV Show tags: , , , , , , , ,
• Up/down arrows to change visible tag group in New Name method and Insert Tag window
• CSV import functionality
• New Swap Method
• Two new configuration options for JS Script: Tab Indent Size and Scroll Past EOL
• Status bar total number of items now shows how many items are checked

Advanced Renamer 3.54 – 06. dec. 2012

• Command line automation: Mask parameter is no longer case sensitive
• Command line automation: Fixed command line output
• File content tag now fixed to use UTF8 text encoding
• Fixed problems when saving script files containing “; text sequence
• Fixed bug when changing modified timestamp based on dirname pattern

Advanced Renamer 3.53 – 27. sep. 2012

• New checksum tags: , , and
• ApplyTo dropdown in scripting method
• Scripting: Date/Time values of the “item” parameter are now exposed as proper JSDates
• Sorting in console runner with -o switch
• Fixed load previous path bug in folder panel

Advanced Renamer 3.52 – 31. aug. 2012

• Scripting: Fixed app.parseTags() methods. Did not accept upper case and spaces in tags
• Scripting: Changed app.parseTags() to only accept one parameter: the tag
• Scripting: Auto proposal is no longer case sensitive
• Scripting: Changed autoproposal to display top level objects (app and item) when no word at cursor
• Fixed Replace Method and Remove Pattern Method: Case sensitive checkbox worked in reverse
• Slovenian translation
• Default width of method panel is now wider
• Fixed daylight savings miscalculation when reading file times

Advanced Renamer 3.51 – 24. aug. 2012

• Fixed copy and move mode
• Fixed the use of the setting “Show help getting started”
• Fixed miscalculation in RSubStr tag and use of backwards pattern search in methods

Advanced Renamer 3.5 – 20. aug 2012

• Unicode support
• Support for JPEG 2000
• Support for reading EXIF and image dimensions from stereo MPO and JPS images
• Reintroduced up/down buttons for numeric edit boxes
• Fixed file size decimal point bug
• Created Date and Modified Date based tags is now using modified value if used with Timestamp method
• Support for using more than one Timestamp method
• Changed compiler and various libraries
• New method: Script. Can perform advanced actions based on custom JavaScript code.
• Active/Inactive checkboxes on methods
• Integration with the ExifTool executable. Window for displaying ExifTool information and a new tag:
• Added two new command line options: -msk and -r for only performing batch on items matching a specific mask or regular expression
• List method now persists content of new names text field when saved
• Fixed access violation bug in Add Directory window
• Japanese translation
• Explorer right click context menu for both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows
• Folder panel for easy access to adding files and folders (optional)
• New icons in the user interface
• Auto test button is now always pressed when program is started
• Occurence value added to Replace method
• If opening aren.exe with files as parameters and the first is a .aren file, the rest will no longer get ignored
• Batch move and batch copy no longer requires renaming methods
• Option for turning off wildcards (*) in replace method has been removed

Advanced Renamer 3.24 build 2 – 30. apr. 2012

• Slovak translation

Advanced Renamer 3.24 – 15. mar. 2012

• Greek translation
• Made Advanced Renamer more tolerant towards jpg files with malformed exif data
• Extension change warnings does no longer occour on folders
• Fixed odd behavior in recent preset combobox
• Fixed cancel button in loading thumbnails progress window

Advanced Renamer 3.23 – 06. mar. 2012

• GPS Improvements
• New tags: ,
• GPS Accuracy in File information box (if present in selected image file)

Advanced Renamer 3.22 – 12. feb. 2012

• Settings: Add Advanced Renamer program path to Environment Path. For use with the arenc.exe console runner
• Console runner: Added switch (-s) for performing batch on items in subfolders
• Put descriptions in the title area of methods
• Handle negative numbers option added to renumbering method in relative number mode
• List method will no longer produce an error for all the lines when one of the lines contains an invalid tag
• Clean up of handling extension rename

Advanced Renamer 3.21 – 31. jan. 2012

• French translation
• Will now only check for updates once a day
• Fixed: Timestamp method did not consider second value in delta mode
• Fixed: Timestamp method did not load settings from file correctly

