Trouble renaming files/folders in Windows 7

We have a client who is experiencing the following problem. We have witnessed it ourselves but have yet to find a solution. It is happening to more than one user at the same location. The files in question are stored on a network share from a Windows 2012
R2 server. Any ideas? Thanks
When I am renaming a file in Windows Explorer and use the mouse to select a part of the current file name, Windows frequently will force a selection of the entire current file name rather than the part of the name I am trying to select.
When this occurs, I have to deselect the entire filename and try to select the segment of the filename I am trying to copy once again. Worse yet - it is not a consistent behavior, but when it does occur it typically takes 3 attempts before it will actually
let you select the segment you are after without selecting the rest of the name on you once again.
Even worse still, is that a similar behavior emerges when trying to select a part of a file that you want to either delete, or replace with text that is currently in the clipboard. You select the segment you mean to replace, and (6 times out of 10 I'd average)
the entire filename selects itself at the very instant you hit delete (or paste). This deletes the entire filename, rather than the portion you intended (or replaces it with your clipboard content, depending on if you hit delete or CTRL-V).

If you are running 11.0.0, there is a chance that updates to 11.0.2 will resolve your issue. As mentioned, the information we get from your post is not enough to say much more. The versions are useful and what you mean when you say it stopped working. That could mean so many things to us, we have no clue what might be the issue. In the meantime, try the updates if you have not done them. You might also go to Help>Repair (or Start>Control Panel>Programs & Preferences and do a repair from there.

Similar Messages

Renaming files/folders on desktop: weird.

Hi
Since I have OSX Lion, and I want to rename files/folders on my desktop nothing happens.
Or at least not what is suppose to happen. Pressing enter in a finder window works perfect, like always.
But when I hit enter on a file or folder on my desktop it go's blank.
I can't see what i'm doing, but the name will change if I typ a new one. Quit confusing and realy difficult to work with. Any idea's how to fix this?

This has been driving me nuts but I accidentally found the cause...but not the solution. It is a Lion thing as spaces did not have this issue.
I am assuming you are using multiple screens (mission control, formerly spaces). If you go to screen 1 and try to rename the file you CAN see the name as you rename it. If you go to any other screen and try to rename it you get the blank space.
In my case I never rename files on my main screen. I always rename them on which ever screen I am working (word is screen 5, so docx saved to the desktop are renamed on screen 5).

Cannot rename files, folders and drives

tried to GRAB the error message, and it's hanged when I tried to save the image.....
There are problems on rename files, folders and drives, also have problem to delete things....
what can I do.....!!!!

Ok, finally i just reboot the machine and it is fine now.
I guess there are some bugs related to the user permissions...
Indeed, I encountered a few bugs and they were fixed by rebooting the machine.
More details: I am using a early 2008 version mac pro with mountain lion and upgrade os to mavericks last nite.
At first, it cannot connect to my wifi network, it kept asking me to enter password for my network but kept saying it s failed. After trial to fix it by a few methods which were failed, i gave up and reboot, and vala~ It worked again..
Then i tried to rename my system drive as it was named "mountain lion", and i just want to rename it to "mavericks", error popped out, and i found that i cant rename folders or files, or put them in trash.... Again, it worked again after reboot!!!!
Guys, for those who wannna upgrade to mavericks now, better wait for a few more weeks till some update come up n fix those issues....

What is the name of the process that renames File & Folders? To fix name entry problem?

What mac linux process found in the Activity Monitor renames files and folders? My mac is slow under mac osx 10.7.5 and nearly unusable to name files and folders since as you name them it will jump the cursor and highlight causing the name I put in to disappear. I hate this so much I'm looking at a windows box! So what process can I raise priority of to help with this severe problem?

aaron-
Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 7 (assumed 64 bit)
Have you updated 12 to the 12.1 Update using an opened project's Help Menu/Update? If not, please do so.
If you are referring to that red stem with the blue head at the Timeline level in the Expert workspace, that is indeed the Timeline Indicator (also referred to as CTI).
To be ruled in or out at the onset...whether or not you see an orange line over the Timeline content that you are attempting to preview?
If you (manually) or the project (automatically) have set the correct project preset, there should be no colored line
of the source video when it is first dragged to the Timeline. That is the program telling you that you are getting
the best possible preview. If orange, you are not and need to "Render" the Timeline content to get the best possible preview.
Does this "Timeline Rendering" factor apply to your situation?
If you are getting the best possible preview, we still need to know the properties of your source media ---
video compression
audio compression
frame size
frame rate
interlaced or progressive
pixel aspect ratio
Often the above can be gathered from knowing brand/model/settings for the camera that recorded the video.
Also are you observing this behavior if you start a new project or use different source media, such as, stills or videos
recorded with a different format?
Let us start here and then decide what next.
Thank you.
ATR

