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How to rename multiple files with their first 19 characters

Hi guys,

I would like to rename multiple files by replacing the name by their first 19 characters of their old name.
Can you please assist.

Orginal file naming:
0000000000000376279.xml.3be03b33b7fd403bb03fe27fd1167ffc.error
0000000000000376280.xml.7c157a6cecf644cf934e919292339904.error
0000000000000376281.xml.80d7062d6cbc4c689d7c82c1e6ec35c7.error
. . .
. . .

I want to achieve:
0000000000000376279.xml
0000000000000376280.xml
0000000000000376281.xml
. . .

script used in CMD doesn't work
exception: command is incorrect

ren -n 's/(.{19}).*(\.error)$' *.xml

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Darius
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Thank you all for assistance...

Thanks to Hello There for advice to use Powershell.

Thanks oBdA. Code working successfully.

Thank you Bill for answer to my question.