Advanced Renamer 3.20 – 17. jan. 2012

• Command line automation
• Video tags: , , , , , , , ,
• Video tags on information pane
• More EXIF image tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
• GPS Tags for geotagged pictures , , , , , , , ,
• Tags for City, Country, and State based on GPS Coordinates
• New method: Trim
• New method: Renumber
• Apply to option added to the New Name Method. ApplyTo Name is now the default
• Randomize Sorting menu item in file list right click menu
• Option for default action when batch is finished can be set up in the Settings window
• Show GPS location and link to google maps when GPS data is available in image file
• Populate list on the List Method now only add the part of the name represented by the ApplyTo drop down box
• Filename showing in the caption of item information box
• Name Collision Rule now saved when saving method list
• Default column widths changed
• More default method list presets
• When using a relative path in move or copy mode the absolute path is calculated based on the existing path
• Setting for hiding Add Method Button Bar
• Will show a better error message when trying to move folders to a different drive
• Fixed: Name collision rule, Append Pattern, didn’t support spaces and uppercase characters
• Fixed: Some tag categories were missing in Insert Tag Frame when using a different language than English
• Fixed: Did not resolve all tags when using replace method with regular expressions
• Fixed: Bug when using invalid tags in replace method
• Fixed: Tag buttons did not always behave as expected
• French and Dutch translation removed due to low coverage

Advanced Renamer 3.15 – 29. oct. 2011

• Chinese translation
• File size tags
• Tags can now be expressed with or without spaces: and yields same result

Advanced Renamer 3.14 – 06. oct. 2011

• Fixed not being able to load preset files containing the Remove Pattern method

Advanced Renamer 3.13 – 25. sep 2011

• New method: Remove pattern
• Apply to option added to the List Method
• After rename a box in the lower right corner will show results and have buttons for re-adding items
• Option “Auto close progress dialog” removed. Will always auto close from now on.
• Preset button available next to folder text box in copy and move mode
• Columns for New filename, New path, New attributes, and New timestamps will become gray when there is no changes to the value represented by the column
• Brazilian Portuguese translation

Advanced Renamer 3.12 – 14. aug. 2011

• Dirname tag now has an optional index parameter for c:\A\B\C\file.txt will yield B
• Name collision rules now apply to all duplicates. Previous the rule was not applied to the first entry in a duplication set
• Renaming sequences like 003, 004, 005 to 001, 002, 003 would fail in previous version
• Add method button now opens popup instead of a new window

Advanced Renamer 3.11 – 19. july 2011

• New Folder button added to select folder dialog for batch modes copy and move
• Fixed incompatibility issues with Windows XP

Advanced Renamer 3.10.00.03 – 9. july. 2011

• Fixed issue when upgrading from 2.x to 3.10

Advanced Renamer 3.10 – 8. july. 2011

• The EXIF value for image date and time can be changed in the settings window. Possible values are date taken, date digitized, and date original
• New setting: Option for not letting unchecked items affect the numbering of Inc Nr tags
• New tag: Word. For selecting an indexed word
• New tag: Img Subsec. Exif value sometimes present when shooting bursts
• New Case method: Upper case by pattern and lower case by pattern, with regular expressions support
• Files with the .aren extension containing configuration can be opened with Advanced Renamer
• .aren files are associated with Advanced Renamer
• Name collision rule: New rule: Append image sub second
• Name collision rule: New rule: Append pattern
• Name collision rule: Separator can be customized
• Name collision rule: Moved from settings window to main window
• Insert tag window updated with more advanced functionality and help for regular expressions ue
• Move, Add, Remove method: Can now also take search strings and regular expressions as input values
• Method Presets are now saved in individual files. Users can save them in a preferred location
• Method captions no longer show a configuration description. With more and more advanced ways of configurating methods the descriptions gets long, complicated, and unreadable
• Fixed: List Method: New Names column did not properly refresh when the Load List or Populate List buttons were used
• Fixed: When a name collision rule resultet in another collision an error would not be raised
• Various tweaks, changes and fixes

