Renaming a shape file and all associated files

[mkhenson]

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

[Robert_LeClair]

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?

[mkhenson]

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

[mkhenson]

i should say "right click ini the catalog pane"

[Robert_LeClair]

Interesting.  What release of ArcGIS Pro are you using?

[mkhenson]

Arcgis Pro 2.9.0

[Robert_LeClair]

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?

[mkhenson]

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

[TamsenWaldron]

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.

[DPEnergy]

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