Chris Davis

Software Developer

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Shortly after I released SmartRename I discovered that some people at Microsoft were bringing back PowerToys. I moved a copy of the code over to their repo and renamed SmartRename to PowerRename. Finally, after getting dropped with the Windows Vista PowerToys 12 years ago, PowerRename finally ships!

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