Undo a rename?


  1. Ron Hontz
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    Undo a rename?


    Feeling soooo stupid. Have had W7 for 2.5 months and I still haven't figured out how to undo a re-naming of a file over in Windows Explorer. I just indavertently re-named 3 files to the exact same name and need to recover the original name of 2 of them. I'm sure there's a simple little button or right-click thing I should do but I sure ain't found it yet.
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  3. Darician
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    I think CTRL + Z if you still have the windows opened where you renamed will work.
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  4. Ron Hontz
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    You betchum, Red Ryder. Wouldn't have thought of Ctl-Z in a million years. Muchas gracias.
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  6. Darician
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    No problem. I ran into that one by accident one day; surprised me that's for sure.
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  7. gladson1976
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
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    Darician said:
    I think CTRL + Z if you still have the windows opened where you renamed will work.
    The last undoable action (Copy, Move, Delete to Recycle Bin, Rename) can be undone by pressing CTRL+Z. This feature has been there from XP times.
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