Advanced Renamer 3.05 – 19. apr. 2011

• Fixed issues with RSubStr tag
• Fixed problem with renaming image files without Exif information

Advanced Renamer 3.04 – 6. apr. 2011

• Fixed bug when reading numeric values from method files
• RSubStr now behaves a little bit different when count value is larger than the length of the filename
• Remove method did not remove anything when start index was larger then the length of the filename in backwards mode

Advanced Renamer 3.03 – 4. apr. 2011

• Fixed bug when working with folders

Advanced Renamer 3.02 – 3. apr. 2011

• Fixed error in wild card replace
• Updated Finish translation

Advanced Renamer 3.01 – 14. mar. 2011

• Fixed wrong result when using move method in backwards mode
• Fixed a couple of memory leaks
• Fixed a character case bug in Add Method

Advanced Renamer 3.0 – 5. mar. 2011

• New batch modes: Copy and move
• Selective rename
• Set file timestamps from pattern in filename or directory name
• Context menu “Add to Advanced Renamer” in Windows Explorer (32 bit Windows only)
• New tags: Substr and RSubstr
• Save listview to CSV
• Option for auto closing batch progress window when no error occured
• Menu item for removing non ID3 and non image files from the list
• Dragging folders from explorer onto Advanced Renamer will display add choices
• Toolbars can no longer float
• Pattern window can now be resized
• Fixed: F9 hotkey for start batch did not work
• New built in column set called Attributes
• Fixed: Customize columns dialog did not save column widths properly
• Customize columns menu item moved to top of list
• Check for upgrades at startup
• List method no longer yields an error when name list is shorter than file list
• Method list speed optimization
• Optimized performace of adding files
• Optimized undo window performance
• Fixed: did not produce a sufficient error message when using too many files
• Improved performance when testing new names
• Customize columns dialog is now bigger
• Fixed: Tag calcualted wrong by 2
• Undojobs can be deleted from the Undo Batch Window
• Uncheck erroneous files popup menu item in Undo Batch Window
• Sub folders can be added to the folders list when dragging folders into Advanced Renamer or using the explorer context menu
• Fixed: The tag failed for the months 1 trough 9
• A parameter for specifying format can now also be used on , , and tags
• Fixed: Extension and path columns did not sort properly
• Start batch button made larger
• Hotkey for moving items changed from Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down to Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down

Advanced Renamer 2.74 – 23. nov. 2010

• Changed toolbar theme
• Bug fix: Sorting with numbers failed with big numbers
• Visual update of progress dialogs
• New method list: Weboptimized filename
• New predefined pattern templates

Advanced Renamer 2.73 – 9. oct. 2010

• List Method: Populate text box with file names from the list
• When recieving and error while adding items to the list a message will tell which items could not be added
• Bugfix: Typing a < in List Method resulted in a crash

Advanced Renamer 2.72 – 28. aug. 2010

• Bitrate tag
• Support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
• Support for Windows Media Audio (WMA)
• Support for Advanced Audio Codec (AAC)
• Tag button next to edit fields supporting tags
• Extension column
• Insert tag window: Help button was not working properly
• Insert tag window: Not all the components of the window was translated
• Bugfix: Delete method button on method pane did not result in file list refresh
• Other minor fixes

Advanced Renamer 2.7 – 11. july 2010

• Customizable name collision rule – either fail or append number
• Not all settings were reverted to default when using the revert to defaults button in the settings window
• Better support for thumbnail view
• To improve performance FileInfoBox only show thumbnails instead of loading the complete image
• Memory enhancement when working with thumbnails
• Default thumbnail size changed to 120×120
• Icon for toggle thumbnail display menu item
• Toggle listview view style (Details, Large icons, Small icons, and List)

Advanced Renamer 2.67 – 08. june 2010

• Fixed problem when using alot of methods. Not all methods were visible in the panel. Now all method panels have fixed height
• Minor graphical tweaks of method panels
• Updated spanish translation
• Now uses correct icon for About box in the main menu

