Elements 10 Organizer Rename Function Not Working Fully

Question

Hi Forum
Have just upgraded from Elements 9 to Elements 10 and used the File -> Rename function to rename 3000 files with a new Base name beginning 'Base' the process reported it had completed and did not provide any additional messages - but checking the result not all files were renamed and a large number were left behind with the original Base name. Any suggestions?
Regards
David

Answer 1

Donkey2303 wrote:
Hi Jon
Lastly the function 'Export' which solves the Rename issue but does not export Album tags which are themselves Key Word Tags as I used the Key Word tags to create the Albums is sloppy from a programming point of view. The first two issues were present in PSE 9 and I was sort of hoping they would have been fixed by now in PSE 10 and they are not. David
There is no such thing as 'album tags'.
Tags are keywords attached to a file to enable easier search. You know that tags can be read by many softwares including Windows explorer. That is, provided the tags are not only kept in the database, but also written to the files, which you can do if you want from the Organizer.
To give you another explanation about albums (also called collections) than the one in the Organizer help, I'll simply define an album as a list of files in a given order. There are many way to implement albums in various softwares created around a database like the Organizer, Lightroom, Aperture and a lot of others. Each one is a particular feature of the database to keep the lists and orders. The general rule is that albums can't be read by other software, with the exception of Lightroom with Elements catalogs (from Adobe, based on the same sqlite database). You can't either store the information about what you call 'album tags' in each individual file : there is already no clear standard in the way metadata like tags or captions are kept in a file.
So, there is no bug nor issues in the Organizer or in any other software because albums can't be saved within the files.
But...
There is a workaround suggested in the prior posts.
To say which files are in an album, you only have to use a standard keyword, for instance say you want a 'Christmas' album, you create a standard keyword : 'isinachristmasalbum' and assign it to each member of the album.
When you retrieve the exported files by reimporting them, the tag will enable you to select all the files of the album and enter them in a a new album.
The missing part of the album, the order of the files will be lost.
But...
If you have renamed the files of the album with the starting text + order number, the information will be stored in the file names themselves!
By the way, if your concern is not about file order, but files count, I don't think albums are the right tool for you.