Batch Rename Images

I'm trying out PSE11 at the moment and it does look and feel nice. I have my photos in various folders followed by a folder named as the year so i have everything in years.
Example :- Photos_2010
                      01_01_10
                      02_01_10 etc.
When i import the photos into the organizer i want to rename the photos to something like Photo0001 and 02 etc. (25 images in the first folder)
When i then import photos from the 02_01_10 folder i want that to start at the next number (Photo0026, 27 etc.
How do i go about naming them as Photo as it puts a - after the name, all i want is Photo00001 etc. and how do i get the number count to increment from the last number - Is this possible ?
Thanks,
Mark

It does exactly what i need but when i import from a folder after they are named accordingly it doesn't show the Year 2010 as the top folder - Example
Top folder 2010_Photos Sub Folder 06_03_2010 Under My Folders on the left hand side it only shows 06_03_2010
How do get it to display 2010_Photos with 06_03_10 underneath.
Also when i preview the thumbnails they are not displayed in file name order. It starts with Photo0035, 36 etc. at the top - I want it to start with Photo0001,0002 etc. If it's displayed in order it's easier to see what the next starting number will be when i run Process Multiple Files for another folder.

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