4DOS (DESCRIPT.ION) text lost during rename

[spikey]

I have several sets of photos with names like this and I want to delete everything after ".jpg".

DCIM_029045.jpg (1_2) [861K]

I use "Search & Replace" in the Multi Rename Tool. I select regex and use this expression to identify the part I don't want.

\(.+

The problem is this removes the DESCRIPT.ION (4DOS) text. Other rename operations preserve the descritption text , so the settings are probably correct.

Is this a bug in TC?

[Stiltzkin]

just add a space in front of your regex and you will be fine.
use this regex:

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\s\(.+

otherwise your descript.ion will look like this (notice the space after the.jpg):

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"DCIM_029045.jpg " comment123

windows doesn't allow spaces after filenames.

[spikey]

That works well. Thank you.

Do you know why TC doesn't show the uncorrected extension name beyond the first 3 characters. For example,

DCIM_029045.jpg (1_2) [861K]

appears in the TC pane as

DCIM_029045.jpg

On the other hand, the full name does get displayed in the Multi Rename Tool.