When comparing Directory Report vs Rename-It!, the Slant community recommends Rename-It! for most people. In the question“What are the best bulk rename tools for Windows?” Rename-It! is ranked 7th while Directory Report is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Rename-It! is:
It can rename thousands of files in seconds and does it in a single transaction so that if anything fails it renames nothing at all.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Offers good options for quickly dealing with duplicates
Once duplicates are found you can choose to select certain files based on criteria like when was it created, when was it last modified, size, folders they're in or if the folders they're in contain a particular string.
Pro Reasonable rules for finding both duplicate files and folders
The program can find duplicate files based on any combination of size, name, CRC. It can also compare files byte by byte. Also, it can compare folders (with or without subfolders) based on any combination of size, name, CRC as well as file count.
Pro Gives a clear overview of found duplicates
It shows duplicate items grouped with every second group highlighted.
Pro Really fast and safe renaming
It can rename thousands of files in seconds and does it in a single transaction so that if anything fails it renames nothing at all.
Pro Can rename the full path
You can change file's directory or rename the full path to the file.
Pro Open source
Pro Can create numbered series
You can ask it to rename so it's Image001, Image002, etc.
Pro Supports regular expressions
Additional to wildcards, and string replacements, it can use RegExp.
Pro Incorporates in the Explorer context menu
Pro Detects cycles and handles them
If you rename A -> B and B -> A (or any cycle), it'll automatically do A -> T, B -> A, T->A.
Pro Command-line arguments
You can create a script invoking Rename-It! from the CLI with some arguments so it performs the renaming and returns the correct exit code.
Pro Can use audio file ID3 tag info
Cons
Con Dated
Quite dated - last release or code update at least two years old.