Question about Adobe Bridge

[Girevik]

I'm not sure this is the right forum for this, but I didn't see one for "dumb questions" so I took a shot.

Is there a way in Bridge to set the default destination for the batch rename function? I keep all of my photos under the "my pictures" folder, so would like the batch rename to open there when I click on the "Browse" button, and allow me to select my destination folder from there.

[jfrancho]

Not that I've seen. It bugs me too.

[Rense]

Girevik,
I do not understand your question at full lenght, but if you want to start bridge displaying the directory d:\something, make a shortcut passing as commandline parameter d:\something.

if you want to set the directory bridge renames to, specify the directory once in the batch rename dialog and it remembers this directory. As an alternative: put this information in the registry under HCU\Software\Adobe\bridge\preferences\ and then the key BatchRenameDestination.

Does this help?

[Girevik]

Originally Posted by Rense

if you want to set the directory bridge renames to, specify the directory once in the batch rename dialog and it remembers this directory.

Mine does not do this - it always opens up in the folder containing the pictures (in my case, the memory card). I'll try the registry tip, though. Is there a registry for Bridge, or are you reffering to the Windows registry?

[Rense]

windows registry, HCU = HKEY_CURRENT_USER

[Rense]

Girevik,
Did the registry trick work?

[Girevik]

I've not had a chance to try it yet. I'll report back once I have.

[Girevik]

Originally Posted by Rense

Girevik,
I do not understand your question at full lenght, but if you want to start bridge displaying the directory d:\something, make a shortcut passing as commandline parameter d:\something.

if you want to set the directory bridge renames to, specify the directory once in the batch rename dialog and it remembers this directory. As an alternative: put this information in the registry under HCU\Software\Adobe\bridge\preferences\ and then the key BatchRenameDestination.

Does this help?

Ok, I FINALLY got a chance to try this out. When I update the registry, I DO see that the value I enter is what shows up as the folder I entered. However, when I click the "Browse" button, the directory selection box still defaults to the location of the pictures I am renaming. It's the default of the selection box is what I'm looking to change.

[Rense]

thats strange.
In the same key, there is also "BatchRenameDialog", it has the value:

"BatchRenameDialog"=hex:ec,00,00,00,d2,00,00,00,15 ,04,00,00,6d,02,00,00

on my pc. Maybe you could copy this in (be carefull, always make a backup before).

[Girevik]

Yeah, I was that value in there but wasn't sure what the hex value was. I'm on a different PC now, but when I get my laptop booted up again I'll see what my value for that is.