Advanced Renamer 2.66 – 14. may 2010

• Customize columns button above list of files/folders

Advanced Renamer 2.65 – 31. mar. 2010

• Added support for regular expressions in replace method using pcrelib
• Natural sort when sorting text columns. Instead of sorting 1, 10, 4 it sorts 1, 4, 10
• Russian translation
• Finnish translation
• Made the editboxes in the replace method enlarge to the width of the box when resized

Advanced Renamer 2.62 – 10. feb. 2010

• Possible to turn off leading zeros in IncNr and IncNrDir
• Fixed bug with IncNrDir. Same value was used for all entries in the list
• Fixed bug with movement in the list

Advanced Renamer 2.61 – 31. jan. 2010

• Fixed error when using several tags after each other

Advanced Renamer 2.6 – 24. jan. 2010

• Compatible with Windows 7
• Layout enhancements
• Move method
• Add Batch Method box below the batch methods for easy add of methods
• Individual delete method button on each method panel
• New icon (thanks goes to Luigi who contributed the icon)
• Italian translation
• Spanish translation
• is now zero-padded
• Stepping in . Format is now ex
• Clean up and optimization of use of tags
• Fixed tag. Calculated numbers for folders incorrectly
• Hotkey for refresh and for start batch

Advanced Renamer 2.57 – 22. okt. 2008

• EXIF Column Date Taken added
• Extra optional parameter for the tag do indicate the stepping. will produce the numbers 3, 5, 7, 9
• New way to force zero-padding in . will produce the numbes 0004, 0005, 0006
• When image files are shown in the file info box and the picture is clicked, the image is opened
• Added information dialog box when the batch has ended
• Option for hiding the “Need help getting started” button on startup
• Both and will now work
• Fixed: It was not possible to use the tag more than once in the Add method

Advanced Renamer 2.56 – 5. august 2008

• When importing lists a message telling how many files which could not be added is shown if any fails to be added.
• Fixed: Unpredictable behaviour when importing lists with relative file names.
• Fixed: Column sorting did not work properly.

Advanced Renamer 2.55 – 22. july 2008

• Swedish translation
• New column in file mode for date picture taken
• Fixed: Problem with EXIF dates

Advanced Renamer 2.54 – 29. june 2008

• Polish translation
• French translation
• New tag:
• Fixed: Unpredictable results when using multiple times in the same name
• Fixed: Setting timestamps on folders did not work
• Fixed: When settings absolute time, it did not use the local time zone

Advanced Renamer 2.53 – 28. may 2008

• Fixed bug ‘List index out of bounds (0)’ when stating batch renaming while files were selected in the list

Advanced Renamer 2.52 – 8. may 2008

• New languages: Dutch and German
• Add multiple folders at once
• Settings folder kan be changed to the program folder. This makes the program portable
• Added help icons in various windows and in method panes
• Added a get Help getting started button in the list when there are no files in the list
• Import / Export of methods presets
• Support for ID3v2.4
• Fixed error when deleting method in load method window and no method were selected
• Size of the left pane was not remembered when the program was restarted
• Enlarged several buttons and other controls to better fit other languages
• Fixed messagebox when clearing all methods
• Advanced Renamer could not save the settings for the Timestamp method correctly
• Fixed DateTimePictureTaken defaulting to bogus dates when no date were found
• Fixed time zone problem with EXIF DateTimePictureTaken
• Fixed bug when replacing text with wildcards – only the first wildcard match was replaced
• Various minor bugs fixed
• Multiload of methods presets
• Methodsettings is no longer saved localized.

