Rename files recursively

Hi Expert,
I am having a hard time renaming files within subfolders, i have this script:
Get-ChildItem  -Recurse | where {$_.name -match "^(_2014-|2014-)"} | % { rename-item $_ "_000000$($_.name)"}
it does rename the files on the current folder but in the subfolders keeps throwing this error;
Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at filename  does not exist. much appreciated
Regards

I have upgarde to powershell 4 but none of the scripts works,
1-  the first script there were no error msgs,  i had executed the script as it is just changed the path of the folder, 
Set-Location -Path "C:\test"
2- Rename-Item : Illegal characters in path.
At C:\rename1\test.ps1:3 char:9
+         Rename-Item $_.Fullname ('{0}\"_000000{1}' -f $_.Directory.Fullname,$_.n ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Rename-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemComman
Rename-Item : Illegal characters in path.
At C:\rename1\test.ps1:3 char:9
+         Rename-Item $_.Fullname ('{0}\"_000000{1}' -f $_.Directory.Fullname,$_.n ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Rename-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemComman

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    After doing some research I now know by fact that it's (kind of) possible to rename files from UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems to those compliant with Windows by using something called file name character translation. To some level this is essential and
    necessary for Windows interoperability with other operating systems (Windows is not the only operating system in the world). But this seems to be very complicated and I can't get my head around it. My brain is in overload. I don't know where to start.
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    Then there's the Microsoft Knowledge Base article
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    they are used to it by now. (Yes, the characters! They don't mind.)
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    Well, of course, I don't have Server for NFS. So this is a dead end. Well, actually, it was a dead end from the beginning...
    1. First of all, I'm not working with a network share on a NAS or SAN storage. The files are on the local disk drive where Windows is installed, so that's a DAS for you.
    2. I don't have SFU! Well obviously, I'm on Windows Vista! So that means SUA!
    3. SUA are service components only. No server components. Can you guess what that means? Yeah... no "Server for NFS" since it's a server component.
    4. Windows Vista is a client side operating system! Server for NFS is only offered for use with Windows Server systems.
    5. Back to square one!
    So there you have it. They all lived happy for the rest of their lives...
    I'm stuck here. Can someone tell me what to do? I mean beyond the obvious option to use Linux to fixa a Windows problem? The NTFS file system itself supports colons in file names. It's Windows that doesn't, and so by default it proclaims it invalid character.
    Surely, even a Windows client operating system like Windows Vista should be able to allow the user to at least rename files with invalid characters to something more sensible (from the system point of view) and valid, if not being able to open them as they
    are. Just add some crazy voodoo code to it and it will work. If you can make it possible on Windows Server with UNIX user-mode subsystem on NT kernel, then what's stopping you from giving the Windows client system the same benefit?
    So what now? Purchase a Windows Server 2012 R2 license, copy my invalid files to a NAS share with NFS on a UNIX or Linux system, and have a go at the Windows registry and Server for NFS? Yeah... you're right, it's probably a bit over the top...
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