Deleting a Common Element from Multiple Files

Hello,

I would like to delete a common element from a bunch of files in Windows 7, is there a way to that at all?

For example, I have 100 video files and the names of all of them contain "on Youtube" at the end...I would like to get rid of them without actually renaming the files. Also, those files contain some commas and other symbols. I would like to know if Windows in generally as flexible as Excel if you know what I mean. This problem in Excel would have been a piece of cake with a couple of formulas. As for Windows I do not know, but seems to be a challenge at the moment.

In general, I am looking to organize these files by Date, Name, and Topic, and if there is no way to do this task quicker it looks like I am going to have one messy library. Please share your thoughts.

Thanks for help.

For batch renaming and editing multiple files I use xnView . It has more options than the windows explorer.

BisVal said:

For batch renaming and editing multiple files I use xnView . It has more options than the windows explorer.

Thanks for responses guys, it does not look it will help me achieve what I am asking for. I do not want to rename files, I would like to switch one common element to all files - file names in general should remain the same, except for their structure. In excel, you would do something like this with Find and Replace (from the above example): Find "on Youtube" and Replace with "" (nothing), it would be done. How do I do the same in Windows? Please read carefully what I am asking for.

If I misunderstood your response please tell me exactly where.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks a lot for your responses guys! It looks like I need to dig deeper into the options provided, but all of them are definitely helpful, I just need to learn which one helps best. One thing is clear, playing with the system is not as easy as playing with Excel...