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Unhide File Extensions

Posted Mar 17, 2006 by David Risley  

When you install Windows, you might notice that you see only filenames but no extensions. It can be very confusing to see just an icon that identifies a MS Word file, for example, but no .doc extension. Don’t worry, fixing this is easy – just go to Folder Options in Control Panel (or you can access it from the Tools menu in a Windows Explorer window) and open the View tab (you can have a look at this screenshot – FolderOptions.gif). In the Advanced Settings pane remove the mark in the checkbox in front of Hide Extensions for Known File Types and you are done!

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