Rename files in batch

I have several hundred family history text files that were named "firstname lastname placeofbirth" I want to rename their "lastname firstname placeofbirth" what is possible in windows7 or using a file renaming utility free batch to batch.

Procedure 1
1. open a command prompt in the folder you want to work with using Windows Explorer - select the folder, press & her hold down the SHIFT key while you right-click on the name of the folder, select open a command window here on the shortcut menu that appears
2 input this text at the command prompt, and then press return
DIR /B > FileList.txt
3. open the text FileList.txt, remove all files strange appears in the list that does not make part of the task (for example, in my folder of test, I got DraftProcedure.xlsx in the list, so I just deleted it), select all the remaining text & copy it
4 open MS Word & paste whole lot in there, save the Word file you can do a lot of work on the content
5 open MS Excel & paste the entire batch is starting at cell A1, save the Excel file that you will do a lot of work on the content
5 you can close the text file you are now done with it - avoid the save if you find that you made a horrible mistake and must start over
6. in Word, select the entire document & align all left without any withdrawal para just to make it easier to see what you do
Replace 7 use Word [at the right end of the Ribbon home] function to replace all double spaces with single spaces.  Put a double space in the search box and a single space in the area replaced by [you use no special characters or functions for that, just use the SPACEBAR] then click on replace all.  When he says that it has completed, note the number of replacements, that she took.  Then click on replace all new - continue to do so until he said he found nothing to replace - then you know that you have completed, but you can put the cursor at the beginning of the text & run it once more just to be sure.
8 review of what you have for what seems wrong
9 select all text & copy, go to Excel, select cell B1, and then paste the text
10 you can close the word that you're now finished with it.  You can save the file that you have done because it might be useful if you make a mistake and want to start over

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