momo034 wrote:
Renaming them in LR to match the name on the hard drive is not an option, it wont let me rename them in LR since the file is missing. And I cannot rename them on the Hard drive to match LR because when you batch rename files in Windows it always does it using the parenthesis (1), (2), (3), etc. So I can never get it to match
This should work:
Advanced Renamer - Free and fast batch rename utility for files and folders