Advanced Renamer 2.51 – 6. feb 2008

• New tag: for random number

Advanced Renamer 2.5 – 3. feb 2008

• Changed name to Advanced Renamer
• Support for Windows Vista
• Multi language support (english, danish and turkish)
• Online help system
• User interface tuch up
• Wildcard (*) support in replace method
• Easier access to actionlists.
• Column Name is now called Filename and Foldername and the content includes both name and extension
• Will not change the file extension without asking
• Possible to undo the last 150 batches even after Advanced Renamer has been restarted
• BUG FIXED: Moving of items in the list were buggy
• Column AutoWidth
• Improved method list with better desciptions of what the methods do
• Option to use EXIF to find width and height of images
• New tags: , and date-time based on EXIF information

ARen 2.01 – 28. july 2006

• BUG FIXED: Some times context menu item did not open all files when ARen wasn’t open

ARen 2.0 Final – 16. august 2005

• BUG FIXED: Context menu items did not work properly
• Thumbnail view for renaming pictures
• Open folder from FileInfoBox
• Replace more phrases at once in replace method by seperating with \
• Timestamp method has been added
• Quickload columnsets in column popup
• New columns: Accessed, New Created, New Modified, New Accessed
• Check for new version
• Menu item for removing all files with errors
• Turn grid on/off in settings
• more XPish look
• New color for method header
• Layout enhancements
• Accessed date in FileInfoBox
• Some columns has changed name
• New methods will now be inserted after selected method instead of before
• IncNr speed increase
• Default column sort order: Directory is now last an newname is 3rd
• Confirmation on Clear method list

ARen 2.0 beta 2 – 27. august 2004

• Bug: Zeropadding error with
• New explorer context menu item. It also works with folders now

ARen 2.0 beta 1 – 6. august 2004

• BUG: That anoying combobox bug in the progress dialog
• BUG: If text ends with a space it does not get saved in the INI files
• BUG: No delete button in Paterns Dialog
• Brand new renaming engine
• Advanced renaming system with support for multiple renaming methods at the same time
• ErrorCode 103 will no longer occour (if it do, please let me know)
• Move files in the list by a Move to Top and Move to Bottom method
• List -> LoadList now appends to the list instead of replacing it
• Removed CTRL+UP/DOWN keys. They are for multiselecting. Now uses CTRL+SHIFT+UP/DOWN instead
• You can no no longer use TAGs in New Case method
• Only updates the renaming progressbar once per method
• Removed support for older versions (all prior to 2.0)
• Does no longer insert hidden or system files when inserting a directory
• Saves data in \AppData
• Uses a new manual system
• CTRL+A in the list selects all items

ARen 1.1 – 27. june 2003

• Tags: Use <> instead of [] in tags
• Tags: renamed to to avoid misunderstandings
• Tags: Tag
• Tags: Tag
• Tags: Tag
• Tags: Date/Time Created Tags
• Tags: Date/Time Modified Tags
• Tags: Tag – Incrementing letters
• Tags: Tag – Incrementing numbers per dir
• Tags: Possible to use tags in other methods than New Name
• Tags: InsertTag Window added
• Columns: Date removed and replaced with FileModifiedDate and FileCreatedDate
• Columns: Filename renamed to Name
• Columns: ColumnWidth in Column Settings Dialog
• FileInfoBox: Created Date and Modified Data instead of Date
• FileInfobox: Now uses cached information gathered at last refresh or when the items where added to gain more speed
• New Name Method: The buttons has been replaced by hyperlinks
• Layout/Design update
• NewAttrib is now empty when not using the Attributes Method and NewName is now empty when using Attributes Method
• Undo function rewritten
• If you click Cancel while adding files, the files that have already been added will now be removed
• Settings: Button for changing to default settings
• Renaming of folders
• It is now possible to add “Add Files to ARen” to the Explorer context popup menu (the default is off)
• Bug Fix: It was only possible to change case in the New Case Method
• Bug Fix: An Access Violation occured when clicking OK in the Customize Columns Dialog when there were no files in the list
• Bug Fix: DateTime columns did only sort by date and not time
• Bug Fix: The Mask box in the Add Directory Dialog for files did not work properly
• Bug Fix: Settings dialog saved new changes even though Cancel was pressed

