topic Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Renaming a shape file and all associated files

mkhenson — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:25:48 GMT

Greetings....quick question:

When using ArcMap, I could rename a shape file, and it would also automatically rename the associated files with it (prj...etc). When I try this in ArcGis pro, it only renames the .shp file. Any idea what I might be doing wrong, or what I need to be doing otherwise? Thanks

Mike

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:36:58 GMT

I'm using ArcGIS Pro 3.0.1 and was able to successfully rename all the shapefile components using the Catalog Pane in ArcGIS Pro. In the shapefile folder in the Catalog Pane, right-click the shapefile and choose rename. Rename the file. In File Explorer, verified all shapefile components are renamed correctly. What is your workflow?

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

mkhenson — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:44:47 GMT

right click on the shape file name. Do a rename. Check in windows explorer, and the only file renamed is the shp file.

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

mkhenson — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:45:12 GMT

i should say "right click ini the catalog pane"

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:47:16 GMT

Interesting. What release of ArcGIS Pro are you using?

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

mkhenson — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:55:17 GMT

Arcgis Pro 2.9.0

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:07:58 GMT

I don't see anything in the internals about a BUG or similar customer reports. I wonder if the shapefile is corrupt. You could run the Repair Geometry GP tool described here or create a new shapefile from the old, test the renaming workflow or export to a file geodatabase feature class, try the rename procedure and then export it back to a shapefile. Or rename the ESRI folder to ESRI_OLD in your c:/users/<user_profile>/appdata/local and c:/users/<user_profile>/appdata/roaming to see if that fixes the problem. Any possibility of upgrading to ArcGIS Pro 3.0?

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

mkhenson — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:17:22 GMT

thanks for your efforts....I just did it 3 times, and the 3rd time it worked. Very strange, but I'm good now!

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

TamsenWaldron — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:36:31 GMT

I just had the same problem and had to manually rename all the parts in window explorer. Such a waste of time and it worked fine in ArcMap but not Pro. Just another reason I dislike Pro... It always forces me to work harder not smarter.

Re: Renaming a shape file and all associated files

DPEnergy — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:01:16 GMT

Yeah, it is almost a year later, and I am having the same issue. And 100 shapefiles to rename 😓. Any solution?