Eu também acho que sua abordagem não é viável. O seguinte lote / vbscript só me deu uma pequena porcentagem de renomeações úteis (@Vinayak eu adicionaria um -Whatif para a cópia não pode comentar) O lote gera comandos de renomeação que você pode redirecionar para um arquivo como "FazerRenames.cmd" e após a execução da revisão.
::ListLnkProps.cmd:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
@echo off&setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:: create .\ListLnkProps.vbs
for /f "tokens=1 delims=:" %%A in (
'findstr /I /N "##ListLnkProps" ^<"%~f0"') do set /A ln#=%%A - 1
more +%ln#% "%~f0" >"%~dpn0.vbs"
:: List.lnk file properties in curent folder and subfolders
for /f "delims=" %%A in (
'dir /A-D /b /s *.lnk'
) do cscript //nologo "%~dpn0.vbs" "%%A"
goto :eof
' ##ListLnkProps.vbs
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
File = WScript.Arguments.Unnamed(0)
set Lnk = WshShell.CreateShortcut(File)
NewName = Lnk.Description & ".lnk"
If Len(Lnk.Description) > 8 Then
wscript.Echo "Ren " & chr(34) & File & chr(34) & " " & _
chr(34) & NewName & chr(34)
End If
set Lnk = Nothing
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> q:\test16-11\ListLnkProps.cmd
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Google Chrome.lnk" "Internetzugriff.lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\On-Screen Keyboard.lnk" "Zeigt eine Tastatur an, die von einer Maus oder einem Umschalteingabegerät gesteuert wird..lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\Alarm.lnk" "Digital Alarm Clock.lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\Avira.lnk" "Avira starten.lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\Bitvise SSH Client.lnk" "Bitvise SSH Client L7.15 - a general-purpose SSH client: supports tunneling (manual and via integrated proxy), SFTP file transfer, bridging of FTP clients to SFTP, remote console access and remote administration of Bitvise SSH Server (WinSSHD)..lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\calibre - E-book management.lnk" "Manage your e-book collection and download news.lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\calibre 64bit - E-book management.lnk" "Manage your e-book collection and download news.lnk"
Ren "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\CDBurnerXP.lnk" "CDBunerXP.lnk"
HTH