Cannot Rename files & folders

Starting a few minutes ago, I cannot edit file or folder names with key strokes. I repaired permissions and restarted. No joy. Verify HD test results are OK.
Keyboard works fine in text and graphic aps (eg I am keying this message). Strangely, I can copy text from other sources (with cmd C or with menu/mouse) and paste it into file name using Mouse drag>Edit>Paste command. Paste with key command (Cmd V) does not edit highlighted filename text. Delete key does not delete highlighted filename text.
Related issue, Cmd I no longer opens a Get Info window. Mouse drag File>Get Info does open an Info window. Files and folders have read/write permission.
I tried the usual file name edit options:
1. Desktop icons: click/hold file name to enter text edit mode. text box activates. Key in new text. Keystrokes do not affect the text in the file name. Key cmd C,X,V do not affect highlighted text. Menu command for paste does
2. Column view in finder window (applies to files in any column): click/hold file name to enter text edit mode. Drag to highlight exist text. keystrokes do not affect file name text.
3. Select file and Get Info. Highlight file name. Keystrokes do not edit the text.
Any ideas?
-B
Message was edited by: Benson Shaw

try resetting your finder preferences. delete the file homedirectory/library/preferences/com.apple.finder.plist. then control-option-click on Finder in the dock and choose "relaunch".

Having trouble renaming files - focus is lost before i finish typing

Its a little difficult to explain but when i select a file and press Enter to rename it (or click on the filename again) the filename becomes editable.
I begin typing the new filename and sometimes (often) its as if i had pressed Enter again to finish renaming the file - but i hadnt.
This can be very frustrating because i dont always notice and weird things can happen like if i am pressing the delete key while it happens i end up a few folders above the folder i am working in.
Has anyone else come across this?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi there, Thanks for your response.
I know it seems likely that i could be accidentally touching the touchpad but i just tested again to be absolutely sure:
I selected a file with the mouse (no hands on or near keyboard), then i pressed the Enter key to make the filename editable (with one finger - not touching any other keys etc) then after a second it was as if i had pressed the enter key again... but i didnt. I wasnt touching the keyboard or mouse.
It didnt happen every time i tried though. I used the same file and tried 3 times. The first 2 it didnt automatically appear as if i had pressed the enter key again, only the third time.
I appreciate any feedback.
Thanks

10.4.9 ::: Renaming files / folders does not work the GUI way

Hi,
just realized a strange problem on an Mac Mini (10.4.9) here.
The installation contains 3 user-accounts
Problem only occurs for one of those three accounts
Description:
- If the user tries to rename a file via
a) mouse click on the name or
b) get info dialog
the folder/file name gets marked as supposed
BUT it looks like all keyboard input is ignored at all.
That results in the point that this special user-account is unable to
rename any file/foldername.
All files i have tested display correct ownership in the GetInfo dialog.
Rename works without problems if i am using Terminal.app and the MV-command.
Based on that i assume that the ownership & permissions are correct.
All other user-accounts do act like suppoed regarding renaming etc...
Is that a common bug under certain cases ?
Can you provide me any solution for that problem / bug ?
Can i offer any additional information to help debugging this problem ?
best regards
fidel

Ok i realized the MacMini is usualy not shutdown at the evening.
So i guess this special Mac was running/sleep/running for several month now.
Maybe just a strange-side-effect of that nig uptime...anyway its a bug.
A Restart fixed that problem now for this time, but according to some other threads / discussions i have found during my research it seems like its a known problem in general
I am still interested if there is a real work-around ofr that issue
Best regards
fidel

