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Establishing Proper-Case filenames

If I have a file named 'This Is A File.TXT', how can I rename it in Windows 10 using CMD so that the case changes?

I use Excel on a few-thousand files and generate a CMD script. But the Case of the filename doesn't change.

I've even tried to rename it to 'SS This is a File.txt' (which works), but when I rename it from this to 'This is a File.txt', it reverts to the capitalised filename.

Solution 
  • @ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "targetdir=C:\destdir"

SET "fromname=This Is A File.TXT"
SET "toname=This is a File.txt"

COPY NUL "%targetdir%\%fromname%"
DIR "%targetdir%\this*"

REN "%targetdir%\%fromname%" "%toname%"

DIR "%targetdir%\this*"

GOTO :EOF

    produced

    Volume in drive C has no label.
    Volume Serial Number is 830B-46FA

    Directory of C:\destdir

    15/04/2017 12:45 0 This Is A File.TXT
    1 File(s) 0 bytes
    0 Dir(s) 82,069,901,312 bytes free
    Volume in drive C has no label.
    Volume Serial Number is 830B-46FA

    Directory of C:\destdir

    15/04/2017 12:45 0 This is a File.txt
    1 File(s) 0 bytes
    0 Dir(s) 82,069,901,312 bytes free

    for me, both on an NTFS and a USB drive, so it seems to work.