Problems with file renaming Applescript

Hello all and thanks in advance! I am currently working on a set of scripts that will work in tandem, and I got everything settled except this little AppleScript. It is essentially supposed to rename all the files in a given location at just the last two "words" in a folder (which are essentially the UID) and I used it several times in the past with success, but now that I have removed the guests 'choose folder' and instead of giving a specific path, I ran into the question after question. Here is my script up to now:

Tell application "Finder".

Repeat with this_folder in "Macintosh HD:Users:Server:Desktop:Test"

name of the value folder_name this_folder

Tell me to define the word - folder_name 2 contract

Tell me to define the word entity - folder_name 1

Set final_name to contract & "-" & entity

If not (file final_name) then

Set the name to this_folder to final_name

end if

end repeat

tell the end

say

I'm now see "unable to get the name of \"M\. ' number-1728 name of "M".

I thought it was a problem with the path at first, so I commented on the remaining elements of and had no problems from there. As I said, this script worked well when there was a prompt "choose a folder '; the only change that has been made is the reference to the file prompt. Thank you once again.

As a first step, you should have written:

Repeat by this_folder in the file "Macintosh HD:Users:Server:Desktop:Test"

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