Trouble renaming files after a 'small' import error

I mostly photograph people and I name my files with the convention: date-person-photo number. I'm using LR3.3 at the moment.
I recently did 2 shoots in quick succession and made the mistake of naming the second set of photos with the name of the person from the first shoot. I didn't realise my mistake until I'd finished editing the photos. So, for example, I now have photos with several virtual copies and a couple of .tiffs from trips to photoshop but the wrong person's name is attached to them.
(In some ways, it's not a big deal since the client will never see the file names but it will be a nuisance for me later if I have to go searching for these photos...)
I did a small renaming (F2 button) experiment with one photo (1 RAW, 3 virtual copies, and 2 tiffs) and tried renaming it. Lightroom successfully renamed the RAW and the virtual copies but gave the tiffs new file numbers. In other words, photo-1.nef and the virtual copies became NewName-1.nef etc but the photo-1.tiff's became photo-2.tif and photo-3.tif instead of NewName-1-edit.tif and NewName-1-edit-edit.tif. I hope that's clear
Does anyone know a way of renaming my files so that the RAW, virtual copies and the photoshop tiffs retain their file numbers.
Thanks.

Something quite curious just happened, i started without my drivers/utillitys nor steam, started regular programs one by one slowly over time to notice any differnce while doing work and saving every now and then, now at the time i had Teamspeak, Texview 2 (a texture viewer for games), Skype, Nvidea drivers, firefox and adobe updater and CS6 Services.
Now the thing is i was working for around 2 hours with all of this open with no issues, as soon as someone on teamspeak asked me to plug in my headset and talk is buggered out in the time it took to stand up, plug in the headset, sit down, say hi and do a couple of brush strokes, after that i couldn't open a new file, save or use many tools.
My headset is ussaly pluged in most of the time, hence i didn't make hte connection until now when i tried without it.
Unplugging it didn't help at all in solving the issue, it continued on, i assume a restart will probably fix that.
I'm using a Corsair 1500 USB headset and the only keys i hit in photoshop after plugging it in was left click for the brush, shift for a stright stroke and scroll lock (Teamspeak Push to talk key).
I'll do some more checks over the coming day to confim it.

Can't rename files/folders after changing extension of a file

This has gone on for a while and is quite the pain.
So I need to change the extension of a file. I change it, it asks me do I really want to do this, and I do. Sometimes immediately, and sometimes in a while, I lose the ability to rename a file/folder - I highlight it but can't type anything. Only a restart cures it, until the next round. Really annoying.
I've seen this syndrome posted here and there, but no real solutions. Any ideas welcome, I'm using 10.4.11 btw.
Thanks

Very Important, how much Free Space is on your Hard Drive first of all? Click on the Macintosh HD on the Desktop, then do a Get Info on it.
First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.
Then move these files to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Reboot & test.

Having trouble opening files & folders through file open .

We have three Macs, 1 new Mac Pro w/ 2 hard drives (OS 10.5) and 2 G4's (OS 10.4), we use the Mac Pro to store all the customers files and the other two Macs work off the Mac Pro through our company network. The one G4 has no problem but the other G4 has problems opening files/folder through file-open in programs. If you go to file open and open a folder instead of opening up it toggles down into a list so you can never get to the file you want to open or save a file in the correct folder. Please help!

I started having the exact same problem yesterday. It has happened to me a little less than 2 years ago on this same machine (which was very new at the time). I was hoping to come here and find an easier solution than I resorted to in the past. Before I had to completely reformat my computer to get it to work properly again.
For me, the first time this problem happened was when I was working on a job that is stored on our company server. The server went down while the file was open and I was kicked off and everything locked up. When I tried to get out of the file nothing happened and I had to force quit. When it got back up, I logged back onto the server and everything seemed fine until trying to open, save as or place a file. Then I see what you see, open a folder and rather than going inside the folder, I get the turn down arrow or I just see the same list of folders and cannot get into the final folder where the art resides that I wish to place (or attach in an email, etc.)
I don't know how it happened yesterday. It could have actually happened on Friday night. Our company runs 3 shifts and it may have happened on 2nd shift Friday night or on 3rd shift Sunday night / Monday morning. I discovered it yesterday afternoon.
If anyone has a better solution than reformatting, that would be GREAT! I have done the disk utility checking and fixing permissions and that didn't work the first time or today either. Thanks for any info!

Unable to Rename Files and Folders inside Sites Directory

Seemed to start happening since upgrading to OS 10.5.2 from 10.4.9 and/or activating Apache & PHP. Get info for Sites shows my user and admin accounts having R&W privileges and everyone having reading privileges. Applied privileges to enclosed items for both R&W accounts. Any file or folder with Sites that I get info for has the name & extension grayed out.

