Thanks for the great help nihil and everyone else . I guess that we have come to a good conclusion to the problem. Now I was just wondering since I have to rename all the files with the *.txt extension is there any free available software that can rename multiple files at once ? Cause it can be a pain in the butt selecting each and everyone file individually and renaming them and changing their extensions ... Trust me I've renamed 100 files one time and was it ever boring and long and arduos.