FOLDERS FOLDERS FOLDERS MyPrefix to be added (When trying to affect Folders) for /d %a in (*.*) do ren "%a" "MyPrefix%a" Mysuffix to be appended (When trying to affect Folders) for /d %a in (*.*) do ren "%a" "%aMySuffix" FILES FILES FILES MyPrefix to be added (When trying to affect Files) for %a in (*.*) do ren "%a" "MyPrefix%a" Mysuffix to be appended (When trying to affect Files) for %a in (*.*) do ren "%a" "%aMySuffix" Remove MyPrefix (needs POWERSHELL) get-childitem * | ForEach { Move-Item -LiteralPath $_.name $_.name.Replace("MyPrefix","")}