LOL
I love this advice: just reboot
Hey I threw my windows shittop away and now I am using MacOS X, upgraded to Mavericks. Are you really sure we want to reboot to fix the problems, middle age is finished, windows is dead
I have exact same problem, cannot rename the files, even clicking like mad on a file, there is no F2 key to rename files like in windows
My mac is a core i 7 modern, ok I try to reboot and come back (Mac was on since more than 10 days)
If it works I hesitate to:
- either thank you
- either throw my Mac away and by a surface ! (at least the PC everybody knows it has to be rebooted to fix stupid bugs)

Cannot Move Files/Folders on Desktop

One of the Mac Pros in my computer lab suddenly developed a strange behavior: I can't move any of the file or folder icons on the desktop, nor can I drag files/folders between windows or columns. They don't snap back to their original position; they won't move at all.
I can select the icons on the desktop and in windows, but cannot move them. This behavior is the same in my Admin account and a restricted student account.
I've repaired permissions with Disk Utility, and run Onyx (Optimize The System; Execute Maintenance Scripts; Clear: Application, Internet, Font and System Cache; Clean Recent and Temporary Items). I've relaunched the Finder several times, and zapped the PRAM. Restarting doesn't help.
Anyone seen this before?
Thanks,
Robert

Robert B wrote:
I'm unable to start from the Install disk; I get the "Black Veil of Death" every time (You Need To Restart Your Machine...).
Oh, well this is very much more serious than a permissions problem. I would tell you to Repair your disk, but
I can Safe Boot and choose either account. Except for the non-moving icons, the machine seems to run fine.
A Safe Boot automatically runs Repair Disk as many times as needed to fix things. Trying to start from the Install disc gives you a kernel panic, and yet you are able to Safe Boot? I don't know what could cause this.
After a Safe Boot, and in my Admin account, can I affect the changes you suggest when starting from the Install disk?
Well, not by the method I initially suggested, but you can using Terminal. But I see no point in doing that—you really need to fix the kernel panics.
However, as a temporary thing, try this.
Open the Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities) and copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, one line at a time, with a return after each line:
chmod -R -N .
chmod +a "everyone deny delete" . Desktop Documents Downloads Library Movies Music Pictures Public Sites
chmod +a "`id -un` allow list,addfile,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directoryinherit" Public/Drop Box
That will fix things for the account you have logged in with. If you need to fix the other one, you must repeat while logged in to that account

How can I get iTUNES library to display renamed files and folders (renamed with Windows Explorer)?

How can I get iTunes library to display the new names and organisation of tracks and albums (ie files and folders) that I have renamed and reorganised (using Windows Explorer) having previously imported them using iTunes?
(Even when I relocate "lost" tracks in iTunes (using the drop down menu facility to view in Windows explorer), although iTunes will then play the track, and knows where to find it, it refuses to display the track with its correct (new) name, or show it the correct (new) album. That means I have lots of things called "Untitled" and "Track 01" etc, all of which have actually been renamed, but iTunes does not seem to have the capability to recognise the changes and update its library listing. Another example - a Tchaikovsky CD with 3 major works in 13 tracks insists on displaying in iTunes as 13 tracks in one album, despite the fact that I have reorganised the tracks into 3 albums - two being Swan Lake and The Nutcracker - and renamed the individual tracks to a more useable format.)

Thanks for your replies ckuan
I agree with Tgod that your first solution does not work. It appears unpredictable whether the old or new file names are listed when you drag the folders into iTunes from Windows Explorer. The folder structure is completely missing. I reckon if you have to muck around spending days/weeks/months finding out how to fix links to a secret meta-file (obviously designed by some deep-cover microsoft worm working in the Apple!), then it's pretty obvious that almost any alternate way of doing this would be better. Bye bye iTunes!!
Incidentally, I tried several other things that (if the software was designed intuitively) should work, but give disastrous results:
1) when deleting the library listing in iTunes, it gives you two options - one is to remove the listings to the Recycler. Be aware that IF you select that option, it removes not only your library listing, but also your ACTUAL MUSIC FILES to the Recycler. Moreover, it does NOT remove the insidious secret meta-file that is what apparently keeps rewriting old names over your carefully renamed file names, and keeps totally ignoring your carefully designed folder (album) structure. OK - not a complete disaster, as I realised and went hunting through the chaos in the Recycler to recover all my files. No thanks to the genius who designed this brilliant feature!
2) after deleting the library listing in iTunes, I attempted to import just the folders that I wanted. iTunes refused to allow me to do that, and proceeded to try to import every frigging music file it could find on my whole hard drive, in apparently random fashion into the library. Whoever thought up that doozy either never ever tried to use or market test it, or has modified their mind rather too many times with artificial substances so their brain is like muesli chop suey.
3) oh why go on, it's too depressing ...