ARen 1.06b – 16. marts 2003

• Bug fix – ID3 TAG was not showing in the FileInfo Box

ARen 1.06 – 15. marts 2003

• Speed Improvements
• List improvements. File information is now loaded when they are added instead of at renaming
• New Add Directory Dialog with mask selection
• Remembers the directory in the Add File and Add Directory Dialogs
• Uses INI files instead of registry to save data
• New ID3v1 Engine
• ID3v2 Support
• More columns in the list (Image Dimensions, ID3 Tag, Attributes)
• It is now possible to manage what columns that should be shown in the list.
• New method for changing attributes on files
• [DirName] TAG added to New Name Method
• New HotKeys: CTRL+Up and CTRL+Down will move selected files either up or down
• Leading zeros in [ID3 Track]
• Added Invert command to New Case Method
• More advanced use of Replace Method : Replace more words at once
• Settings Dialog
• FileInfo added
• New error code 112 for when ID3 Tag is not found
• Confirmation box when there are files in the list and ARen is closed
• Add files again after renaming
• Toolbar can float and change docks
• Progress Dialog when adding files will always show
• Internal user guide
• More details in user guide
• HotKeys list in help menu
• Different page in user guide based on the active control
• DblClick in Paterns Dialog act like the OK Button
• Delete in right click menu in Paterns Dialog
• Some better looking windows
• New PreRenaming dialog with more information
• Possible to change what charector, unsupported charectors in ID3 tags, should be replaced with
• Other minor visual adjustments and bug fixes

ARen 1.05b – 20 nov 2002

• Bug fix – CaseMethod -> LowerCase and UpperCase first letter in every word didn’t work

ARen 1.05 – 22 okt 2002

• Bug fix
• Changed the interface. Made it easier to use
• Hotkey for refresh (F5)
• Image Width/Height in New Name Method
• Replace Method
• UpperCase/LowerCase first letter in every word with Case Method
• Add Method
• Patern List in NewName Method
• More info in the help file
• Uninstall in start menu group
• Possible to undo a renaming action

ARen 1.04 – 16/06-2002

• Add directory including subdirectories
• “Case Methos” improvements
• New About Box
• Items with errorcode above 100 is now painted red
• Posible to stop when adding ALOT of files
• Add files with start parameters
• “Save List”, “Load List”, “Clear List” and “Refresh” buttons in popupmenu
• Icons in popupmenu
• Bug fix and other improvements

ARen 1.03b – 02/05-2002

• The problem with disappering icons on Win9x should be gone now

ARen 1.03 – 14/04-2002

• Bug fix
• Properties dialog
• Open file
• NewStyle hint removed again (it sux)
• Pagename added to the extended titlebar
• [IncNr] now includes a start parameter
• [ID3 Track] and [ID3 Year] added
• Tags for ID3 has been renamed
• ID3v1.1 tag renaming now works ( wiii )
• Tag validation
• Remove Method without extension
• Backwards Remove Method
• Remembers more settings

ARen 1.02 – 07/01-2002

• Bug fix
• “List” method updated
• Help file updated

ARen 1.01 – Dec. 6, 2001

• Bug fix
• Sort by date
• Higher perfomance
• Grid
• New hint layout

ARen 1.0 Final – Nov. 3,2001

• The left bar has changed due to incompatible components. Cannot be moved anymore either
• You can now sort and move items
• Icons now looks better
• Date added in the list

ARen 1.0 Beta 4 – Aug. 1, 2001

• Now shows the new filename and if the file can be renamed before renaming
• Changed some stuff in the statusbar
• Now you cannot add a file more than once
• Files added and removed faster
• Renaming made faster
• Renaming progress box changed
• Files removed from list when renamed
• Some code clearning and a some minor bugs fixed

ARen 1.0 Beta 3 – July 29, 2001

• Fixed some window size errors
• “Remove chars” method
• “List” method
• Added shortcuts. to remove files and to insert files. (DUH!)

ARen 1.0 Beta 2 – June 23, 2001

• MP3 ID3v1Tag Rename with Title, Artist, Album and Genre
• LowerCase first letter

ARen 1.0 Beta 1 – June 15, 2001

• The program is finished (first release)