I have been trialing some re-naming utilities, some of which do some very
impressive things... but the one's i've tried don't seem to be able to
rename a file without losing the extension (eg: DSC0023.jpg -->
picture.jpg)... i would have thought this would be a basic feature!

any recommendations would be much appreciated - standalone or CMM style, i'm
not fussy

Try Drop*Rename

<http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/DropRename.html>

Have fun,
Shay
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