Rename files or folders in Windows 8 not working

Rename a file or folder on a Windows CE device is not working from Windows 8 when connected through Windows Mobile Device Center.
From Windows 7 it worked just fine!
This has been a problem for a very long time now, and im not alone according to all forums.
But no fix as far as i can find!
Is there anyone that have found a fix on this?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-files/windows-8-unable-to-rename-files-on-pocket-pc/abae21b7-7ee1-41c7-853e-1ac7ea5b0413
It seems a issue in window 8.x system. Maybe you can ask for a MS support ticket.

IMac display issues: black icons and folders, doubled up files in finder windows, programs won't update

HELP!
I'm hoping someone can help with my iMac 27" purchased in 2010. From a previous discussion I started a year ago, I have had virtually nothing but trouble with it. After the internal hard drive crashing, I was able to install OS X on an external drive and used it for a good 8 months to drive my iMac and I took it to an expert who has replaced it with a 3tb HDD, but at some point the display has gone crazy. I am not certain if it is hardware, i.e. graphics card or video but I'll describe the symptoms and add some pics to see if anyone has seen this before and knows what the problem may be.
1.     90% of the screen was covered with white with just a portion of the desktop showing through.
        (This happened when I tried to reinstall OS X on the old HDD and the new one, but didn't happen when using OS X install disc)
2.     Files, folders, photos and some icons on the dock go black
3.     Files and photos double up when in Finder. When I'm viewing photos, it shows them but all the previous panes and the photos are jumbled behind the
        photos.
4.     Anything I open in Preview is completely black, but ColourSync Utility opens everything fine.
5.     Programs won't update. They will download onto my iMac but won't update. Some say, because I don't have OS X 10.6.8 others just won't open.
        Including Google Chrome, opens with two tabs open but when I open a third tab the rainbow wheel just turns. Skype won't open just gives a failure
        report.
6.     10.6.8 Update Combo downloads but when I restart the screen is covered in white - as in 1. and I have to reinstall OS X 10.6.2 to get the screen to               clear but then all the above problems continue.
7.     Sometimes videos don't display in Youtube, or the entire page other than the video player is covered in rainbow lines.
8.     Some buttons are blacked out on selection pages, i.e. system preferences, or saving screens
9.     Photos opened in FB go upside down and flicker all over the page as my mouse runs over them.
10.   Photos won't upload into internet editing programs.
I can't find anyone who has had the same issue in all of the discussions I've looked at, but it sounds like I have a video problem, but I wondered if it might be a software problem with flash or something. Or I have something malicious on my computer.
I also have an iphone 5 that faulted with the iTunes and USB icons and won't fix after trying one of those R-Sims, and I wondered if somewhere along the line it may have even had a virus/trojan/malware that has infected my external drive and then my internal drive. A reason I have thought that is because I have used my daughter's MacPro laptop and plugged in my external drive and I noticed the windows in hers were starting to do the same thing.
And on top of all that, my fans didn't work for over a year and I had to place an external fan at the back of the computer or it would overheat and shut down, but after resetting the SMU it started working again, but it is very noisy. I have tried to download SMC Fan Control and although it downloads to the HDD, it won't open.
Sorry its such a long post, I do hope with all of this information someone can help me.
Thanks so much.

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
*Soon after, I installed Quake Wars, L4D 1, 2, Mass Effect 2, Need For Speed: Undercover, Mozilla Firefox and *Sophos Enterprise AV*. Approximately a week after installation, I began to experience malfunctions varying greatly*
Macs get grumpy when running anti virus software. Disable or completely uninstall Sophos A/V and see if that makes a difference. A/V software on a Mac will slow the drive down more and more as time goes on.
Also, check the vendor sites for each 3rd party software you installed to make sure they are compatible with 10.6.x
The "hard reboots" are a result of the system freezing due to incompatible or outdated software.
Carolyn
Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

Trouble renaming files/folders in Windows 7

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for