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Always On Top
This will keep the Rename Utility window on top of all other windows.
Favourites > Save On Exit
This will save any changes to the current Favourite whenever you exit the application.
Favourites > Store Pathname
If you store the pathname with a Favourite, when you choose the Favourite the saved path is also selected. If you un-tick this option, selecting a new Favourite will leave you in the current folder.
Display > Gridlines
Some people like gridlines, others don't. You decide!
Display >Icons
Choosing to not display icons can sometimes speed up long file-listings
Display > Highlight Active Criteria
With this option ticked, whenever you make a change to one of the "criteria groupings" (e.g. Additions, Removals) that will have an effect on the filenames, the heading for that grouping will be highlighted. This allows you to quickly identify which of the groupings is having an effect on your filename. An example is shown below, where there is an active criteria in place - the heading is now yellow:
Of course, you can quickly press the "R" icon to reset the criteria for that grouping.
Display >Warning Message
This allows you to control whether or not you are warned prior to renaming files. Useful until you are confident with the software.
Display >Confirmation Message
Control whether or not you receive a confirmation message after the renaming is complete.
Colours > New Name OK...
This allows you to choose the colour used to display the new filename, if the new filename is acceptable to Windows. This means that it does not contain illegal characters.
Colours > New Name Invalid...
This allows you to choose the colour used to display the new filename, if the new filename is not acceptable to Windows. This means that it contains illegal characters such as \ or ?. The list of illegal characters is displayed if you attempt to rename the files.
Colours > Active Criteria...
This allows you to choose the colour used to highlight the active criteria. This is only applicable if you have opted to highlight active criteria on the Options > Display menu. Please note that any changes made to this option will not take effect until you restart the application.
Full Row Select
With this option ticked, when you select a file/folder the entire row will be highlighted. Without it ticked, only the first column will be highlighted. Note that files which will be renamed are highlighted in red text (right-hand column), but this is only possible when you don't select the Full Row Select option.
XP-Style Sorting
This option allows you to sort filenames according to the default XP sort-sequence. This allows files containing numbers to be sorted logically, e.g.1.txt, 2.txt, 10.txt, 11.txt, 21.txt. The default sort-sequence for all operating systems other than XP is to use absolute sorting, e.g. 1.txt, 10.txt, 11.txt, 2.txt, 21.txt. This option is only available for users of Windows XP - users of the non-XP version will not see this option.
Overwrite Target Files
With this option selected, if the destination filename for a rename operation already exists, that file will be overwritten. So for example, if you had files called a.txt, b.txt and c.txt, and your renaming-criteria caused file a.txt to become c.txt, file c.txt will be overwritten. As such, you need to use this option with extreme caution - if you enter incorrect renaming criteria then you could destroy valuable files very easily!
This option is honoured if you choose to copy files to a new location (box 12 on the screen).
Auto-Select Entries
With this option selected, when the list of files/folders is built, the files/folders will be selected automatically. This means you do not have to manually select entries in order to rename them.
Ignore Folder Extensions
With this option selected, any "extensions" within folder names will be ignored - this is because extensions have no real meaning, unlike filename extensions which identify the file type. So for example, if you have a folder called "Holidays.2004". and you choose to remove the last 2 characters, the resulting folder name will be "Holidays.20" or "Holida.2004", depending upon the status of this option.