Renameandrencan be used interchangeably.

They’re the exact same command.

This is also aRecovery Console commandavailable from within the Recovery Console in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

rename command example in Windows 11 command prompt

Rename Command Examples

Below are several examples showing how you might use the rename command.

Changing the file extension doesn’t actually change the file’s format.

Unlike afile converter toolwhich formats the actual file itself, the ren command can only adjust the suffix.

Thepicturesfolder will becomevacation pics.

Quotes are used around the folder name since it contains a space.

The ren command can’t specify a different drive or path when renaming files.