P: Batch renaming has stopped working in LC 10.3

[Andy Jazz]

Hi everyone.

Has anyone else encountered this problem. I can rename a single file, but not a batch rename of 726 files anymore.

When I export to jpegs the rename function works fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Andy.

[johnrellis]

Moderators: Please merge this with:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-batch-renaming-has-stopped-working-in-lc-10-...

[Moments in DIgital]

I've upgraded to 10.4 and the issue is still not resolved. Anyone from Adobe want to chime in here? This is a major workflow feature that I rely upon heavily.

[babyjone]

Following this thread. This BUG has been a HUGE issue for me all year.

[elfelm]

Huge problem for me.  replying to follow.  

[Andy Jazz]

I am now just using 10.1.1 Which renames files ok

[elfelm]

rolled back to 10.1.1 and was able to rename... but GRRRR  plugins and custom export presets all gone.  

[sebrown3]

The exact same thing is happening to me. I can only rename 1 photo at a time through lightroom; not even 2! I can rename all of them upon export just fine, but the Batch Renaming feature isn't working. Glad it isn't just me! 

[mwfn]

I called Adobe support and after some digging they confirmed that this is a bug. No promises as to when this would be fixed. I also noticed, that while I could not correctly batch rename files on my laptop, it worked fine on my main workstation after importing the library. 

[LSDLLC]

Just encountered this myself yesterday. Frustrating. Good to know that it is a known bug, but wow Adobe really needs to fix it!

[Focalguy]

I have experienced the same issue when tryng to batch rename a folder of raw and tiff files.  I was forced to do the batch rename in Bridge which is not my workflow.  However optimizing the catalog seemed to fix this issue.

[Andy Jazz]

Bridge sounds like a good work around for now. Optimizing the catalog didn't work for me unfortunatly...

[elfelm]

UPDATE:  I rolled back and successfully did the rename.  Then - I upgraded LR back to latest release and still have rename working. 

[inspirephotonz]

Maybe export the folder as a new LRCAT. Seemed to work for me.

[RichieP123]

Having the same issue rn. Just removed and re-imported all of the images and it's working again. 

[brunor6467551]

Boa tarde. Estou com o seguinte problema:

Trabalho com casamentos e importo arquivos de câmeras diferentes. Depois de sincronizar os arquivos (ajustando o horário das câmeras) eu renomeio todos antes de começar a editar.

Exemplo: João-e-Maria

Depois de finalizar a edição, eu renomeio novamente pois algumas vezes acontece de excluir algumas fotos durante este processo. Então renomeio para os números dos arquivos ficarem sequenciais.

Mas para já evitar algum problema, eu mudo o nome de todos. Exemplo: Casamento-João-e-Maria

Acontece que em um catálogo que estou editando, ao renomar novamente, apenas cerca de 70% dos arquivos mudararam para o nome correto. O restante ficou com o antigo.

E o mais estranho: aconteceu aleatoriamente. Arquivos da mesma pasta, estão com nomes diferentes mesmo sendo sequenciais.

Exemplo: Os 10 primeiros arquivos, o 3º e o 9º ficaram com o nome antigo. E a confusão segue em todo o catálogo.

Se eu alterar manualmente o nome destes arquivos que não mudaram, um por um, eles mudam. Mas a ideia é fazer em lote (pois são 1000 arquivos aproximadamente).

O que pode estar acontecendo? Alguém já passou por algo parecido?

[brunor6467551]

Good afternoon. I have the following problem:

I work with weddings and import files from different cameras. After syncing the files (adjusting the cameras time) I rename them all before starting to edit.
Example: João-and-Maria

After finishing editing, I rename again because sometimes I have to delete some photos during this process. Then I rename again.

But to avoid any problems, I change everyone's name. Example: Marriage-João-and-Maria

It turns out that in a catalog I'm editing, when renaming again, only about 70% of the files changed to the correct name. The rest got the old one.
And the strangest thing: it happened randomly. Files in the same folder are named differently even if they are sequential.

Example: The first 10 files, the 3rd and the 9th got the old name. And confusion continues throughout the catalog.

If I manually rename these files that haven't changed, one by one, they change. But the idea is to do it in batch (since there are 1000 files approximately).

What could be happening? Has anyone been through something like that?

[themissinglinka]

I am having the exact same issue and it is literally making my life very very difficult right now.

[GoldingD]

Are any of those ones that do not renamed, virtual copy's?

[johnrellis]

Many others have reported problems with batch renaming in recent versions of LR. Some have reported that rolling back to LR 10.1.1 avoids the bug.

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography : Please merge with the existing Bug:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-batch-renaming-has-stopped-working-in-lc-10-...

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Could possibly related to this issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-batch-renaming-has-stopped-working-in-lc-10-... 

[defaultcg7mi09m7j5p]

Same here, cannot batch rename, but only happens in folders with more than 100 images (so far).
Thanks

[marceauphotography]

So I have found a way around this glitch and not sure why it works.

I import all my files, either edit and work on them or do this next step then edit them.

Simply Export as original or .dng or .tif or or .jpg in super high res. Then Re-Import those files and then you can batch re-name as usual, seems to be working for me.

[Matt Pereira]

I am glad i'm not the only one having problems here - but what a completely appalling situation. This is creating so much stress for me ... just fix the bug already !!

[Matt Pereira]

Something which has worked for me - export as Catalog, and then rename - seemed to work ...