Vbscript to rename files with date

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Video Walkthrough: Try using the code in order to make sure you understand. So this tutorial is about copying, moving, and renaming files and folders using VbScript. PowerShell on TechCommunity. December 9th, How can I map drives in a logon script based on a security group each user belong to? Considering the fact that this question has ScriptingGuy1 December 10, Is there a way for me to log on to a computer using a regular user account, but then run a script as a domain administrator?

ScriptingGuy1 December 13, NET Core. You can then Google vbscript file wildcards to learn how to do partial matches on filenames. It's not clear to me what your desired result is. Do you want to rename the files to the exact names from your renameFile variables removing the date from the filename? Why do you want to rename them in the first place? KenWhite Thank you for the help, it worked! Much appreciated. AnsgarWiechers I just needed the files to be renamed with the names in the renameFile because each month when these files are generated I will run the script to do the renaming which will allow the macro to work correctly because the filename is an exact match.

Then, as Ken mentioned, all you need to do is remove the Exit For , so that your loop won't terminate after the first file. There are more elegant approaches, though, see my answer below. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Files For Each m In re. Execute f. Name f. Ansgar Wiechers Ansgar Wiechers k 23 23 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

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